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After college, I moved for work to New Jersey and
then to Southern California. Unfortunately with lots
of corporate travel, I couldn’t have any animals.
It just wouldn’t have been fair.
One day, while making a business call, I saw a gorgeous
Irish Setter at a business looking out the door watching
my every move. I really missed having the Irish. I
thought these people are going to think I’m
nuts-but I’m going to go visit the dog. This
was the beginning of a dear friendship with Peggy
and Dublin. I visited Dublin regularly and would take
treats and tennis balls. Peggy traveled quite a bit
and I became Aunt Pat to Dublin. Dublin was at my
home on a weekly basis. Peggy passed away tragically
at a young age and Dublin came to live the rest of
his life with me. Dublin was soooooo smart and such
a clown. He was my heart dog.
About a month after Dublin’s passing-I thought
I would start to talk with breeders on the west coast-as
I knew no one-and begin to look for a puppy possibly
for the next year or so. I ordered a breeder’s
directory and called only one number. It was a gut
feeling or call it intuition. It was Arista Setters,
breeder Karen Alexander. Little did I know at the
time that Dublin had been an Arista dog. It was meant
to be.
And so as a tribute to Dublin-I choose the name Dublin
Meadows. |
