Today is the day I been dreading since last January-My Darling Desiree is no longer here -she has gone to sleep for ever. I can hardly write this as my eyes fill with tears again as I think of her. She fought the liver disease with great courage and in the summer it looked as if she might have beaten it, but she began to get weaker in October and the disease has finally taken my beautiful girl. She was ready to go and escape the discomfort and I take comfort that she is now at peace even though it hurt so much to look into those big brown eyes for the last time.
I am so grateful that she was part of our lives for the last seven years-I remember vividly going to pick her up from Eileen's house and how quickly she became part of our family. I know that dogs always enhance our lives but she brought so much to mine. Desi introduced me to the sport of agility and she was so patient -well most of the time-with me and eventually we began to work as a team and we had such fun! Desiree also introduced me to lots of new friends and I am so grateful to her for enriching my life with such caring,enthusiastic,supportive and positive people.
Every time a plane goes overhead, I will remember Desi. She loved to chase them and one day she might have caught one! She loved to race up the hillsides in Colorado and enjoy the cool mountain air.Our dear friends who spend the summer in Breckenridge were so kind to invite her many times-including this last July and this is another fond memory of her and just how much she enjoyed her life.
When we came home tonight from the vet,another lasting and wonderfulgift from Desi - Guinness- came racing to greet us with the usual wags and kisses. Again thank you, Desi, for being such a good mother to all your special puppies. You brought such joy into our world. We will miss you! May you rest in peace and may your spirit live on with us.
Carole Mitchell
6/30/00 Novice B 20"-Leg 1 95 2nd/3 51.32'/76' 7/23/00 Novice B 20"-Leg 2 90 3rd/6 51.22'/66' 9/03/00 Novice B 20"-Leg 3 90 3rd/7 54.96'/77' NA
10/08/00 Open 20"-Leg 1 100 1st/12 59.65'/74' 11/26/00 Open 20"-Leg 2 100 1st/4 58.95'/69' 3/11/01 Open 20"-Leg 3 90 3rd/7 51.41'/62' OA 9/01/01 Open 20"-Leg 4 95 55.43'/70'
9/03/01 Excellent A 20"-Leg 1 100 1st/19 57.03'/60' 2/08/04 Excellent A 20"-Leg 2 100 2nd/17 58.27'/68' 2/12/05 Excellent A 20"-Leg 3 100 1st/21 54.61'/62' AX 3/13/05 Excellent A 20"-Leg 4 100 4th/17 60.64'/60'
6/30/00 Novice B 20"-Leg 1 95 1st/2 38.19'/39' 7/21/00 Novice B 20"-Leg 2 100 1st/11 30.82'/41' 10/08/00 Novice B 20"-Leg 3 95 2nd/11 37.31'/39' NAJ 10/13/00 Novice B 20"-Leg 4 100 1st/8 27.41'/36'
12/02/00 Open 20"-Leg 1 95 2nd/6 41.97'/43' 12/03/00 Open 20"-Leg 2 93 3rd/6 39.44'/38' 9/01/01 Open 20"-Leg 3 100 2nd/18 30.90'/39' OAJ
2/07/04 Excellent A 20"-Leg 1 100 1st/18 37.30'/42' 2/08/04 Excellent A 20"-Leg 2 100 3rd/18 40.11'/45' 3/06/04 Excellent A 20"-Leg 3 100 1st/13 30.36'/37' AXJ
11/26/05 Excellent B 20"-Leg 1 100 53.23'/60' 12/04/05 Excellent B 20"-Leg 2 100 57.00'/64' QQ 1/29/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 3 100 47.12'/60' QQ 2/25/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 4 100 51.11'/63' 4/08/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 5 100 52.32'/63' QQ 4/09/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 6 100 52.20'/65' 10/07/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 7 100 55.67'/65' QQ 11/18/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 8 100 53.29'/60' 11/19/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 9 100 52.50'/63' QQ 12/03/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 10 100 54.32'/62' QQ MX
2/03/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 11 100 58.34'/66' 3.52 2/04/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 12 100 55.25'/59' 3.30 QQ 4/07/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 13 100 51.84'/61' 3.67 11/18/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 14 100 58.62'/64' 3.43 12/01/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 15 100 49.66'/59' 3.76 QQ 2/03/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 16 100 52.61'/60' 3.59 10/11/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 17 100 53.81'/66' 3.89 QQ 11/16/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 18 100 51.62'/62' 3.80 QQ 12/07/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 19 100 54.14'/63' 3.68 QQ
1/29/05 Excellent B 20"-Leg 1 100 35.08'/41' 4/09/05 Excellent B 20"-Leg 2 100 38.96'/46' 4/10/05 Excellent B 20"-Leg 3 100 36.25'/41' 10/09/05 Excellent B 20"-Leg 4 100 33.58'/42' 11/27/05 Excellent B 20"-Leg 5 100 33.31'/41' 12/02/05 Excellent B 20"-Leg 6 100 34.21'/40' 12/04/05 Excellent B 20"-Leg 7 100 34.48'/39' QQ 1/29/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 8 100 29.86'/33' QQ 2/26/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 9 100 32.22'/46' 4/08/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 10 100 35.78'/43' QQ MXJ
10/07/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 11 100 34.16'/40' QQ 10/14/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 12 100 36.45'/42' 11/19/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 13 100 33.02'/40' QQ 12/01/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 14 100 31.52'/36' 12/03/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 15 100 34.19'/38' QQ 1/28/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 16 100 34.86'/41' 4.39 2/04/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 17 100 35.37'/46' 4.83 QQ 11/16/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 18 100 36.99'/43' 4.33 11/17/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 19 100 35.15'/43' 4.61 12/01/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 20 100 34.81'/44' 4.77 QQ
2/02/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 21 100 32.47'/40' 4.59 2/23/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 22 100 31.27'/40' 4.83 3/08/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 23 100 31.31'/39' 4.66 10/04/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 24 100 32.57'/42' 4.79 10/11/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 25 100 31.65'/37' 4.39 QQ MJB 11/15/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 26 100 32.13'/42' 4.89 11/16/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 27 100 32.41'/38' 4.41 QQ 12/06/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 28 100 30.57'/39' 4.74 12/07/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 29 100 30.80'/39' 4.77 QQ
1/29/05 CPs- 5 4/09/05 CPs- 7 4/10/05 CPs- 4 10/09/05 CPs- 8 11/26/05 CPs- 6 11/27/05 CPs- 7 12/02/05 CPs- 5 12/04/05 CPs- 11 QQ 1/29/06 CPs- 15 QQ 2/25/06 CPs- 11 2/26/06 CPs- 13 4/08/06 CPs- 17 QQ 4/09/06 CPs- 12 10/07/06 CPs- 14 QQ 10/14/06 CPs- 5 11/18/06 CPs- 6 11/19/06 CPs- 16 QQ 12/01/06 CPs- 4 12/03/06 CPs- 10 QQ 1/28/07 CPs- 6 2/03/07 CPs- 7 2/04/07 CPs- 13 QQ 11/16/07 CPs- 6 11/17/07 CPs- 7 11/18/07 CPs- 5 12/01/07 CPs- 18 QQ 2/02/08 CPs- 7 2/03/08 CPs- 7 2/23/08 CPs- 8 3/08/08 CPs- 7 10/04/08 CPs- 9 10/11/08 CPs- 17 QQ 11/15/08 CPs- 9 11/16/08 CPs- 15 QQ 12/06/08 CPs- 8 12/07/08 CPs- 16 QQ
Total CPs-341 QQs- 11
5/25/03 Starter/Novice Standard Q 1st/ 5/26/03 Starter/Novice Standard Q 2nd/ 9/27/03 Starter/Novice Standard Q AD
