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Entries Tagged ‘English Cocker Spaniel’

Briarpatch Dash of Cayenne CD NA RAE (Casey): 11/25/1994 – 6/10/2010

Last year, on the 25th of November, I wrote this post to the Versatile English Cocker Yahoo! group to celebrate Casey’s 15th birthday. I wanted to celebrate my old man while he was still enjoying life, rather than post a long memorial to the list on the day that he died. That day was last [...]

Good for Madison, not-so-good for me

Image via Wikipedia It’s national specialty week for the English Cocker Spaniel Club of America (ECSCA), and I’m here in Milan OH at the national specialty. On Monday, Madison made her agility debut in FAST (did the send successfully and racked up 35 points before we made the critical mistake of retaking the A-frame…oops!) But [...]

Mi Viejo

My heart-dog puppy is stretched out sound asleep on the cool-mat bed I keep next to the love seat. Even thought it’s only 65 degrees, I know he’s hot–when he’s cold, he curls up like a sleeping sled dog or cuddles at my feet. Casey will be 14 this Thanksgiving–plenty active but no longer the [...]