Dit afscheid heeft ons aangehikt.....onze „Beatle/American Boy“ nu „Zeus“ is op 20.10. naar USA gevlogen. We hebben hem heel vroeg in Amsterdam bij „Zoologistics“ afgegeven. Deze bedrijf is gespecialiseerd dieren van Schiphol naar de hele wereld te exporteren. Nog een keer in zijn ogen vol vertrouwen te kijken wanneer we hem hebben verlaten, heeft ons hart bijna gebroken. Maar hij was helemaal relaxed en we denken het was omdat Romy onze dierencommunicerer (Dag Birgit, Ja Khufu (Zeus) is echt een moedige kleine kerel en hij is zich zijn kracht en sterkte al wat bewust. Een kij grote taak wacht op hem. Groetjes Romy) hem op de vlucht voorbereid heeft en was zamen met mama Juno met hem tot hij was in zijn nieuw thuis :-) We hebben vol inspanning zijn vlucht op internet begleid en de tijd van de aakomst tot het telefoontje van de nieuwe bezitters voelde zich heel lang aan. Al bij al was hij over 20 uren en route, maar als de foto´van de eerste dag tonen, heeft hij zich al goed in zijn nieuwe familie geaard :-) Hij leeft nu in de buurt van Portland in de natuur met andere RR´s zamen en we denken dat de lange reis zich geloond heeft :-)
I must tell you about our special experience that happened to us on the way home from the airport with Zeus on Monday. We did not know his name was Zeus yet. Amanda and I needed to go and pick up Andrea our other daughter before we could come home. We drove to La Center High School and picked her up. Of course our boy is riding in the front seat with us on Andrea and Amanda’s laps, snuggled up sleeping after his long trip to America. We could not bear to think of him alone in his kennel, even in the same vehicle with us. After we picked up Andrea, as we were driving home on very beautiful country roads with open fields of lush, green grass, extensive forests of tall trees and the last of the summer flowers, we saw an extremely larger than normal, intensely colorful rainbow. As we looked, we could see the end of this bright rainbow right there on the road. We were astonished, as we have seen many rainbows here in the northwest, but this one was very wide with brilliant colors and we have never seen the end of a rainbow. We were discussing how fantastic this photograph in our minds was and all of the sudden we see another large beautiful rainbow and again we see the end of this rainbow, but this time the end of the rainbow was sitting in the field we were driving by. We each looked at one another and at our American boy from Belgium and we knew he was so extraordinary and we agreed that his name should be “Zeus” – ruler of the Gods. Our daughter Andrea has studied Greek mythology intently and said “Zeus” was known as a ruler over thunder and the Heavens. Because of our experience with our boy, his name is now “Zeus”. He is pretty much potty trained and looks forward to going outside to run and play although he is not near as fast as Archer, but he still has a very wonderful time trying to catch him. Archer is very good natured and plays nicely with him. Zeus loves nice warm baths in our kitchen sink and then snuggling up near the wood stove afterwards with whichever one of us has the opportunity and pleasure to hold him.
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http://zeustheridgeback.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ZeusTheRidgeback
http://www.pinterest.com/apacheridgerr/zeus-the-ridgeback/
