I was sitting with De this evening and she told me the story of how we first met. I was only six weeks old so I don’t really remember it clearly so I listened carefully. She said that I came from the famous nursery at St. George’s Monastery of Tabakini in Western Georgia, near Zestaphony. The priests there have bred Caucasian Shepherds since 1992 and have done much to champion the breed in Georgia and internationally. I may have told you that my father, Butkuna, is an international champion.
De said she and the tall person had wanted a Caucasian Shepherd for some time and made enquiries at the monastery and when I was ready a priest drove me to my new home in Tbilisi. De said that I was so small she could easily pick me up with one hand and I needed help getting down steps and for a while I was quite wobbly! I was also much, much smaller than the little person.
I was 10 months old yesterday. Neither De or the tall person can pick me up now, not even with two hands. If I stand on my back legs I can put my paws on De’s shoulders. The little person is much, much smaller than me. And, I no longer wobble!
Oh Dog! That is so cool! I had never heard of your breed until I met you, so this is fascinating to me. You must tell us more about the breed Bassa!
Thanks Rumpy. The tall person is seriously thinking about writing a book about Georgian Caucasian Shepherd dogs. He and De will be going to St.George’s Monastery soon to do some research.
Do you have any puppy pictures of you? I would love to see how you looked as a baby! 🙂
I was very small! There are some posts with puppy pictures under the Puppy category of the Category Cloud of this blog.
you are by far one the coolest looking dogs i have ever seen, stay cool hi-paws from around the world
Thank you Oregon Mike! It’s great to hear from you.
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Aww thats a very sweet story, you’re a massive dog!
Bassa – I would have taught you were at least a year old. LOL It must be all that big girl makeup you wear. It is so nice to know that your family adopted you from a very sacred start. – DogDaz
Bassa, you have led an enchanted life so far. It will be so much fun to see what else is in store for you!!