I can't believe that I am writing this.

She was fine a month ago, even 3 weeks ago, and then she went downhill very rapidly, and we don't yet know why.

She died in my arms on Saturday morning, here at home, on her own terms which is how Tally did everything.

Tally was my 2nd Gordon, but she was my first of so many things.  All her titles, I had never put titles on a dog before.  Some
of them were very difficult, like her CH.  Oh how she hated the show ring, and she hated for me to stack her, but let her do it
herself, well, she could hit a free stack and stop the judge in his tracks.

We then moved onto her JH, which she took to as the true Highland Lass she is.  Birds were her passion and you could see
the passion in her eyes when she knew we were going hunting.  She got her JH in 5 tries.  

Agility, well, that was totally my fault as a novice trainer.  The weave poles were our nemisis.  But we overcame them, and she
got her NA and NAJ titles very easily with several first places to boot.  And with that NA came her GSCA BBB Award!

Tally is the first and so far only Brentwood Gordon to have achieved that award.  Pam and Chuck were very proud of her.

Oh, did we try for our CD, but we just couldn't do it, Tally was too much of a clown.  As the heeling pattern went on and I didn't
say anything encouraging to her, well, she thought it was time to again, do it her way.  She would bark at me, then bounce up
and down to try to get my attention, then she would nip my behind!  There wasn't an obed trial that there weren't people laying
in the aisles laughing after watching Tally.

But don't ever laugh at her!  Oh no!  You can laugh with her, but if you laughed at her you would get a right and proper
scolding.  At an obedience class, the instructor was using Tally for a demo, and she did something wrong, everyone started
laughing, she stopped, looked over at everyone, ran over to them all the while woo wooing at them.  

I will never again take a bath with my Guardian there.  She would position herself on the bathroom floor facing the doorway,
protecting me.

I will also never again have to hide my toothbrush.

She gave me my first litter of puppies.  The Start litter, there were 4.  Two in that litter are Champions and two are very much
loved by their owners as CH couch potatoes!

She also gave me my second litter, a whopping 9!  In that litter I got my first WD at a Specialty!  My first BISweep and
BOSweeps at NODROG, brother and sister, what fun that was.  My first UKC Best in Show came from that litter too!  

She was a good Mom, though a stern Mom.  And she whelped beautiful puppies all the while holding her quacking duck in her
mouth.

She was there with me when Ghunnyr died.  She was my last link to my Ghun.  

I will miss her till the day I see her again.  

She is now running through the purple heather with Ghunnyr, ears flowing, scenting for quail.

CH Brentwood's Recount RN JH NA NAJ
10/30/00 - 7/14/2007

Gone too soon.



Click here for Tally's pedigree.
Sarah Armstrong
Gilnockie Gordons
Toledo, OH  
gilnockiegordons@yahoo.com
CH Brentwood's Recount, JH NA NAJ RN
BIS Ch. MacAlder Upland Hunter x BISS Ch. Brentwood's Solo Edition
Breeder:  Chuck & Pam Krothe  Owner:  Pam Krothe & Sarah Armstrong
10/30/00 - 7/14/2007
Beauty, Brains and Birdsense!  And a Top Producer Too!
She's Got It All!
Tally is the Mother of some wonderful kids:

CH Gilnockie Starts With Me, RN JH - Me Me
Can. CH Gilnockie's Flying Start RN CD FDJ -Hannah
Gilnockie's Start Your Engines - Penske
Brentwood's Start To Finish - Jennie

CH Gilnockie's LiveStrong
CH Gilnockie's Sprint To The Finish, JH - Jabber
CH Gilnockie's Tour De Lance, JH - Lance
Gilnockie's SevenStrong - Seven
CH Gilnockie's Wearing The Yellow NA NAJ - Robbie
CH Gilnockie's Tourific - Duke
Gilnockie's Ride For The Roses - Rosie
Gilnockie's Tour De France - Flash
Gilnockie's Arc De Triomphe - MacGregor