Stephen had grown into a loving, caring, knowledgeable dog person! At eight years old, he and his sister Allie have begin to handle dogs in the show ring.
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Ive had my share of litters and not just canine ones. You see, Im the mother of triplets. When Stephen, Allie, and Krista came into my life in that order, a couple of minutes apart I had two middle-aged Rhodesian Ridgebacks. Blitz and Diva had certainly met children before, and didnt mind them, but the arrival of the babies rocked their world. Pre-kids, when my husband Fred and I went to work, the dogs lazed around our suburban Victorian, maybe getting exorcised over the occasional oil delivery or Fed Ex dropoff. But post-kids, there was a literal village tromping through the house grandmothers, babysitters, visiting aunts and these . . . creatures.
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