Monday, April 12, 2021
Gail, Sorry to learn of your recent passing. Thinking about you thirty six years after we met at an Old Dominion Kennel Club dog show in Manassas, VA in 1985. You were the only person at the Afghan Hound ring who gave me any attention when I was twenty five years old and interested in a dog. You invited me to your camper for an iced tea while brushing out "Fuzzbuster" the black and tan male champion. You told me about the litter of puppies that your friend Shirley had in Colts Neck, N.J. and the result was me owning my first Afghan Hound named "Prince" from 1985 until 1994. After he passed in 1994 you invited me to your home in Mount Laurel, N.J. for dinner and to visit his litter mate brother "Turbo" You are someone who was friendly and generous and kind to me which will always be remembered. Afghan Hounds have shared my life ever since, including five of them over the last thirty five years, always either black and tan or black with white or all black. "Onyx" my eleven year male passed recently on January 25th and "Sable" his litter mate sister is with me now. Wish it was possible for you to know about my gratitude for having met you right now. It has always been difficult to find another dog when one passes, because as we discussed back then the dogs are absolutely wonderful, but so often the breeders who sell them are not very pleasant people. When you kiss your dogs every morning and sleep with them every night the answer to the question about previous Afghan Hound experience should be quite obvious. After all of these years my nature and soul are part Afghan Hound. Wish the dogs could answer the pertinent questions, instead of human beings with their judgemental minds. May you be blessed and rest in peace now that the big picture can be seen and know the purpose for everything that was part of this living experience. Todd
