Andre...my friend's dog.............

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Andre...my friend's dog.............
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Sun, 08-16-2009 - 3:02pm

My friend, Lyn, just sent me an email. Included was a telling of the antics of her Afghan Hound Dog..a BIG over sized Afghan..and his back yard adventures. This is so precious that I had to share it with you.


Andre is a bit hyper, like he never lost his puppy playfulness. He is a wonderful loving companion to Lyn, especially now since she recently divorced.


Here is what she said in my email and I've posted a photo of Andre below. When she refers to him as "galloping", that is exactly what he does. He doesn't walk like other dogs. They used to live next door to me and she had two Afghans, one died last year, also a very special and precious pet..........


 


Anton has a young bunny (about 6" long with a snow white tail) in the backyard to play with. Sometimes he acts like he's stalking (pointing like a bird dog) and the bunny freezes. Sometimes he gallops slowly, parallel to it and the bunny hops slowly through the flower bed, the entire length of the yard, when it could duck through the fence right away if it wanted to. Sometimes they just hang out together and ignore each other entirely. I thought It was funny when he sat still under the trees and got the squirrels to come down almost to his nose. When the squirrels realized he was a "dog" they always ran away. One day he leisurely galloped after one around a tree, and the squirrel didn't run up the tree, but led him around in a circle first. It was clearly a game for them. He never barks or jumps at them. Birds land in the grass and sit with him all the time. It's like a Bambi movie.

 

~ DONNA

 
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Sun, 08-16-2009 - 3:31pm

thank you for the story,, anton is just a gem.. love the face....

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Sun, 08-16-2009 - 3:44pm

I knew you'd like hearing about Anton! Your friend's Afghan


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Mon, 08-17-2009 - 8:44am
Aw, what a sweet story! And what an adorable dog! All the Afghans I've seen have long hair - I like Anton with a short "do"!





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Mon, 08-17-2009 - 11:43am

What a great story,and so adorable.


Thank's for sharing.


Von.

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Tue, 08-18-2009 - 3:15pm
Glad you liked it Ann, he is indeed a sweet dog!





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Tue, 08-18-2009 - 3:18pm

YW Von, glad you enjoyed hearing about Anton too.


Oh, shoot, I just realized I said Andre in my subject line! That was his brother who died last year. This one is Anton. ::blush::


I need to go back and do some explaining now! ::blush again::





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Tue, 08-18-2009 - 3:19pm

Oopsie..I said Andre! That was his brother who died last year. This one is named Anton. ::blush::





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Tue, 08-18-2009 - 3:21pm
As you may have noticed, since you got the name right, I made an error! I said Andre..that was his brother who died last year..this one's named Anton. ::blush::





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