| IN TRIBUTE |
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| RED AND DAISY OUR FOUNDATION SIRE AND DAM |
| GETHSEMANES REBEL RED CROSSED OVER TO RAINBOW BRIDGE 6/10 |
| GETHSEMANES PUSHING UP DAISIES CROSSED OVER TO RAINBOW BRIDGE 5/10 |
LOOK INTO HIS EYES AND SEE IF THEY CAN SEE INTO YOUR SOUL.... |
To express how we ever felt about Red and Daisy, I could never sum it up in one word. But they were fantastic! If God had ever wanted to give us a gift in the form of an animal, they were it! We originally wanted one of their pups, but that didn't happen at first, we got them together instead. That was by far the best blessing for our family and lives. Red's demeanor and intuition was priceless and Daisy's love and affection and protection were too good to be true! I have spoken to others that have had their sons and daughters and grandchildren. They felt that their lives were so enriched by those dogs that they were not just mere dogs, but kindred spirits in our life here on earth. We too have felt so blessed by Red and Daisy that our lives could never be the same. They walked in and now have walked out. When Daisy left us, I knew that Red would follow, just not how quickly. The day he died I knew that Daisy was looking over her shoulder and seeing him again to run and play with as they once had in their youth only now it was over the rainbow bridge. I can't say enough of Red's ability to keep us from harm while he was with us. He kept our children safe and happy to be his charges even while protecting them from themselves sometimes. His bark made clear his intentions of who was possibly in danger and from pulling a sleeve to guide a child away from harm's way or standing between them as they argued amongst themselves. Once he saved us from carbon minoxide poisoning while not even in the house. He began barking in the wee hours of the morning and would not be still. While too weary to silence him another 15 minutes passed when suddenly the carbon minoxide detector went off. We hurried out of the house and waited for help to arrive to find out later that inside it was 3 times the limit. It took a while to fully awaken from such a spell, but I'm not fully sure that if he had not barked incessantly that early morning that I would have awaken at all. And, Daisy, who kept watch one night while a bear roamed the countryside outside after breaking into enclosed porches nearby as well as freezers. It was during Hurricane Isabel and we were using a generator so we were unable to close our door all the way due to the cord. She stayed awake and on watch all night long never stopping from her rounds of one end of the house to the other. Today we have their progeny and some have the same look, or even the same personality, but even though we know that they can never be replaced we find comfort in their children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. It's a tremendous and wonderful feeling to have them be a part of our lives. We will forever be indebted to our first couple! Our first Aussies! Our First Blessings in the canine world that God so richly gave us! |