Just a musing about this fabulous breed.
We had to put one of our dogs to sleep on Friday, not a GSD, but one of Jean’s rescued dogs from way back. At this moment in time (11am US Mountain Time, Saturday) I’m writing a piece about this wonderful dog that will appear tomorrow.
Thus not in the mood to post my usual light-hearted item for a Sunday. So I resorted to looking up an appropriate dog video on YouTube.
Came across this,
Of course, that reminded me of how precious our Pharaoh is and it only took a few moments to find a couple of earlier pics of him.
Here’s Pharaoh the day I collected him from GSD breeders Jutone‘s in Dartmoor, SW England. That’s Sandra Tucker, the owner of Jutone, with Pharaoh; the date being 12th August 2003 when Pharaoh was then just over 8 weeks old.
The next photograph was taken on the 11th March, 2008 at London’s Heathrow Airport. The occasion being the time that Jean came across to England from her home in Mexico. Jean came to see if the romance that had blossomed between us at Christmas in 2007 in San Carlos, Mexico was alive and well. Luckily, it was!
Thus it came to pass that in September, 2008, Pharaoh and I travelled out from Devon, England to Mexico where we lived until February, 2010, when Jean and I, Pharaoh and 12 other dogs and 6 cats relocated to Payson, Arizona.
Learning from Dogs 
Paul, I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope your other dogs are able to take away a bit of the pain you’re feeling. I’ll pray for you guys. You did a wonderful job with this post. Pharao’s pictures made me smile. 🙂
And here’s a video of a GSD that I hope brings a smile to your face, too: http://taildom.com/blog/videos/dog-mowing-lawn/
Peace!
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Pharaoh is a beautiful GSD.. loved the photo’s and video…
I was so sorry to ready about Sammy, Its so sad when we have to say goodbye… As always sending thoughts to you and Jean.
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Paul,
It’s no wonder you fell in love with Pharaoh, what a beautiful baby he was! And, having had the pleasure of meeting Pharaoh in person I understand why. He has grown into such a charming, soft spoken soul, and such a gentleman! With all said and done, he does create the appearance of living in his kingdom surrounded by the ones he loves. How blessed are you and Jean to be a part of his life!
Merci
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Merci, your words, as always, have a poetic feel to them! How do you do that?!! But while his soul may be ‘soft spoken’, his lungs are often far from that! He has a bark that can shake the cones from out of the pine trees! Next time you are over here, we can bore you with dog photos!
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