Random, but Significant

December 5, 2007 at 6:58 PM

As much as I adore my puppy rottweiler, I can not wait until she is older. Strange isn't it?

Most people want their puppies to stay puppies or even buy a dog that grows but never grows like Labrador Retrievers or some little dog small enough to hold in their hands for the rest of the dog's life.

But the majesty, fear-inspiring loyality that a full-grown Rottweiler exudes into the environment is a feeling I yearn for. Maybe it is because of the past experiences I had with my recently deceased dog named Germany. She was a loyal German Rottweiler. Even when my mom, who is a single parent, could not feed her or us for that matter, she was always there to comfort everyone and protect those she loved. She could always sense when we felt threatened even if we did not know-so ourselves. And I think she knew how much we sacrificed just to keep her and not give her up to some rottweiler discriminating pound that surely would have put her to sleep.

She died at 5 with kidney failure.

Many people do not understand the relationship that a person has with their dog. And of course, a relationship between a person and a rottweiler takes on a powerful meaning in both negative and positive ways. We see the negatove more-so when some persons try to use the majesty of such a dog for fighting or other low means. But, have you ever seen a 170 pound to 250 pound rottweiler pull a dying child from a strong current in a river? To see those two grandiose components of nature working against eachother will change your views about animals in general.

One day, when Xhera is a muscle-flexing, giant, my dream is to take a picture with her. I will be dressed in a Early Victorian outfit, because I like it. I will be seated on a beautiful chair with my violin on my knee in "rest position" and Xhera on the right hand side of me. (The whole picture will be about how the impossible comes together to form a new woman. Which I guess works with the Victorian outfit since I could not have possibly been a black woman dressed so magnificently in victorian garments during the early part of Queen Victoria's reign.)

In memory of Germany Reese (June 2002-October 2007)

From Drew Lecher
Posted on December 5, 2007 at 7:43 PM

I look forward to that picture.
A fellow dog and animal lover, my wife and I have 3 standard poodles and every day is new:-)

From Bernadette Hawes
Posted on December 5, 2007 at 9:54 PM

Yeah, Jazzy, please post it when you get it. I love costumes from past times. Sounds a very Victorian composition, lady in a lovely long gown, instrument and doggy.

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on December 6, 2007 at 7:00 AM

That reminds me of the dog who belonged to my childhood violin teacher. She was very discriminating about his students. Some she liked, and for others she would just disappear until the lesson was finished. She liked me. She used to sit at my side during my lessons, and when my teacher criticized me, she would bark at him. I miss her.

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