Back to "Dogs of my own" Contents Back to Home                                                                                    TODAY, MARCH 17TH 2006 ... Today it's the seventeenth of March, and so that is a birthday date. A birthday of one of my dog, of course. And what a plus for such a birthday : that is a twelfth birthday ! kristàlyos is precisely 12 today - my first and last Mudi, all the following Mudi of mine has disappeared from my life for already so many years ... But he is not the first among my dogs to get so old. My first bitch, a Briard, died when she was between 12 and half and 13. My Kuvasz male is already 12 years old for more than 3 months. But I must say that some of my dogs died a long time before really getting old ... March is a month for birthdays - a month for births and for departures - a month for departures and for births. Some come and some leave, some leave and some come, so is the world spinning round. Two days ago, the pups of my last litter were exactly 6 months. The day after tomorrow, my Kuvasz bitch, Csele, will be exactly 8. But that is not all what happened in this month of March. Eight years ago, some problems made me search to give my Mudi pups - who were no more pups. Menyus left first, it was the 20th of March. The following day, Mano and Mester too disappeared from my life, it was so the 21st of March. Some come and some leave, some leave and some come ... Four years later, that is to say four years ago, I received a call from Croatia ... ; it was the 20th of March. The following day, my first Croatian Sheepdog was at home ... ; it was so the 21st of March ... Some come and some leave, some leave and some come ... But let us come back to today, today Friday, March 17th 2006 ... Kristàlyos both has no visible disease and isn't really healthy. I was not sure at all that he could reach this bloody day of March 17th 2006 - that is to say this aim of being 12 - but he succeed ! Perhaps will he be lucky enough to still stay here during a few months ... But who can know ? And why not see the 17th of March next year ? Kristàlyos refused to go for a walk this winter, he was always cold and preferred lying near the radiator. But this morning the sun is shining so much ... So I called him to go with Fango and me. And ... And Kristàlyos came with use for a walk. A walk ... ? Should I say ... ! Kristàlyos was running near Fango almost all the time ! He was really in cracking form ! Finally, what if the seventeenth of March was a lucky day for some ? 17/03/06 Isabelle Coquinot Back to "Dogs of my own" Contents Back to Home