The Anniversary of.....

The death of King George VI (1952), The Manchester United Air Disaster (1958) and the fourth anniversary of the death of my first Gordon Setter, Annie. Born exactly ten years to the day of my very first setter, Annie was my first Gordon. Not an easy dog in any way, also not the healthiest dog in the world (she broke her back leg at 14 weeks!) but certainly one of the most loving. Even three Gordons later I still think of Annie a lot, she taught me so much about the breed and about showing - her best was a 2nd at Crufts in one of the largest classes I've ever been in - but most of all made me fall in love with my favourite breed and nearly twenty years later still have no inkling to change breeds.

Annie was Hernwood Elegant Ophelia of Billingham (22/10/89 - 06/02/04)