P-is-for-Papillon - MOC #5-1
- Description
- JOURNALING:
P is for Papillon – a French word meaning “butterfly”. My three male dogs are Papillons, characterized by their large, fringed upright ears which resemble a butterfly’s outspread wings. Papillons are very intelligent, spirited little dogs that are friendly and adventurous.
I first saw a Papillon at a dog show in San Francisco and fell in love. I spoke with a number of breeders trying to learn as much as I could about them and then did research on the internet. A few years after I became aware of Papillons, a very special one, Loteki SuperNatural Being, won the 1999 Westminster Dog Show. At the time, we had two English Setters and a Chihuahua in our family so I knew my dream of a Papillon would have to wait.
Shortly after we moved to Florida, in April 2003, I adopted my first Papillon, Bijou. All the previous Papillons I had seen were white and black, but Bijou is a white and sable Pap. Except for his coloring, he is everything I thought a Papillon should be. Papillons are like potato chips – you can’t have just one. So we now have two more Paps – Beaux D joined our family as a companion for Bijou and as a show dog. I was very lucky and proud to show Beaux D to his championship, finishing in April 2006. Trooper came along a couple of years later and was just one win shy of becoming a champion himself when he had to retire due to illness.
So, this is why “P” is an important letter to me and why my forum name is “Pups_r_Paps”.
CREDITS: (some items recolored) “Woof”, Bella Gypsy; “Note to Self”, etc by Danyale