Ch. Milescross Elandan Sonnet, SC
Ch. Milescross Elandan Sonnet SC - "Amie"
(Ch. Starline's Reign On JC ex Locar's Crème De Cocao JC)
DOB 6/21/1995
Breeders: Guin & Christine Borstel & Dan & Leslie Silva
Amie is from the Reign X Julia collaboration. In a litter with five lovely bitches, she stood out from the beginning, mostly for her size (she was teeny) and for her color (she was the first non-black brindle we had ever bred). Amie grew up into a beautiful full-sized whippet of great quality. She spent the first six months of her life with Dan & Leslie and then went to live with my Mom. Amie finished easily in the show ring, handled by Jan Swayze in the East and Dan Silva in the West.
She was beginning a promising coursing career when she badly injured her pastern and was retired from running. In fact, Amie has always been a bit accident-prone. She has cut herself up numerous times free running (always on a weekend or holiday), has been bitten by strange dogs a few times (ditto), had a false positive brucella test (don't even get me started on that one, but suffice it to say I am on a first name basis with the staff of the diagnostic vet lab at Cornell), and she even had a bout with tetanus while in Colorado for the AWC National.
(Ch. Starline's Reign On JC ex Locar's Crème De Cocao JC)
DOB 6/21/1995
Breeders: Guin & Christine Borstel & Dan & Leslie Silva
Amie is from the Reign X Julia collaboration. In a litter with five lovely bitches, she stood out from the beginning, mostly for her size (she was teeny) and for her color (she was the first non-black brindle we had ever bred). Amie grew up into a beautiful full-sized whippet of great quality. She spent the first six months of her life with Dan & Leslie and then went to live with my Mom. Amie finished easily in the show ring, handled by Jan Swayze in the East and Dan Silva in the West.
She was beginning a promising coursing career when she badly injured her pastern and was retired from running. In fact, Amie has always been a bit accident-prone. She has cut herself up numerous times free running (always on a weekend or holiday), has been bitten by strange dogs a few times (ditto), had a false positive brucella test (don't even get me started on that one, but suffice it to say I am on a first name basis with the staff of the diagnostic vet lab at Cornell), and she even had a bout with tetanus while in Colorado for the AWC National.
Amie was the dam of two litters. The first was a co-breeding with Elandan in 1998. The sire of this litter was a local dog owned by Betty Smith, Ch. Idover Perfect Gentleman. Arnold was tightly linebred on Linda Larson's Plumcreek dogs and was a son of one of my all-time favorite bitches, Ch. High Flyer Puddle Jumper. From that litter came Ch. Milescross Matinee Idol of E, SC & the almost finished Milescross Elandan Ingenue, SC.
For Amie's second litter I decided to go back into the Locar side of her heritage and she was bred to Ch. Locar's Clyde the Glide in 2000. Clyde was a "Chip" son, whose mother was a maternal half sister to Julia, so this breeding was very close on both sides of the pedigree. The only puppy shown from this litter ended up being the exotic Ch. Milescross Barbarella, SC, who is my ideal in make shape, as well as being one of the most tenacious runners ever!
For Amie's second litter I decided to go back into the Locar side of her heritage and she was bred to Ch. Locar's Clyde the Glide in 2000. Clyde was a "Chip" son, whose mother was a maternal half sister to Julia, so this breeding was very close on both sides of the pedigree. The only puppy shown from this litter ended up being the exotic Ch. Milescross Barbarella, SC, who is my ideal in make shape, as well as being one of the most tenacious runners ever!
Amie gave me one of my fondest dog show memories ever when she was awarded Best Brood Bitch at the 2002 AWC National Specialty. Amie's handler on that day, Cindy Hatcher, Rhonda Gifford and I were laughing so hard at Amie's "post-tetanus perky ears" in the ring that we almost missed out on judge Isabel Stoffers pointing our way to first place.
Very close to sixteen, Amie is content in retirement, living with her son Troy, and my Dad, in S.F.
Very close to sixteen, Amie is content in retirement, living with her son Troy, and my Dad, in S.F.
