Heddy the Scottish Terrier at 2 years 4 months
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Back in 2008, a Scottish Terrier was on the front lines of the financial crisis.
This time round, we’re on our own.
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Check out the distinctive behind on the far right
Dear British readers of the Scottie News,
Our thoughts are with you.
Sincerely,
The rest of us
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Two Scottish Terrier and Dog News readers write:
I am a devoted follower/reader of your blog. I live in Brooklyn, NY and have a cute little scottie, name Tricia. For her birthday, just July 28th, we got her a companion, a westie named Winston. Last weekend on their anniversary an unfortunate event has occurred.
On 8/5/11, we had our two dogs with us at the Celebrate Brooklyn concert. Following the concert, we took them to Long Meadow for off leash hours. Our younger dog, Winston, a 1 year old West Highland Terrier got spooked by a flashing dog collar light and took off running South in long meadow. We searched until 2am for him before heading home to start making posters and activating HomeAgain (the dog microchipping service).
This weekend, we contacted many, many local vets and the local shelters. On reaching Sean Casey’s Animal Rescue, we were informed that a girl had found our dog and called Sean’s shelter to report. She even took pictures. Along the way she ran into the police and gave him to them. The police promised to take Winston to the shelter the next day. We contacted the girl who was super helpful and sent her pics to us, showing that indeed she had found Winston trying to cross eastern parkway to make his way home. She remembered the officer’s name and we contacted him today. Apparently during the night three women (african american or Caribbean American) pulled up in an old model, black 4 door car with Virginia plates. They convinced the officer that he was their dog and he gave him to them. He was last seen near the corner of Eastern Parkway and Franklin Ave in Brooklyn.
Please, we appeal to the community to return our puppy. We love and miss him. If you could post this in any way to your site, hopefully someone will see him and be suspicious enough to contact us or the police at the 77th (718-735-0611) precinct who are familiar with the story.
We are offering a $1000 dollar reward for our lost child. He is microchipped and any Vet would be able to assist the current holders of our dog in returning him to us.We were wandering if you can spread this news to other scottie and westie lovers. We have contacted local blogs and local news, but because it was a Virginia licence plate, we are starting to try to reach out broader.
I have always wanted to send your blog with photos of our happy dogs and dog news. And hope to soon.
Thank you so much.
Kumiko Masaoka & Mike Reinhardt
kmasaoka@gmail.com
Let’s hope Winston gets home. Dog thieves are truly odious.
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Greyfriar's Bobby, the legendary Skye Terrier
My ex-Reuters colleague, Bob Basler, is angry with the professor who has taken it upon himself to demolish the charming story of Greyfriars Bobby. It’s a tale Human Bob used to love:
When I was a boy, there was a Disney movie about a plucky little terrier who went to Edinburgh with his master, who then died. The dog kept a 14-year vigil at his master’s grave, passing away himself in 1872.
Watching this as a child required more tissues than I could even carry into the theater. The movie was called “Greyfriars Bobby, the True Story of a Dog.”
Since then, there have been other movies and books about Bobby. There is even a bronze statue of sweet Bobby in the cemetery, which I myself have visited in Edinburgh.
It’s no wonder Bob has concocted his very own revenge fantasy. And it turns out he’s not the only one who is upset. Rachel Johnson of Britain’s Daily Mail is also irritated and taking the professor to task.
The Scottish Terrier News would like to voice our official support for the backlash. Grrr, Dr Jan Bondeson of Cardiff University, just grrrr.
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Another update: Could someone please try the comment feature and let Scottie News know what’s up. The lack of comments is making me deeply suspicious.
Updated: Comments are fixed.
We are still working on getting the comments fixed. In the mean time, you can always email us at scottishterriernews@gmail.com.
More news stories will be coming your way later today including the backlash against the university prof who has cruelly shattered the myth of Greyfriars Bobby. What next? Recreational puppy kicking?
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The Scottie News staff thought it was strange that we hadn’t received any comments lately. And then we checked and saw that something funny was going on. Don’t worry. We’ll get it fixed so you can have your say. In the mean time, Fibonacci’s owner and personal photographer has given us permission to publish his full-size photo.
Mirror, mirror on the wall...
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Say it isn’t so! A Cardiff University historian says Bobby’s story was cooked up by a graveyard curator and a pub owner because it was good for business.
But don’t let that stop you from enjoying the Disney version
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Syyssiivous - a digital illustration - by dearge205
Dearge has posted a whole bunch of new pet portraits, only one of which is shown above. Go take a look.
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Varick Design did the repairs so please give them a big thanks.
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