Int Ch Chekia The Kingdom Promise VCX
My Joy
A snowy white powder puff
Who melts into my arms
A laughing smile, a happy dance
A repertoire of charms.
Her little face looks into mine
And knows me oh, so well.
My every thought and mood and whim
Are tales that she could tell.
A plume tail of cheery fluff
That tells me she approves;
A quiet voice, her "talking" one
That "chortles" as she moves;
Those little ears that point up straight
Hear everything, I know,
From what's outside the garden gate
To fallen flakes of snow!
A day's play is just enough,
She snuggles close at night.
Her little paws move soft in dreams
Like little wings in flight.
The Kingdom Promise is her name
As she examplifies
The JOY we know will fill the earth
Restored to Paradise!
Terry Thistlethwaite
(Copyright Chekia)
Joy was just eleven weeks old when she went to the
San Fernando Valley American Eskimo Dog Association's
mulit breed show and collected both the Best Eskie Puppy
and the Best Puppy In Show trophies under judge
Virginia Pearson. I think it was right there and then that
her admiration for trophies (she still admires every one!)
as well as her love for having her picture taken began.
Herding miniature goats was just one of the
talents that earned her a Versatility Companion Excellent
certificate from the
Clever Canine Companions Working Dog Registry.
She additionally earned a certificate for Pet Assisted Therapy
after making numerous visits to the
Beverly Rehabilitation Center in Ridgecrest California.
Joy took Best Eskie Puppy, Winners Bitch, Best Of Winners
and Best Of Opposite Sex honors at her first AKC show,
then went to the
UKC American Eskimo Dog National Specialty show
where she took Best Mini Female, and Reserve Best Female
out of a huge entry in Clairmont California under judge,
Henry Buresh.
Ultimately, she went to the International shows held in
Aneheim California, where she earned her
International Champion title in just one exciting weekend!
At eleven inches and eleven pounds, Joy is a "Toy" by
the AKC standard, and the smallest allowable size "Mini"
by the UKC standard. She was bred by Theresa Wright
of Wright's American Eskimo's, who told me when Joy was
only two weeks old that "I think she is the best bitch I've ever bred". I will always be grateful to Theresa, not just for
allowing Joy to come to California and become an important part of my family, but for honoring the "reservation" I had
made on the "pick female puppy" from Kianti's then unborn
litter.
Joy is the mother of our four beautiful boys,
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and JohnJohn. As she does in every
venture she has ever undertaken, she absolutely excells
as a mom. She sees motherhood as a grand privilege, and
her babies as precious gifts of which she is unendingly
proud. As she takes pride in them, I take pride in her.
She is truly a Joy to behold.
You're listening to
"Ode To Joy"
by German composer
Ludwig Von Beethoven
Chekia American Eskimo Dogs
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