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Panhead Catahoulas
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Fri, 14 Mar 2008
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In Memory of Our Founder, Stephanie Johnson Cox
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the
death of Stephanie, who caused all this to come
to be. It is an occassion of sadness for me
personally, and many of her friends around the
country who have survived longer than she did.
Like the true biker she was, she chose to exit
during Bike Week, and when Bike Week rolls
around, I tend to stop and reflect upon the long,
I may say as well strange, journey she set me on.
I am happy to report Panhead kennel is doing
fairly well these days, our most recent litter
from Eclipse, sired by Panhead's Doughboy, was
sold out by the time they were old enough to
travel, and we are now on puppy hiatus, at least
for the next several months. Tabasco and Wendy
are scheduled to produce their last (third)
litter later this year, and we are excited, if
again a bit saddened, by that. But life goes on,
and so will their line of dogs.
Currently, I am using my off-days from the
carpentry thing to construct a pen for the
Panhead pig ("Razor") recently acquired for us
through the efforts of Panhead's Jr. Gong
("Junior", more familiarly) which should help us
gauge the hogdog aptitude of individual pups in
the future. We currently have dogs out hunting
the length and breadth of Florida, as well as in
Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and likely
elsewhere. We have a dog getting picked up
tommorrow that is going to New York, another next
week bound for Texas.
Sometimes, it seems like you work and work and
get nowhere fast, but when I stop and reflect, we
have indeed come a long way from those first
three or four dogs Stephanie brought over from
Louisiana. To this day, I will sometimes gaze
into the clear blue eyes of one of our dogs and
see Stephanies blue eyes looking back at me. You
can make of that what you will, but you will not
be the first person to conclude I am crazy.
Wherever you are watching from, Stephanie, I
hope you find my efforts worthwhile. I have tried
my best.
page "About Our Founder"
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