Presents

Vienna – Ch Myriosa’s Summer of My Dreams TD WC CD AGX AGIJ CGN SMADC SMJDC VCX
Sire: Ch Spiritlodge Who’s Sorry Now  Dam: Ch Camalire’s Summer Crescendo CD OD
27 December 1999 to 19 August 2007

Vienna – 2007 GRCBC Versatility Dog of the Year

Achievements:
With a very heavy heart I have to write about the loss of a wonderful, wonderful friend.
Vienna had a sparkle to her that, for me, will always be unmatched. She grinned from ear to ear, wagged her entire body and lived life to the fullest.
Her seven years were full of joy. Vienna never met a person or dog she didn’t like. She tried her best at every event we entered but really started to shine when we found agility. I started her as an adult thinking it would be something fun we could do together and never dreamed we would go as far as we did. She progressed through the classes and, once I had learned how to avoid having her stop to visit the judges and ring crew, she really started to run and to Q on a regular basis.
In 2005 she came into her own. With her championship, TD and AGN from previous years we decided to work toward her Lifetime Versatility award. She started with earning her Agility Intermediate with a first and two fourth place rosettes in May, her WC in June and her CD in early September. In October it was back to agility where she completed her Advanced Agility title (SAADC) in AAC (Agility Association of Canada) competition.
In 2006 we continued in agility and on July 1st she earned her SMADC title “Specials Master Agility Dog of Canada” commonly known as a “MAD”. The next day she Q’d in Masters Jumpers and earned her Masters Jumpers title as well. On the third weekend in July we went to the GRCC CKC trials in Vancouver and in the incredible heat little Vienna ran her heart out. We finished her Novice Jumpers and her Intermediate Jumpers and picked up her second Excellent Standard Q.

Vienna was truly the dog of anyones dreams. In May of 2007, after eight months of chemo treatment for lymphoma, Vienna earned the final leg of her Agility Excellent title. Through the heartbreak of the diagnosis and the treatments Vienna continued to shower me with the bright sparkle that was so much a part of her. She loved agility so I made the effort to continue working with her knowing that the title I had so long dreamed of had to be out of our reach. I entered the Tyee trial because I knew how much she wanted to run and how much she would enjoy being there with all the dogs and people that she loved. It is a wonderful venue out on the grass with trees all around and we had made so many wonderful memories there in previous years. It just seemed the right thing to do. Contrary to my expectations Vienna flew over those 20 inch jumps and earned that last Q with her tail wagging the whole way.
In August, after 10 and a half months of living with lymphoma she was gone in a flash. On Saturday afternoon she was running around playing and on Sunday morning she slipped from this world held safely in my arms.
May she enjoy living the summer of my dreams until we meet again.

Summer Of My Dreams (sung by Kathy Matthea)

In the shade of this old tree
In the summer of my dreams
By the tall grass, by the wild rose
Where the trees dance when the wind blows

As the days go oh so slowly
And the sun shines oh so holy
On the good and gracious green
In the summer of my dreams

By the banks of this old stream
In the summer of my dreams
By the deep pool where the fish wait
For the old fool with the wrong bait

There’s a field of purple clover
There’s a small cloud passing over
And the rain comes washing clean
In the summer of my dreams

See the raindrops on the grass now
Just like diamonds lying there
By the old road where I pass now
There’s a twilight in the air

And as the sun sets down before me
I see my true love waiting for me
Standing by the back porch swing
In the summer of my dreams

In the shade of this old tree
In the summer of my dreams
By the tall grass, by the wild rose
Where the trees dance as the beans grow

As the days go oh so slowly
As the sun shines oh so holy
On the good and gracious green
In the summer of my dreams!

 

Pedigree of “Vienna – Ch Myriosa’s Summer of My Dreams TD WC CD AGX AGIJ CGN SMADC SMJDC VCX”
Parents	GrandParents	GreatGrandParents
SIRE Ch Spiritlodge Who’s Sorry Now	Ch Madisons Stack The Deck OS	Ch Verdoro’s Justice For All OS
		Ch Collinterra’s Brazen Callie OD
	Ch Spiritlodge Right Lee So	Am Can Ch Asterling’s Last Laugh CD SDHF
		Ch Mandalaro My Little Duce Coupe OD
DAM Ch Camalire’s Summer Crescendo CD OD	Am Can Ch Sweetgrass Clasical Legacy OS SDHF	Am Ch Jayba’s Jenlyn Fifth Avenue SDHF
		Am Can Ch Sweet Grass Hills O Gold Honey CD
	Ch Aylwyn Keypsake of Camalire	Am Ch Daystar’s Tornado Warning OS SDHF
		Am Ch Asterling’s Just Buster Loose CD OD

Click to see a five generation pedigree