First

Its been several years since I hatched a plan to own a little piece of land with my darling long-suffering, good-natured husband - complete with herding dogs, sheep, pastured pigs and poultry.

So far, we only have the herding dogs and land part *g*, Belgian Shepherds, Tervuren specifically, are my heart's breed.

I have been owned by a variety of gleeful Belgians for over 25 years - my how time flies!

My first was the dog of my heart, Chummy. He completed his championship 1 day after he turned 18 months old (dogs have to be 18 months or older for their final (7th) championship point in South Africa, in more than one Region - its a different system than the American system), he ADORED the breed ring - I would just whisper "show!" and he'd strut his stuff. He was an amazing boy, always gave 150% and had an incredible amount of heart. I miss him still, 15 years later.

To keep him company, I got Mandy who bonded to my father - sadly we did not get to have her for very long.

Thereafter, I got a beautiful grey girl, Quinna, aka The Cookie Cutter Kid. Don't ask! *lol*. She bedevilled my gentle boy, I don't know how he put up with her antics! She was a handful and very much all a belgian girl should be.