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During our
first 20 years of marriage Diane and I only had cats. I had grown up
with an Alaskan Husky named King. Diane had never been accustomed to dogs.
In an improbable moment I, at last, persuaded Diane to allow us
to get a puppy. I avowed to take care of the puppy since
I am the dog authority. Diane gave me a checklist 10
miles long as to what kind of dog it had to be.
On the Internet,
I searched for a medium size perceptive dog that loves kids, cats
and does not take very much care. With 8 grandchildren and 2
cats we required a dog with great temperament. The Canaan
Dog came up on the Internet and I corresponded with Cathi Oskow. She
had a 10 week old puppy. We met Mystery at LAX when
she was 12 weeks old and the rest is history.
Mystery loves
the kids and sleeps with the cats. She also has taught me a
lot about dogs in the past 5 years. Diane spoils Mystery
and she is a family member.
Mystery Girl
was Winners Bitch at the 2002 CDCA National Specialty and earned an Award
of Merit at 2004 CDCA National Specialty.
Mystery loves
to herd sheep. Whenever I take her up to the ranch for lessons she
starts crying for the sheep about 2 miles out and does not stop until
she gets in the ring with them. Once in the ring she goes into her crouch
and circles the sheep to keep them together. Even when the cats get
out into the back yard she goes into her sheep herding crouch and circles
the cats until she gets them through the back door. Who says you
cannot herd cats!
The
only thing Mystery likes better than herding sheep is playing
with the grand kids. From the one-year-old to the teenagers she loves
playing with them. The amazing thing is that she will gauge the
amount of rough play by the age of the kids. She will be very gentle
with the smaller children and can be rough housing with the
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