Hello Tim,
Wanted to touch base with, and thank you for your efforts to provide us with a
perfect match Vizsla for Nancy and I. It has now
been 15 months since we brought Sina home from you and there has never been a
time that I would have considered that a mistake. She
has been a wonderful companion for both of us and we cannot imagine life without
her. Conrad and Bronte made us a peach.
Nancy’s physical condition has worsened to the point that her hope to show Sina
in the ring is no longer possible, so I had her
spayed after her first season last December. I have been training her for
agility competition however; she is absolutely fearless
and a rocket to boot. She’s so quick it’s becoming patently obvious I’m slowing
her down (but she still loves me). We continue to
jog 4-5 miles a day together, which of course whips me but doesn’t faze her a
bit. Lord she can run – she’s shear grace and beauty
in motion when she’s stretching out. By the way, as we live next to the Kings
River I had to teach her to swim (easy job – she took
to it naturally), Sina loves the water. Amazingly she chases fish, completely
under water no less; looks like a seal. Must figure
out how to get a picture of that.
We wrestled with giardia when we brought Sina home, but
she’s been superbly healthy ever since. Her
configuration is perfect, she’s a beautiful creature. The single exception is
her size; at 18 months Sina weighs in at 55 pounds
and stands over 26 inches at the shoulder. She definitely takes after her dad
Conrad there. She’s on the way to exceeding the
“medium sized dog,” specification; Ok by me but not to the breed standard folks
I guess. If you remember, I would have taken Conrad
home the first day I met him.
Can’t remember if I told you Nancy picked the name Sina (pronounced Sheena),
Scots Gaelic for “God’s precious Gift.” Our Sina
certainly is that. Have enclosed some recent pictures of our “Little One” so you
can see how she’s doing.
Greg Hand
