[PyrNet-L] Catherine's 1st submission to the contest.

["Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>]

> Some of you have heard this story before, but I love telling
it. :)
>
> I was sitting in the chair at my hairdressers, The Clip Shop
(I'm not
> kidding--that's the real name), when the woman in the next
chair showed
> a picture of her dog to her operator.  "We are moving to
France," she
> said; she pronounced it "Phraaaannnsssse", (la-de-dah), "and we
are
> having our dog put down."
>
> "OH, NO YOU'RE NOT", said I, springing forward in my chair and
almost
> getting my ear cut off!  "You are not putting that dog down!"
>
> The "woman-on-her-way-to-Phraaanse" delivered her beautiful six
year old
> Pyr to my house the next day, and Sasha lived out her next 6
1/2 years
> with me.
>
> After about four months, Sasha's former owners decided that
they had had
> enough of "you know where", and they returned to the United
States.
> They called and asked for her back, and I said "No."  She was a
part of
> our family, and I would not have her heart broken again.
>
> When Sasha left us to go to the Bridge in her old age, I found
the
> Maranatha Kennels and adopted Lilly.  After four years with
Lilly, I
> found rescue and adopted Abby.  After four months with Abby, I
found
> that we had room to foster rescue dogs, and they continue to
come and
> go.  Each one is different, and each has a special place in my
heart.
>
> The "you-know-who" lady did me a favor on that haircut day.
She changed
> and enriched my life.  Wherever you are, thank you!
>
> And thanks to you, Barb, for letting me tell the story of Sasha
again.
> :)
>
> Catherine Oldham
> Readsboro, Vermont
> cmo@together.net
>
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