Walker
is one of the most amazing dogs I have ever known.
One of my favorite stories about Walker is the
"cat food can".
We used to have a 17 year old cat that
we had to feed canned food because
she had no teeth left. I kept the cans
in the house, took them out daily to feed and
then dogs would lick the left over gravy out
of the cans.
One evening I was on the couch watching
TV, when Walker took
an unopened can of cat food off of the shelf
in the kitchen, brought it into
the living room and plopped it in my lap.
He sat in front of me
and looked at me expectantly.
I laughed at him and put the can on the
end table and went back to watching TV.
He sat looking at me for a short time and
then left.
I heard a weird noise in the kitchen and
went to investigate.
Walker had taken another can of cat food off
of the shelf and had
proceeded to bite holes in the can and
was licking up the gravy. He had
brought me the first can to open for him
and when I did not co-operate (dumb mom!), he
took matters into his own paws, so to speak.
Walker and his littermate sister, Macky
Walker always was one to figure out what a person was doing and
try to help. We heat our home with a wood stove, so Joe, My husband
would go to the side of the house daily to bring small pieces of wood
in to start the fire. By the third day of this, Walker ran ahead of
Joe, to the side of the house and as he came around the corner, Walker
met him with a stick of wood in his mouth and shook it around and play
bowed as he showed his dad, he was here to help.
Walker was Joe's right hand man on the farm. It is super hard for
a dog to work horses as they can get you with their front feet, rear
feet and teeth. Walker taught many horses to load in the
trailer, taught them to walk on the horse walker and never applied any
more pressure than was necessary to get the job done.
Joe had a couple horses on the walker and was out of sight
cleaning stalls. The horses were sitting back and causing the horse
walker to grate gears. Joe was just about to go see if he could get the
horses moving again, when the grating of the gears stopped. Joe
finished mucking out the stall and came into view of the horse walker
and there was Walker walking quitly behind the horse, all by himself,
performing his job.
Walker always had the temperament of a Golden Retreiver, except
for once.
I was home alone working on the computer and I heard Walker out in
front of the house growling like I had never heard him before. I went
to the door and a man was standing in our pasture, not 15 feet frm the
front door. Walker was circling him and would not let up his growling
and I had a very hard time calling him back to me. The man said "I
broke down on the freeway, I need to come in and use your phone. The
freeway ia about a quarter mile from my home but you need to get across
a 30 foot wide and 20 foot deep irrigation ditch to get to my home,
from the freeway. With Walkers reaction to the guy, I told him he did
not need to use my phone, he needed to "GET THE HELL OFF MY
PROPERTY". He walked to the gate climbed over and left. Walker settled
down, one he was gone. 2 days later on the evening news, they were
reporting on a man who severely beat and raped a woman after she let
him in her home to use the phone and when they showed the composite
drawing the police had made, it was the same man. I always felt
protected when my "Walks" was around. Not a day goes by that I do not
miss him, cry over him and realize how big a hole is in my heart since
the day I had to say goodbye to him.
WALKERS KIDS
HOF ASCA CH La
Chiripada De La Plata
DOB: 1/25/02
(CH Private Stoc's Texas Ranger, CD, STDcds
X
CH Country-Ways Corazon Feliz)
Los Suenos Rayo Azul Perennial
AKC CD, AX, AXJ, CGC, ASCA R-SO, J-SO, GS-N TN-N,
NADAC NAC, NJC, NGC, OAC, OJC
Walkers son Flashie, he is one true character
Eve Peacock of Mitril Aussies has two
lovely Walker Daughters
Mithril's Queen of Hearts RS-N,GS-O, JS-O, TNN
Mithril's Give'em Hell RS-N, GS-O, JS-N, NAC, TNN
BLUE MERLE, RED-FACTORED
Pedigree of:
Ch Private Stocs Texas
Ranger CD STDcds DNA-CP
Blue C/W RF F=8.86%
M
E73379
2/21/1995 |
HOF Ch Windhills Shine On Macon
Blue C/W AS-4676G24M F=9.94%
E35214 DL40019801
4/30/1988 |
Ch Tri-Bar Macon Whoopie
Black C/W AS-981 F=0.00%
E644
12/21/1976 |
Ch De Leons Baron
B1560 |
Hayes Blue |
| Hayes Missy |
Ch Tophands Mecha
B2198 |
Ch Fieldmaster of Flintridge |
| Millers Mollina
of Flintridge |
Windhills
Rise & Shine
Blue C/W F=13.24%
E15978
4/15/1983 |
Ch Master Charge of Windermere
E4423 |
Ch Suns Mark of Windermere CD |
| West Winds Miss
Moonglow CD ATDds |
Windhills
Misty Shiner
E4422 |
Ch Windermeres Sunshine of Bonnie Blu CDX |
| Windhills Blue
Misty |
HOF Private Stocs Manzanita OTDc STDds DNA-CP
Red Merle C/W AS-7525G24F F=7.29%
E56649 DL46747201
3/13/1992 |
Ch Parkhills Arrogant Dutchman
Blue C/W RF AS-5955G24M F=12.60%
E45544 DL45986701
4/15/1990 |
Ch Arrogance of Heatherhill CD STDd
E3609 DL49134101 |
Ch Windermeres Sunshine of Bonnie Blu CDX |
| Ch Sweet Seasons of Heatherhill |
Silver
Fog of Heatherhill
E17927 |
Ch Higgins Sizzlin Sam of L7 |
| Ch Patch-Works River Fog |
Pamelas
Manchada Rio Rojo DNA-CP
Red Merle W AS-6033G34F F=29.90%
E47257 DL46420501
8/6/1989 |
Checotahs
Rio Rojo
E35050 |
Manchado Grizzly
Bear |
| Chicotas
Earlyautumn |
Chicotas
Desert Rose
E34653 |
Manchado Grizzly
Bear |
| Chicotas
Earlyautumn |
