Special Friends

Nevertheless we had a lot of kilometers between us, she became one of the most important persons in my life.

Little bit more than 1,5 years ago - a wonderfull friendship started which became really deep and will hopefully never ending.

Mariella called me one day and asked me if it is possible to use one of my boys – Shadow or Zabor – as stud dogs for a female of her friend Frederica. That was they way how they travelled to Austria. During this time we knew each other and talked a lot. When they drove home the first time we knew that we got close to each other and that we both share our lives with our Newfs in love.

They had a Newfy male called „B.B.King“, who was their one and only - but the had to let him go to early over the Rainbow Bridge - but in this case they can´t believe not as much as before in that race.

But than, they told me that they saw in my boys their love coming back and the new hope. They felt in love with my boys immediately when they saw them first, but not only about their looking, especially because of their great character.

At this time we talked first about a visit of Zabor in Italy living in Mariellas home. But I can´t do that in the past. Mariella, her family and her friends were back to Austria. We enjoyed that times always and our friendship became deeper and deeper sharing times and good talks.

May 2003 – Shortly before SAT Gold-Cup – we drove 2 days earlier to Mariellas house. She groomed Zabor and Kendi phanstastic for the big show and was also their handler. The great success – GOLD CUP WINNER 2003 – with Kendi will be never forgotten.

The show-weekend ended and Mariella won my heart in this time. She knew that Shadow was ill and she brought a present and told me to stick in my garden and it shall protect Shadow and we cried together - from this moment we knew that our thinking and feeling is completly the same.

Than we were sharing a lot of shows where Marielle was there and helped ... she was not only the handler of my dogs ... no no - always our friend. September 2003 was the time were Zabor went to Mariella to Italy.

We talk very often about the time when I explained Mariella why Zabor is for me very "special" and how hard it was to let him go to her, but now as Mariella lived with Zabor a longer time, she understands me a lot. Zabor became also her boy, but I knew it before, because everybody who live with Zabor know his really qualities, his unique character. All over the time Zabor lived with Mariella - nearly 6 month - our friendship became special.

I can´t say enought "THANK YOU to Mariella for the wonderful time she gave Zabor with all her love. All things she did with Zabor we spoke about before and informed me. This is also the reason for me complety thanks and respect about her honesty and her sincerity.

Between the time we saw each other for short times. If not phone and email. An the best thing in this friendship is that we need no more words to understand each other than some things you can´t tell with words.

In May 2004 Mariella was again with us. Not only during the Gold-Cup 2004 of SAT, also afterwards. She took care of my dogs during I was on a holiday trip and was lovely to them.

In the meantime the offsprings moved to Mariella´s home. Her Zak and her Anja, the puppies of Kendi and Zabor. I´m very very happy that she has now two of my sweeties because I know they will get her love all over their lifes.

As the day came when I took my doggies back home, especially Zabor, I was happy that she has this two puppies because to say Good Bye to Zabor was very hard for her and her family.. Mariella could not say lovelier words than:

And when I see the eyes of Zak, I cry because I think Zabor is looking at me and lay his head in my lap and when this sounds sad - it´s the most wonderful thing, because she had Zabor Junior with her and nobody earns this more than Mariella. Her sentence: Manuela never I can say to you how happy I am for Zak and Anja they are really my dream after my Lorenzo they are the best thing that the life regard to me – I can´t say antything to this, but my tears tell more than words ... thats Mariella!

But Mariella loves also my Kendi a lot and Shadow will be also something special for her.

Zabor will see his girlfriend, who he loves a lot, again and again because we know that the distance is not important for our friendship.

Thanks for all ... thanks for this friendship and I wish that she will never end.

And we have also for the future a lot of plans, because with a friend as Mariella by my side is this possible. THANKS MY DEAR FRIEND.

Thanks also to Dario and Lorenzo, both are encluded in this friendship.

And also I love that Dario became a fan of Austria nevertheless he called me „Pink Panther“ I keep him in my heart – big Baby J)

Yes, you are far away from me from the kilometers and distance, but you are so closed to me…...

There is that friend
that is so much a part of you, that you feel alone just thinking about the thought of her not being there.

There is that friendship
that has so much that it is based on that nothing could ever dissolve or even threaten it.

There is that friend
with whom you share so much history that one fight or misunderstanding rolls off nearly instantaneously,
because one issue is so insignificant, and could never come close to shattering the bond.

There is that friendship
that cannot always be explained, but only understood and cherished by the two people that share it.

There is that friend
that mean so much to you, that you honestly believe you would stop studying for a final exam, break a date with your crush of five years, or risk being grounded just so you could be there to lend a shoulder to cry on, offer a hug, or spend three hours just sitting with her if that would make it at all better.

There is that friendship
that has lasted through ten years of your life, and is still growing.

There is that friend
who you can talk to about something that happened when you were eight years old, and she can relive that moment so vividly along with you..

There is that friend
that knows you as well as you know yourself, and finds it special that you know her just as well.

There is that friend
who can make you smile through your tears, or cry out of happiness.

There is that friend
who is always there for you, and just realizing that she would be there is more than enough to make it better.

There is that friend
who cares about clearing away your tears no less if you are crying over absolutely nothing or over something she may have done to hurt you.

I have one friend like that, and it is that friend that will always occupy a precious part of my heart.