Celebrating a Brittany Great
I met my friend Nancy Morabito because of CH Woodstock's Lady Valentine- AKA
"Rusty." It was way up at a show in Waldoboro, Maine in
1983. Nancy and Rusty's owner, Jane Theobald were there, and I noticed
Rusty's amazing "Hovercraft" movement. And then there was the turn on the down
and back- Nancy and Rusty's signature move. Nancy would stop, Rusty would
keep going to the end of her lead and just slingshot around as if on a velodrome,
but note the loving peek she gives Nancy.
Rusty and Nancy compiled a super record, winning and placing in groups when
top Brittany males had a hard time getting a look. Rusty was special.
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Click here to see Rusty in slow motion.