CH. FANNIE MAE O'BJ

Ch. Fannie Mae is the result of a fortuitous call from a Toy Fox Terrier mentor-friend in California who told me that a very exceptional male was available.

His owner was having a problem with the young male intimidating his aging sire.  The young dog was UKC Ch. Goldenhill's Gone With The Wind (Winston) and his sire was the famous National Grand Champion Apava Jet Setter, already the #1 Sire of all time.  We jumped at the chance to acquire such a wonderful dog and thanked Susan McCoy profusely.

Winston was already a UKC Champion and we quickly finished his AKC Championship.  His "presence" in the ring was exceptional!  Winston is pictured above winning his AKC title and on the left, just showing off at home.

He lived with us until his sire passed away.  Susan called.  "BJ would you consider letting Winston come back to his owner?"  The answer was yes.  Of course.  But he was to us, the epitome of top west coast breeding, not just in his impeccable pedigree but in his outstanding structure, soundness, and temperament.

I think we chose wisely in keeping his beautiful daughter Fannie Mae (Left) out of my Zippo litter.

Zippo is pictured at right (O'BJ Strike A Match Phoenix) and she was one of our very best bitches, never shown due to a torn tendon as a puppy.

Zippo gave us Fannie Mae and we gave her a home with a terrific family.  Generous but dumb!  I have often regretted letting Zippo go because at that time, my head was more into showing and I thought great Toy Fox Terriers came easy...  Well they don't but I'm comforted knowing she was loved and lived a good long life as a treasured family dog.  sigh..

Fannie Mae so easily finished her Championship, it made letting her mother go easier.

AKC Ch. Fannie Mae O'BJ finished her title with top honors.  She had just taken a big win and we were getting the show photo when the judge bent forward, praising her as I posed her for the show photo.  She kept jumping up to kiss him until finally the annoyed show photographer said "just hold her" so I did.  It is one of my favorite dog show photos.

Fannie loves to wrap herself up in a fleecy blanket.  And then pant.  Go figure.  We call her "Burrito" and make sure she has a blanket year round.

Fannie Mae is quiet, not a barker, but like all Toy Fox Terriers, she loves to show off.

This may not impress you one bit but she loves to play "Monster" with Hal.  He is 6' 4" tall, a big man who has learned to love my dogs.  He built them a "play station" so we could watch their antics from the sunroom.  Hal likes to go out and sit there with the dogs and one day, Fannie started dancing around, inviting him to play.

What can I say?  We all do silly things when dogs bring out the child in us!  This 73-year old man got up and all hunched, long arms reaching out to grab her, he "aped" Frankenstein.  Fannie went nuts!  She barked, danced around the monster who stumbled about roaring at her.  The other dogs were frozen into big-eyed silence, wondering what had happened to their two friends.

I started outside to explain to Hal that he shouldn't scare them when suddenly, Fannie darted in and shook him by the pants leg!  He laughed, she wiggled and wagged, he thumped his size 11 boots at her and the game was on!!!  We're not sure who enjoys "Monster" more, Fannie Mae or Hal.

I'm glad we took these photos one spring day as she played Monster, danced on the play station and then came in to cuddle with Hal.  Only a few days later, the perfect people called me and I realized it was time to let Ch. Fannie Mae go.

So at eight years old (48 in people years) she has her very own family. It was hard but while she's still young, fat, and yes, sassy, I did the best thing for Fannie - gave her very own family.  The Truesdales got a very special friend of mine and true to their word, they made Fannie the queen!

I kept one of Fannie's little girls sired by Lucky Dog.  Her name is Glimmer To Go O'BJ and she's the most like her mother.  No matter how much I love them, and how much they love each other, life goes on and I am ever so grateful for little Glimmer, and for people like Diane Truesdale.

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