MULTI GROUP WINNING
BISS CAN.AM. CH. AVIANN OCCUM'S RAZOR
(Ch. Aviann Darkwing Dagger x Ch. Aviann Veiled Enigma)

Bred & Owned by Viann Clements

Friend, please don't mourn for me
I'm still here, though you don't see.
I'm right by your side each night and day
and within your heart I long to stay.

My body is gone but I'm always near.
I'm everything you feel, see or hear.
My spirit is free, but I'll never depart
as long as you keep me alive in your heart.

Ray, winning BISS at the Trillium Borzoi Canada Specialty under sighthound breeder
Jocelyne Gagne

Although I never owned Ray, nor did I breed a litter sired by him, I did keep him and show him for almost three years. During this time, I finished his Canadian and American championships, had many specialty wins, group wins and placements and also showed him to #1 borzoi in the country, a feat that mirrored his litter sister Ginger's two-time wins.
More than a great dog, Ray was a wonderful companion and one of the sweetest and gentlest dogs you would ever want to meet. I miss his toothy grin greeting me every morning as he led the others into the paddock for their daily exercise.
Soon after Ray went back to his breeder, he began to have a series of health problems which ultimately resulted in his death about a year or so after he returned to her. I didn't have any contact from the breeder, so I am not sure exactly when he died or what he died of, but, except for a chronic prostate condition which he arrived here with, he was in perfect health when he left. It broke my heart to think of him dying like that, as I had many communications with other borzoi people who reported seeing him in bad condition, thin, in poor coat and obviously not happy.
As you can see by the photo above and others on these pages, this was not the case when he was in my care. I wish I could have saved him, but there was nothing I could do.  You are in a good place now, my big Ray-man, I miss you. Always in my heart.