Ida, mixed breed (kelpie/poodle), born Oct 1997, LP I, LP II

Around christmas 1997 a friend asked me if I was interested in taking on a puppy, the result of an unplanned mating. I had no trouble turning the offer down, I had no time nor desire to bring up a puppy. In January 1999 I got the offer once more, the friend said that I just had to meet Ida, the puppy I didn't want an year earlier. I met the dog, and immediately fell in love, it was a marvellous dog! So full of joie de vivre! So absolutely adorable! I just had to have her, and a few weeks later she moved in with us. Her grandfather, Draco, is a highly qualified dog, and she sure has got some of his energy! She  is a joy to work with, always alert, always ready to do her best and she is a very quick learner, and has done well on obedience competitions - her only obstacle being her not equally skilled mistress... In the summer of 2002 Ida and my older bitch, Mimmi, did not get along any more, Mimmi was terrified of Ida, and I had to give Ida another home. She is now living with my mother, together with her two poodles. I miss her like crazy, I even miss being woken by her at 5 a.m...