I have many wonderful
memories of Wizard, the silent,
black streak that was our start
dog for many tournaments. We
borrowed him when Melinda
could not go to tournaments and
no matter who was his handler
he gave it his all.

One tournament in particular
we found he'd had a scuffle with
a housemate and ended up with
a ¾ inch tear in his skin. It was
pretty obvious to see. It didn't
bother him at all. We didn't
want it to get bigger while he
was racing and stretching, so
we pulled out the little staple
gun and put 2 skin staples in his
side. Then, all stapled up he ran
all day and flashed that
spectacular wide grin every
heat.

A wonderful judge and friend in
the very beginning, Clyde
Moore, took a great liking to
Wizard at his debut tournament.
I don't suppose it had anything
to do with the fact that Clyde
had his own black, Doberman
beauty at home. Clyde was
very helpful and encouraging
when our young Wiz was having
some "greendog" tournaments.
When Wizard realized he had a
fan, he was more than happy to
stop for a good head scratch.

Nikki Myers
8/4/07