CH. NICKOLAI GAMBLER CLAIRIDGE
(Cordova Mishkova Red Falcon x Ch. Nickolai Daria Aphrodite)

"RORY"

February 23,1999 -January 24, 2007

Bred by Bonnie Nichols, Nickolai Borzoi, Mary Vile, Eliv Borzoi and Barbara Horwitz
Owned by Caroline Thibodeau

                                    They say memories are golden.                                           
Well, maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories
I only wanted you.

A million times I needed you,
A million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died.

If tears could build a stairway,
And heartache make a lane.
I'd walk the path to heaven,
And bring you home again.

Our family chain is broken,
And nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.

Rory in his Fido Cell phone ad.

Rory was a Peter Pan dog - he  never grew up <G>. He took silly, puppy joy in every day and every event; he loved to play and carried his stuffed raccoon around with him all the time. I picked him out from a picture that Bonnie Nichols sent me and I've never been sorry. In his first show he won BPIG under Dick Meen and followed it with many puppy groups and adult group placements. He was pointed in the U.S. Rory sired four litters for me here and his offspring include group winners, specialty winners and several champions. He sired Can. Am. Ch.Coquetel Ode To Belskaya for Julia Munro of Coquetel Borzoi and she finished in the US with 4 majors, taking the breed from the classes over specials. A dog that was wonderful to live with and who produced better than himself - what more can you ask for?