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Myra Thomas-Rhodes's Blog – December 2008 Archive (2)

Remembering 10 Years Ago

Ten years ago yesterday, we lost our beautiful, Ferdi, from lymphocarcoma. Ferdi was not even four years old. A beautiful blue belton, Ferdi, Amhurst Midnight Sun, was the most wonderful of English Setters, and had a super, loving personality.

We have frozen semen from him, so one day maybe we will have some offspring.

These photographs were taken just before Ferdi… Continue

Added by Myra Thomas-Rhodes on December 31, 2008 at 10:49pm — 4 Comments

Remembering 37 Years Ago

My very first Irish Setter, Tara, was born in December, 1971. Tara was my shadow and seemed to know what I was about to do, even before I had thought about it! We were inseparable, and I loved her to bits.

Winning well in the show ring, she also excelled at Obedience, though not the "food refusal !"

Her second… Continue

Added by Myra Thomas-Rhodes on December 31, 2008 at 12:36am — 8 Comments