Vilmorin Gypsy Jones at Allhiker - Georgie
Georgie 26 October 1981 - 25 September 1997
Look into her eyes and you will understand why I was smitten by beardies for life...
Photo by Andy Drury
This photograph is here with permission and thanks to Dawn, and
in Memory of Dave who passed over the rainbow bridge, Oct 2012. RIP.
in Memory of Dave who passed over the rainbow bridge, Oct 2012. RIP.
Dave was my first partner in life, we lived together in Weybridge and then Woking. When we moved to our own home in Woking, we quickly decided to get our own dog, but what breed? After long discussions we went in search of a shaggy dog having seen a picture of one, but not knowing what it was. Research eventually led us to Bearded Collies and then after a few false starts, onto Margaret Wareham, Vilmorin beardies, in the New Forest, where a life long friendship started. We must have been an absolute pain, from the moment the litter was born you couldn't keep us away, at least every week we turned up on the doorstep. We eventually collected Georgieanna, as she was then called, on Boxing Day.
After eventually curing her dreadful car sickness, Georgie travelled with Dave every where in the cab of his lorry, often going for long trips with him around the UK, both loving every moment together. Georgie charmed everyone she came into contact with.
As time came to pass, Dave and I parted company and I got to keep the mortgage and Georgie. She became my constant companion and often, disgustingly, found upside down, on the bed with me. I'm not sure who it was who taught her to do a "vertical lift " so that she was sitting on the pub stool next to us at the bar but it was a neat party trick! I'm also not sure why she often had a suicide wish - falling off the wall at Selsey Bill, or jumping clean over a stone bridge in Scotland - luckily still attached to collar and lead, so we were able to haul her back over before she was crushed below, or throttled. She lived to be a grand old lady of 16 plus.
Dave went on to marry lovely Dawn, and as Georgie had her first litter, puppy Heidi went to live with them. Georgie, Heidi and I were invited to the wedding. Georgie was a goody two shoes, but the same could not be said for Heidi who jumped all over everybody and everything as she was so excited. Such was the love of their dog, that they had their honeymoon in the UK and Heidi joined them on a boat for the duration. Dave and Dawn went on to have many hairy dogs , animals of various kinds and two children.
With out Dave and Georgie, Allhiker beardies would never have been.
After eventually curing her dreadful car sickness, Georgie travelled with Dave every where in the cab of his lorry, often going for long trips with him around the UK, both loving every moment together. Georgie charmed everyone she came into contact with.
As time came to pass, Dave and I parted company and I got to keep the mortgage and Georgie. She became my constant companion and often, disgustingly, found upside down, on the bed with me. I'm not sure who it was who taught her to do a "vertical lift " so that she was sitting on the pub stool next to us at the bar but it was a neat party trick! I'm also not sure why she often had a suicide wish - falling off the wall at Selsey Bill, or jumping clean over a stone bridge in Scotland - luckily still attached to collar and lead, so we were able to haul her back over before she was crushed below, or throttled. She lived to be a grand old lady of 16 plus.
Dave went on to marry lovely Dawn, and as Georgie had her first litter, puppy Heidi went to live with them. Georgie, Heidi and I were invited to the wedding. Georgie was a goody two shoes, but the same could not be said for Heidi who jumped all over everybody and everything as she was so excited. Such was the love of their dog, that they had their honeymoon in the UK and Heidi joined them on a boat for the duration. Dave and Dawn went on to have many hairy dogs , animals of various kinds and two children.
With out Dave and Georgie, Allhiker beardies would never have been.
Georgie's pedigree can be viewed here http://www.bcpedigree.se/Irena/beardis.nsf/l6vy/13405