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				My Black Wonder is just 6 years old today, and time reminds me that it is the master of us all ... By the way, it has already sketched some white features on Gidan's muzzle ... Nonetheless, neither white drawings nor time succeeded to get the better of the wonderful being that my Gidan is. For Gidan is really a wonder. Of course the first wonder is his beautiful head. I regard as a beautiful head neither a head with a good morphology nor a head with a fine expression, but a head with both good morphology and fine expression, and that's not so common in the breed. Drezbor has a good head morphology too, and its expression easily reminds of her grandfather, nevertheless Gidan has "something more". In a morphology point of view, Drezbor is very close to Gidan, and closer than Bocquefeuille is, with the same kind of head, of expression, of coat etc ; but Gidan has still  "something more" ; maybe Gidan appears as "above" Drezbor because he is the Master and she is the Disciple. For in a relationship point of view too, Drezbor is very close to Gidan, their friendship is particular. Generally, the highest chief is chosen as a model, but Drezbor didn't choose neither a bitch of mine nor the ringleader (aka Fango), she preferred "her" Gidan as a model. But Gidan isn't only a beautiful head, surmounting a well-built body with a fine coat ;  above all, he's got one hell of a personality. And this matchless personality gives him this incomparable expression.  Gidan seems to belong to another world. If Fango and co have "class", I wouldn't say the same of Gidan, I would rather use the word "grace" than the word "class". Gidan have a spring in his step, and the lightness of his movement makes it pretty, but in fact the lightness - like the grace - is characteristic of both his body and his whole personality - a floating personality. And to crown it all, Gidan knows how to conjugate the verb "love" in all the moods and in all the tenses. He's a very helpful character, deeply tender, joyful and so bright ! He's a good mouser and if racing is his preferred activity, he's too an excellent jumper. He's really trustworthy to take care of pups but also of other young animals (and of course he knows that he mustn't act with other animals like he does with pups and dogs !) Yes Gidan is really a wonderful being. But the wonder of it all is that he chose to spend his life near me.
			09/04/10  Isabelle Coquinot