News Update
The dinosaur has good news and bad news. The good news is that after nine months
of both chemo and radiation my bladder cancer is in remission. The treatments had some bad side
effects, but most of them are gone.
One that remains is a tingling and numbness in my fingers which makes
writing very difficult. I’m on
medication to help the condition, but so far it still exists. Without a drastic reversal the cancer may have accomplished the
unthinkable.
Most of you know that I’ve been writing the info “from the
desk of the dinosaur” and Phyllis puts it on the computer as a blog. Time will tell whether the dinosaur
returns from extinction or not.
Meanwhile it has been great fun to continue the writing, which I first
started in the 1950’s for Ken Martin’s Collie Cues. Since then it’s been Collie Review, AKC Gazette, the CC of A
Yearbook, Collie Expressions and CC of A Bulletin that have helped me spout off
to the fancy. It’s been fun for me
and I hope for others as well.
Many of you know of the sad story of our daughter, Alexandra
and her Bernese Mt. Dog, Liir.
After much expense and hopes and prayers he’s gone to doggy heaven. A friend of hers in New York started a
Go Fund Me page for her to help defray the considerable cost. Along with many of her friends some of
our Collie friends have chipped in as well. Phyllis and I thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.
Liir, who was not a show quality dog by Berner standards was
a dog to be loved and treasured.
We called him our big, sweet Grandson. For over eight years he was our daughter’s very special
companion. The things that made
him special were not conformation points, but unseen things that we sometimes
don’t give enough credit to in our dogs.
If my fingers recover there will be an epistle from the Desk of the
Dinosaur about special things we can’t see. They’re not things that judges give Grand Champion points
for, but maybe we dog people are missing something very special. As Terhune might have written “peace to
Liir’s bright memory.”
Think about it!!
