athe start of my love for the chow chow

This is a combination of short stories not included in my first two books, on the lovely Chow Chow and other animals.


A few letters I have received from friends that received copies of my first book
Dear Carol,
Thank you so much for sending me a disk with your stories on it, I’m sorry I did not get back to you sooner but my computer was jammed.
However I finally got to read your stories, this morning and did enjoy them I never realized you had had 2 meerkats. The problem with animals like that is that when they get sick no –one really knows how to treat them except possibly a Zoo Vet and then they too probably don’t do one on one medicine, it’s very difficult but you certainly tried heroically to save that second little one. It must have been heart breaking to finally lose the battle.
Anyway take care, and I do hope the dogs are well and bringing you much pleasure not to mention that very large cat you had a photo of!)
Yours sincerely, Llew Evans
Veterinary Surgeon.






Dear Mrs. Dewrance,
BOOK ON THE CHOW CHOW

Just to acknowledge the safe receipt of your letter on the c.d. with your book on it and to say how much we appreciate your having sent it to us.
With every good wish.
Yours sincerely
Greg Eva
Kennel Union of Southern Africa.
Dear Carol,

Thank you for sending me your book on c.d. I have read the first story and it made me cry, well done and thank you again
Erica Thiart.
Editor of the ‘Noted Chow Chow.’

A Letter from Judy Fox Cheshire .
Thank you Carolyn for giving us this lovely book, I am going to print out all the stories and it will be easier to read then reading on the computer, I especially enjoyed the bit where the blue puppy was invited to Tessa’s milk bar.
I have not read the others yet, we have been so busy and poor Milly and Mabel had not been for a walk for over ten days so we have to catch up with our chores, not that taking M&M for a walk is a chore but you know what I mean. We have cut all the grass today and Fred has now started trimming the hedges in the front cannot do the back ones yet the birdies are nesting!!
Anyway in the next day or two I will print them all off I hope and would love some pictures Milly and Mabel are our first Chows and we absolutely adore them they are so funny. Mabel was lying on the grass before and it was the only bit of grass that Fred had not cut. She would not move for him so I went and said, “Will you excuse Daddy please Mabel”? She was on her right side so she picked up her head, doffed me with her left front paw and then put her head down and jammed her eyes closed. We took that as a “No, sorry” I had to ask her about four times before she eventually got up and said “Harrumph” and walked over to the other side of the garden and lay down I mean what other dogs does that!
Well I had better go and brush up for Fred, I hate that job but it is only fair to help. Worse Luck
Purple Kisses from Milly and Mabel
Judy.



WOOLIE

When I first arrived in Johannesburg, I wanted a Chow Chow again after loosing my first Chow Kimiko and one evening in the daily newspaper there was an advert for a good home for a chow chow, I phoned the owners who lived in Krugersdorp and arranged to go to meet them the following day, At that time I was married to Errol Mc Intyre and we decided that having no car of our own, we would take a train and meet the owners of Woolie, this was her name, at the railway station, On arrival there we were met by a young couple and a really lovely Chow Chow sitting in the back of their little Volkswagen, I told them I lived in a flat in Hillbrow in Johannesburg but would take really good care of their lovely Chow, They agreed to let me have her or they were going to have to put her down, as they were moving overseas. At that time I did not know the Chow Club even existed, Errol slipped a lead over Woolies lovely head and off we went, to catch the train back to Johannesburg, I guess I was smiling from ear to ear, Errol got onto the train with Woolie and as Robin and I went to get on, it pulled away from the station leaving us behind, There was Errol on his way back to Johannesburg with my dog and our train tickets, What now, I said to Robin that we should run to the next station which was not to far away and try and get there before the train, this we did and so started the sprint of my life, I never really did like running, Well half way down the road, I spotted a police car and ran to the policeman explaining in a puffed voice the story, he allowed us into the car and off we went sirens screaming to the next station, we got there with minutes to spare, thanking him, we were able to catch our train home with our lovely Chow.

In the mornings I would walk Robin to school and now I was able to take my lovely Chow with me, she was admired by everyone, and loved her morning walk, When we got home she would sleep on the balcony which was cool and big enough for her to exercise on.
Some months after getting her I joined a church group, and one Sunday morning after church the minister came to visit me, and on seeing my Chow was horrified that we were keeping her in our flat, He loved her on sight and suggested that as he had a farm, he thought it would be better for her to go and live with him, where she would have space to run to her hearts delight so he said, Well I was not to happy about parting with my faithful companion and I said that I would like to see his farm and meet his family before I made any decisions, after all she was my Chow and I loved her very much.
He arrived on Saturday Morning with his wife and two children, and we went out to the farm which was in Heidelberg, a long way to travel but I was pleasantly surprised when we arrived there, He had three other dogs of various breeds and all well cared for, The children got on well with Woolie and she with them and on allowing her off her lead, she made friends with the other dogs, He also had cats, and these she chased, great fun for a chow that had been cooped up in a small flat for the past year, I agreed that it would be better for her to be on the farm as long as he had her spayed so that she could not have puppies by his X breeds.
That night I cried at what I had done, but I knew in my heart that I had done the best for her, and that someday I would get another Chow to love and care for.
Sadly I never heard any more about her as I dropped the church, and did not keep in touch with him.

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