Bassetluv
Well-Known Member
LOL!! I could just picture that little guy doing a swan dive off the judging table, making his great escape! Polish really are curious creatures, very active...and they too, have personality plus, I find. Mine were BE whites - actually I was the first in the province to have them (not Polish per se, but the BEwhites)- and one of the many things I remember about them was the resounding bangs and thumps that started up as soon as they realized I was coming out to feed them. That's when the song and dance began, as they would zip around in their cages and get so excited overthe rattle of the food bucket. And the males...those little stinkers were amazingly accurate when they decided to 'spray'. My largest hutch was two-tiered and the top level was at about my shoulder height (I'm pretty short)...well, I soon learned to house the boys down below, as more than once I was targeted square in the face!
I do miss the Polish breed very much. They were quite the characters, and I became attached to every one of them. Fiver was my closest though...and he was a beauty. He came out of one my earliest litters, and was such a comedian! When he matured he was a very handsome boy, and was quite calm and 'solemn' for a Polish. I lost him when he developed wry neck...he'd always had problems with ear infections, and unfortunately one particularly bad bout led to wry neck, and he lost his fight. Imagine, over 30 years agoI had him and I still get emotional when I think of him. (Even the vet cried when he euthanized him, as he was quite attached to him too.) I did post a pic of him in the breeds section, but it's a grainy photo of a photo...doesn't do him the justice he deserves.
Oh, and about two years ago I had to fly home to attend my stepmother's funeral, and whilst at the wake ran into a guy I hadn't seen since I had my Polish. He said to me, "Remember me...Ronnie?" It took me a moment to remember him as I only knew him very briefly, but then he reminded me that I had given him one of my baby Polish as a pet...Sara. Her ears had been a bit too long for the breed, but Ronnie had been looking for a pet, so he took her...well, he told me he had her for almost six years, and she and he had bonded so strongly...he was almost in tears as well when he started talking about her to me. I guess the Polish really do have apowerful effect on their humans.
I do miss the Polish breed very much. They were quite the characters, and I became attached to every one of them. Fiver was my closest though...and he was a beauty. He came out of one my earliest litters, and was such a comedian! When he matured he was a very handsome boy, and was quite calm and 'solemn' for a Polish. I lost him when he developed wry neck...he'd always had problems with ear infections, and unfortunately one particularly bad bout led to wry neck, and he lost his fight. Imagine, over 30 years agoI had him and I still get emotional when I think of him. (Even the vet cried when he euthanized him, as he was quite attached to him too.) I did post a pic of him in the breeds section, but it's a grainy photo of a photo...doesn't do him the justice he deserves.
Oh, and about two years ago I had to fly home to attend my stepmother's funeral, and whilst at the wake ran into a guy I hadn't seen since I had my Polish. He said to me, "Remember me...Ronnie?" It took me a moment to remember him as I only knew him very briefly, but then he reminded me that I had given him one of my baby Polish as a pet...Sara. Her ears had been a bit too long for the breed, but Ronnie had been looking for a pet, so he took her...well, he told me he had her for almost six years, and she and he had bonded so strongly...he was almost in tears as well when he started talking about her to me. I guess the Polish really do have apowerful effect on their humans.
