"BRANDY"
February 20, 1986 - July 28, 1996
Citation's Darius Sunrise
CH. Adamsown Darius Quinn / Sunlight's Little Red Corvet
Brandy was an amazing little dog, and this is his story......
About a year before Sharon and I where married, Sharon presented me with an interesting birthday gift, enclosed in an over-sized brown envelope was a "Coupon", redeemable for 1 "Woofus". Previously to this, I had mentioned on several occasions that I wanted to have a "Woofus", to the untrained that is a dog, specifically a Buff American Cocker Spaniel. Needless to say, we started looking right away and found an add for Buff American Cocker Spaniels in the Leduc area. It wasn't long before we were off to Citation Kennel (Reg'd) to visit Sharron Harrison, who had some new puppies that would be ready to go in a few weeks, but were available to view now. We were welcomed inside, to see mom and the puppies. Brandy's mom "Sunlight's Little Red Corvet", was a little uncomfortable having people in to see her babies, so Sharron had to put her in another room while we looked at the little ones. They where in a wooden box, and I reached in with my hand to let them sniff. Most of the puppies where curious, but kept their distance. There was one little boy that cautiously approached my hand, took a little nip out of one of my fingers then dashed away. Sharron H. let the puppies out to wander about. The boy, who had just moments before had nipped my finger, promptly scampered up to me, grabbed hold of my shoelace and took off like a bullet. He didn't get far, to the end to the now undone shoelace, but he persisted, pulling and pulling, then jumping forward and back, but he wasn't letting go of that shoelace. I bent over an picked him up, he immediately started to lick my fingers and then my face....this was the one I wanted, this was Brandy. He was too young to leave his mom yet, so as Sharron had previously mentioned we had brought a blanket for him to get used too for the next couple of weeks. it would later become his bed.About a week later, on a Friday evening, Sharron Harrison phoned us and said she was headed east for a series of dog shows and would not be back for about a month and would we be prepared to pick up Brandy earlier then originally planned. We were more than willing, and the next day we went to pickup Brandy.The next couple of nights were sleepless, the new addition would cry for his mom and siblings, so finally he ended up on his blanket next to my bed, where I was able reach him and pet him whenever he cried, he soon went to sleep and rarely cried after that night.My parents lived in Rochester Alberta, and often on weekends we would drive up for a visit, now with Brandy. My parents had been raising Irish Setters and also had an English Setter. There where always several of these dogs around, Brandy soon became good friends with them and they would play together. It was sometimes funny to watch as the much bigger Setters would run across the fields, with long graceful strides, and this little guy going as fast as his legs could carry him losing ground behind them. It always amazed me how the setters would slow down, turn around and go back to little Brandy to make sure he was okay. Brandy made a special bond with "Sally", an English setter. Sally would slip into the bush, Brandy right behind, then about 20-30 feet ahead Sally would pop out of the bush, a few minutes later Brandy would pop out in exactly the same spot, he was a very good tracker.
Woofus Coupon
Brandy's Pedigree
Brandy at 10 weeks
Brandy in Rochester Alberta
Brandy with us
Brandy guarding carrots
Brandy's carrots
Huggs for job well done
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