Hardy
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A rather sad event, the death of her beloved dog Blacky,
brought us in contact with Christa Gary. As she could not overcome
the emptyness caused by Blackys death, she
wanted to have another doggy friend as soon as possible. She
was interested in one of our puppies out of our L-litter.
Unfortunately all puppies were already gone. I gave her
some names of miniature schnauzer breeders that had litters at
that time. Shortly before the CACIB show
in Innsbruck, in August 2006, Christa happily told me that she
had found a puppy and that the breeder would bring it to
Innsbruck.
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Christa, Niki & Hardy
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Christa
& Niki
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From
her early childhood, Christa was very much drawn to all kind
of animals. She had inhertited this passion from her father.
As a professional ranger, he brought insured animals home to
care for. From little abandoned rabbit babies, to insured deer
to stray cats and dogs. As the animal welfare inspector of the
city of Baden, he also was resonsible for the foundation of
the animal shelter in Baden. He had dedicated his live to
collect money, and after it had finallly opened, he run the
shelter together with his wife, until his death.
As
a child, Christa was raised with cats only, as her step father
didn't like dogs. But as soon as she was married, the first
dog came into her house. A middle sized bitch, named Corry.
It didn't take long until she got a second dog. Together with
her youngest son Christa went to the opening ceremony of her
father animal shelter and went home with the german shephard
crossbread Senta und a persuan cat named Molly. Corry
and
Senta became very best friends with Chistas 3
sons.
Corry reached an age of 17 years, unfortunately Senta
could only stay for 3 years, she died too early in her 7th
year. A new playmate for Corry, a german
shephard crossbread brought from animal shelter as well, also
died after a short time, having suffered from breast cancer.
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Blacky
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definitely
a Schnauzer cross bread
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For
some time, while Christa was building her house in a beautiful
garden residence, she didn't have a dog. But right after the
house was finished, she intended to get a new one from the
animal shelter again. But before she could do that, she was
pleasantly surprised by the landlords of Christas favourite
pub, where she always used to read the animal rescue column in
the local newspaper. They presented her with a "Christmas
present". A little bundle of dog named Blacky. He
developed into Christas new "child". Blacky
the Schnauzer crossbread was the nastiest dog in dog school,
but his heart was at the right place. He was Christas most
loyal companion for years. 5 years later, Blacky
got a playmate, a cat named Speedy. The two of
them became a dream couple, loving each other dearly.
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Blacky & Speedy
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Hardy
& Speedy
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When
Christa lost her beloved Blacky after 16 Jahren
years, a part of her and Speedy died with him. 4
days later she just could not cope with the emptyness any
more, she needed another dog. The decision to look for a
Miniature Schnauzer was influenced a bit by Christas partner
who used to know this breed and admired its character. Besides
that Christa was sure that it would be a smaller copy of Blacky.
Maybe her interest in this breed was further influenced by my
own admiration for it, however finally, a Miniature Schnauzer
it should be.
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Hardy Rezlark
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Hardy
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In
August 2006 the 3 months old miniature schnauzer boy
Hardy Rezlark moved into Christas house and extremely
well kept garden. An very good behaving dog that never damaged
one peace of the beautifully kept flower beds (unlike our own
dogs, who love digging holes everywhere). Hardy
is very good with other dogs and also best friend with Speedy
the cat. Although he had suffered from Blackys
death as well, he got used to this little schnauzer bundle.
Hardy
is very good in og school and has already passed the exams for
companion dog basic and advanced. At first, Hardy
also loved agility, unfortunately since summer 2008, he suffers
from advancing Patella disease and therefore is not allowed to do
a lot of sports now. This made Hardy very sad and
he barely went out of the house lately. The best cure for a sad
heat however, is a doggy playmate, preferrably a Miniature
Schnauzer of course.
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Nikolaus Peppersdegabritho
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"Niki"
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Niki & Hardy
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Niki
& Hardy
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Hardy
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Niki
& Nimmersatt
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Nimmersatt,
Minnie, Wuzi, Lilly, Pepper, Jacob, Emi, Niki &
Hardy (f.l.t.r.)
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In Memoriam:
18. November 2008 um 23:00 Uhr
verstarb Kater Speedy, der beste Freund von Niki und Hardy,
völlig unerwartet und viel zu früh. Sein Frauchen und sein
Herrchen trauern gemeinsam mit unseren beiden Schnauzerbuben
um ihren treuen Lebensgefährten. Der
stolze Speedy soll in Frieden ruhen. Er wird immer in Herzen
und Gedanken seiner zwei- und vierbeinigen Freunde
bleiben.
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April 18th, 1997 - November 18th, 2008
Rest in Peace Speedy
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