SUNNY IS THE ONLY PUPPY WE KEPT OUT OF OUR FIRST LITTER BETWEEN CABO AND LUNA. YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU WATCH A LITTER DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK AND INTERACT WITH THEM ALL? WELL, SUNNY WAS THE PUPPY THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME-AFTER OF COURSE THE TOP MALES HAD BEEN SELECTED…AS A BREEDER I THINK YOU ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL MALE AS MALES TEND TO DOMINATE THE BEST OF BREED RINGS AND UP, OR GET THE FIRST NOTICE IN THE LITTER. SUNNY WAS SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE SHE REALLY SEEMED TO ENCOMPASS THE BEST OF BOTH PARENTS IN A VERY BALANCED WAY. FOR A FEMALE, SHE HAD LOTS OF BONE AND WAS ALWAYS A STOUT, MUSCULAR LOOKING GIRL WITH A GREAT TOP LINE AND SHE REMINDED SO MUCH OF CABO IN THAT RESPECT, SHE ALSO HAS HIS MORE WIRY COAT WHICH SINCE I KNEW I AM THE ONE WHO “GETS STUCK” DOING SO MUCH OF THE GROOMING, I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT CORRECT WIRY HARD COAT, AS I KNOW WE ALL ARE. SHE STILL HAD THE FEMININE HEAD WITH THE SOFT EYES THAT SEEMED TO ALWAYS BE ALERT AND DANCING AND AS HER MOTHER, WHEN SHE JUST STOOD STILL AND LOOKED INTO YOUR EYES, IT WAS AS IF SHE WAS READING YOUR SOUL. THAT IS THE SINGLE MOST INCREDIBLE FEATURE LUNA POSSESSES AND I IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED IT IN SUNNY. I KNOW AS BREEDERS OR OWNERS WE ARE ALWAYS HOPEFUL OUR PICK WILL BE THAT QUICK FINISHING CHAMPION, AND IF WE ARE LUCKY, THAT GREAT “SPECIAL”. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST THEY HAVE TO BE THAT PET THAT YOU LOVE TO COME HOME TOO AND I FELT I HAD THAT AND SO MUCH MORE IN SUNNY. SHE WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST ALPHA PUPPY IN THE LITTER-MALE OR FEMALE, AND I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE ABOUT MYSELF JUST FINALLY, THAT I MUST BE INTUITIVELY PICKING THESE ONE’S WITH THAT TOUGHER DEMEANOR, AS I AM AN OBEDIENCE PERSON AND PERFORMANCE DOG PERSON FIRST AND FOREMOST DEEP DOWN. SUNNY WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO UPSTAGE NOT ONLY HER LITTERMATES BUT ALSO HER PARENTS! AND I KNEW I HAD A CHALLENGE ON MY HANDS TRAINING-WISE AS I ALWAYS TRAIN AND SHOW MY BREED DOGS TOO. SHE WAS THE ONE BOUNDING UP IN THE AIR CLEARING THE COUCH BY TWO FEET, SHE WAS THE ONE RUNNING AFTER THE BALLS AT WARP SPEED, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT WOULD MAKE HER OWN TRACKS BEHIND THE T.V SET AND THRU THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER WAITING FOR YOU TO JUST “GET COMFORTABLE ON THE COUCH” SO SHE COULD RUN OUT OF HIDING AND “TERRORIZE YOU”!!! AS SHE GOT OLDER HER MOVEMENT REMINDED ME SO MUCH OF BOTH OF HER PARENTS-SHE REALLY HAS THAT POWERFUL REAR DRIVE, AND NO MATTER HOW SHE CAME TO A STAND, SHE’D ALWAYS SEEM TO BE AUTOMATICALLY “STACKED UP”. WELL, I SAID, THIS IS MY SHOW BITCH, AND THE PUPPY THAT HAS CAPTURED MY INTEREST AND MY HEART, AND I COULD SEE HER FITTING INTO OUR BROOD BITCH PROGRAM AS SHE HAD SO MANY STRENGTHS, AND QUALITIES WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR, BUT MOST OF ALL IT IS HER STRENGTH OF CHARACTER THAT CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME EVERYDAY.