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in loving memory...
A year-and-a-half ago, in January, 2010, Remmie flew to
Calgary from
Chicago to be bred to Macc at Sufat Sheleg. With
luck there would be two litters, but with the uncertainties
connected to breeding dogs, we'd be happy with even one
success. Larry had planned the breeding with Michelle and
me before his passing in September, 2009. The last time I
saw Remmie was in the UAL freight office at
O'Hare Airport, where she was looking at me from her
crate with the same expression as her young son, Rook, gives
in his spring photo on Sufat Sheleg farm. It is the kind of
gaze that absorbs the situation, accepts it, and penetrates
your soul. Last week, Remmie lost her life after a mortal
battle on the farm. She survived the battle, but had to be
shot to be put out of her misery. Now she lies quiet
forever, and resting in peace on Canadian soil. A big rock
marks her grave, and a yellow rosebush, signifying happiness
and joy, and friendship and sweetness, will grow there. We
are sorry to lose her.
At home in Chicago she was the one who most wanted to be free, and I would often leave her loose in the house with hopes that her barks would not be heard too far away. When she was playing in the yard she usually trailed a long lead, so that I could catch her easily when she started entertaining the neighborhood with her barking and singing. Her solos could be heard in the next county, and I didn't want police officers and animal control to be part of her audience. So it was also with a sense of relief that I sent her off to Canada, to Michelle's 160 acre farm, where she could make as much noise as she liked with no fear of repercussions from unfavorable ordinances and nasty neighbors. There she could play with Macc and Rook, but not with the females, Cybelle and Ash. It was almost inevitable that they clashed, and they did.
Remmie is one of
the few great
bitches of the
breed, starting
with the
incomparable
three of yore:
Sis, Limor, and
Shelah. [
Padre's Yafit
von Karstadt,
Spatterdash
Limor, and
Gevaht Noam
Shelah ] Then
came Paws, dam
of Remmie, Sugar
and Noah. Paws
was a great
bitch, and so
was Remmie.
Mishacam is her
sire. From him
comes happiness,
a positive
attitude towards
life and a great
dose of breed
type.
Remmie's first
litter was the
result of an
outcross to
Hosea with the
purpose of
bringing in
Ariel. Their
beautiful
champion son,
Hayyim, lives in
England
with Ellen and
Richard and has
sired two
wonderful
litters for the
breed to date.
Their daughter,
Maraiah, is the
beloved pet of
Nathan and
family.
Remmie and Val
had three
wonderfully
beautiful
litters during Remmie's
last years at
Ha'Aretz. Stella
brightens
up the City of
Chicago with her
owners, David
and Julie Tjhio;
her sisters
Blanca, Reva,
Heart and
Princess Tina
live happily
with Paul
Smallwood,
Ro & Joe
Steinberg, Sam &
Karen Pallin,
and Helene
Betance-Foster and
family in
South Carolina,
Virginia Beach,
New Mexico
and
Florida.
Their two
brothers live in
Texas and
Ontario (Boker
Tov), and we
haven't heard
from them in too
long a time.
Over the past
year-and-a-half
we've had the
good fortune to
see the progeny
of Remmie and
Macc: Sunny,
Shiloh,
and Sarah; and
Creed and Rook,
and their lost
puppy, Emeline.
All surviving
puppies are
good at what
they are bred to
do as family
pets, tracking
and herding
dogs. They are
Remmie's, and
Macc's, legacy
to the breed.
Farewell Remmie!
Ha'Aretz Riddle
Rap "Remmie"!
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last updated:July 06, 2011