1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:06,559 You're listening to the Paranormal UK Radio Network, the best in paranormal talk radio 2 00:00:06,759 --> 00:00:31,800 in the UK and around the world. Hey everybody, we're here, alive 3 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:37,399 and strive in the world's most culturally diverse city, Toronto, home of Blue 4 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:42,159 Jay's Raptors, Maple Leafs and Canadian psycher Robert Lindsay Milton. That's me, 5 00:00:42,719 --> 00:00:47,399 Welcome to my side of the crystal ball. My side of the crystal ball 6 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:52,119 is going to be a little bit unusual compared to what we normally do. 7 00:00:52,759 --> 00:00:59,119 The whole episode tonight is all about ww rs. What would Robert say? 8 00:00:59,799 --> 00:01:06,200 I'm going to be talking, discussing, and sharing with you the most painful, 9 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:14,400 hurtful, devastating experience of my life, and in the very same conversation, 10 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:21,200 I'm also going to be talking to you about some of the greatest experiences 11 00:01:21,599 --> 00:01:27,480 in my life as a direct result of the emotional tragedy that I experienced. 12 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:40,239 It is my proof to you that when one door closes, another door opens. 13 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:49,719 And now without further ado, ww r s dogs came late to me 14 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:56,920 in life. I was in think forty eight years old. I thought I 15 00:01:57,079 --> 00:02:00,959 liked them. I've accept that I was always on the road, and a 16 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:07,799 good amount of my time I've been single, and it wouldn't have been fair 17 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:12,080 right, or it wouldn't have been the dog. A dog couldn't have fit 18 00:02:12,199 --> 00:02:19,439 into my lifestyle. In about the mid part of the nineteen nineties, I 19 00:02:19,479 --> 00:02:25,960 became involved in a committed, serious relationship with a woman and her two children. 20 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:32,199 It was quite a positive one for me, and as we were getting 21 00:02:32,199 --> 00:02:38,400 closer and closer together, we had a cat, mister Max, and we 22 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:43,520 all decided to get a puppy. We got a puppy, and as a 23 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,879 family, we decided we picked that one. I thought I was getting it 24 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:53,120 for everybody else and you know, the very on the wide home. Even 25 00:02:53,159 --> 00:02:58,319 though we all shared in what we called her, we called her Matilda Tillie 26 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,240 for short. She became came closer and closer to me, and I became 27 00:03:01,879 --> 00:03:05,680 more bonded, even though I was still driving, and you know, she 28 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:12,680 was sitting on my partner's lab the next day when I started doing readings. 29 00:03:12,439 --> 00:03:17,719 This this ten week old puppy insisted on being in the room with me while 30 00:03:17,759 --> 00:03:25,800 I was doing readings, and then very quickly she was beside me with every 31 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:31,680 reading I did. For many, many years, thereafter our time in that 32 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:36,879 small town, we we we bought a house and moved to a small town, 33 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,360 and it didn't work out for us. It didn't work out for us 34 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:46,599 as a family, It didn't work out for us as a relationship, it 35 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:53,360 didn't work out for us as a place to be. My partner and her 36 00:03:53,520 --> 00:04:00,680 her two children moved away. I was at the house with mister Max. 37 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:05,039 They toned and Riley, and we had one more year of our five year 38 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:10,000 mortgage to pay off, and I decided to stay there. And Tillie and 39 00:04:10,039 --> 00:04:15,120 I would go back and forth to work every day in Toronto, which by 40 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:20,439 the way, is in miles it's seventy miles and in kilometers it's one hundred 41 00:04:20,439 --> 00:04:28,160 and twenty. We did dad every day and Tillie was with me, and 42 00:04:28,759 --> 00:04:31,800 she was always part of my readings, and she went with me everywhere we 43 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:39,680 went. I never let anyone look after her. She was always by my 44 00:04:39,759 --> 00:04:46,560 side. February twenty first, I had a business meeting in downtown Toronto, 45 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:51,959 but it was in the evening and I didn't want to leave Tilly in the 46 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:58,600 office. I drove back to Beamsville, dropped her at home, and I 47 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,040 bumped into a friend of mine and who lived across the street, and she 48 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,839 saw me dropping Tillie off, and she said, instead of leaving her all 49 00:05:05,879 --> 00:05:10,040 by herself, why don't you just leave her with us. I thought, 50 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,759 I know this person, I know their dog. Shure, that'll be just 51 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:19,519 great. And they took Chillie over to their house and I went into the 52 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:24,920 city to my meeting. I came back several hours later, and on the 53 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,800 way back and this was just you know, we were all just starting to 54 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:32,800 get cell phone said. I got a cell phone call from my friend saying 55 00:05:32,879 --> 00:05:39,920 that when I left, Tillie got out, ran away, got hit by 56 00:05:39,959 --> 00:05:46,439 a car. She's in the emergency ward at animal clinic and she has a 57 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:57,399 broken spine. I immediately went to that veterinary clinic, it was an emergency 58 00:05:57,759 --> 00:06:11,920 c one and discovered what had happened. I had a few options, and 59 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,600 I knew that she even though there was surgery possible, I knew that she 60 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:35,000 she she would um it wouldn't, she would never survive. When she died. 61 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:50,600 I never felt so much hurt as I did then. I couldn't, 62 00:06:50,680 --> 00:07:04,839 I couldn't function. Um. I remember driving home from the veterinary clinic and 63 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:10,680 my first stop was to liquor store. I hadn't had a drink in years, 64 00:07:12,839 --> 00:07:15,279 and on the way home, I drank what was in the bottle. 65 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:30,040 That Friday, Saturday, Sunday was just a blur. Monday I work. 66 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:36,360 I actually tried to dry. I tried to go to work. I drove 67 00:07:36,439 --> 00:07:41,120 and got to my office. Of course, everybody asked where chili was. 68 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:46,480 That was great. Um. I realized that day I couldn't do really, 69 00:07:46,519 --> 00:07:57,160 so I left. Throughout that time, I got drunk. I'd lost the 70 00:07:57,199 --> 00:08:07,360 relationship that I was in and ended. The lifestyle was over, and I 71 00:08:07,519 --> 00:08:22,279 lost the only being that had ever given me unconditional lot. I couldn't function. 72 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,360 I was just drunk. I drove back and forth to work. There 73 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,319 were some days I could do readings. There were some days that I couldn't. 74 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,240 I remember one day I did get into work, and you know, 75 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,080 Tillie was part of my life. The job. You know, she would 76 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,799 meet the people at the door. She would escort them to their chair. 77 00:08:41,879 --> 00:08:46,080 They would sit in the chair. She would sit in front of them and 78 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,919 they would pat her. And what she was doing was calming them down. 79 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:54,279 And I would go around. I would do fidget getting ready to do the 80 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:58,159 reading, and then when it was time for me to do the reading, 81 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:03,080 I would just tap on my knee and she would come by and lay by 82 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,879 my side, and then I started reading. If my client got upset during 83 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:15,279 the session, with my permission, till he would get up and go and 84 00:09:15,039 --> 00:09:18,960 give give comfort. And when the session was over, because she could sense 85 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,679 the energy, she would get up and go and sit in front of the 86 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:33,159 person and complete the reading. This one day, I made it to work 87 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:39,600 and managed to do a couple of readings. It was a struggle, and 88 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:45,279 it was back in the days that I was recording on cassette. I was 89 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,200 doing a reading for this person. It was dark, so it could have 90 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:54,960 been seven o'clock or six whatever. I'm in the middle of doing this reading 91 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:03,200 for somebody recording it, and I just got so upset and I just couldn't 92 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,759 do the reading. And I just looked at the person and I said, 93 00:10:07,159 --> 00:10:11,600 I'm so terribly sorry, I can't do this reading right now. And I 94 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:18,200 got out and I just walked out. I left the recording on, didn't 95 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:22,519 turn the tape recorder off. I didn't say goodbye to the person. I 96 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:28,919 walked out the door. I didn't put my coat on, left everything on 97 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:37,600 the lights, walked out good in my car, and drove back to Beamsville. 98 00:10:37,639 --> 00:10:43,039 Over that time period of a couple of weeks, I was drunk all 99 00:10:43,039 --> 00:10:46,919 the time. I was devastated. I was trying to get back and forth 100 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:58,679 to work. The house was up for sale, and this one Friday afternoon 101 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:05,039 I got a call from the real estate agent saying that there was an offer 102 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,919 on the house and could I come home early to read it and sign it. 103 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,200 And I said yes, And as I was packing up my office, 104 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:24,360 the telephone ran and I and I answered it, and a man at the 105 00:11:24,399 --> 00:11:31,840 other end of the phone said to me, Colo, mister Robert, you 106 00:11:31,879 --> 00:11:43,080 don't know me. My name is Sam. I in my frame of mind, 107 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:48,000 I could have reacted in any way. I could have tell him to 108 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,639 get lost for a whole lot worse. Anyway, some reason, I just 109 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:58,480 said yes, Sam, and he said, UM, you don't know him, 110 00:11:58,519 --> 00:12:03,240 but I have a question. Until I was to a degree a bit 111 00:12:03,279 --> 00:12:07,200 cynical at this point time, and I was kind of pissed with God, 112 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,120 because, Um, how come I'm doing all this for others and you know, 113 00:12:13,159 --> 00:12:20,120 my dog dies. So Sam says to me, I, Um, 114 00:12:20,159 --> 00:12:24,320 you know. He said, I have a question. You know, I 115 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:37,360 have a question. And he said, my son is autistic. And my 116 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:43,799 attitude at that time was come on, get to your point. And the 117 00:12:43,879 --> 00:12:52,279 way I responded was yes, uh huh. And he said I don't like 118 00:12:52,519 --> 00:12:58,159 dogs, and I said to him, that's not necessarily a good reference. 119 00:13:00,799 --> 00:13:09,240 He said, our doctor recommended we get a dog for our son because dogs 120 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:18,919 are really good for kids with autism. And I said, yes, Sam, 121 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:28,480 I've heard that. And he said, we got a dog for our 122 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:35,919 son, and in a very short amount of time, our son started coming 123 00:13:37,039 --> 00:13:46,120 out of himself and opening up, and the dog also became part of our 124 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:58,200 family. And I said to him, Sam, that can happen. And 125 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:07,120 he said, yesterday, our dog got out of the yard and we can't 126 00:14:07,159 --> 00:14:18,639 find him. And they start and he started to cry. I said to 127 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:28,279 him, I sense your dog is alive. I don't know if I can 128 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:33,399 help you with this, but you have to. I'm going to ask you 129 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,639 a couple of questions, and depending upon how you answer the questions will depend 130 00:14:37,679 --> 00:14:41,039 on if I can help you. And I said, are you at home 131 00:14:41,159 --> 00:14:46,320 right now? And he said yes, and are you sitting in the living 132 00:14:46,399 --> 00:14:48,279 room and he said yes. And I said, if you look out the 133 00:14:48,279 --> 00:14:52,960 window straight out the living room window, straight ahead from where you're sitting, 134 00:14:54,279 --> 00:14:56,919 are you looking out the window the living room window? Yes, of course. 135 00:14:58,279 --> 00:15:00,919 And I said, and you live on kind of like a cul de 136 00:15:01,039 --> 00:15:05,559 sac looking straight ahead and he said yes. And then there's of course a 137 00:15:05,639 --> 00:15:09,840 road going by the direction. Yes, if you drive to the left, 138 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:18,000 turn to the left. Does it lead you to a kind of mall area 139 00:15:18,279 --> 00:15:24,039 and he said, yes it does. If you go to that mall. 140 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:31,200 Somewhere in that mall, you're going to see a sign that says dog found 141 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,879 Sam. I don't know if this is right or wrong. I don't know 142 00:15:35,919 --> 00:15:39,360 if it worked for you, but I really wish you the best of luck 143 00:15:41,879 --> 00:15:50,000 and let me know how it turns out. End a conversation. Didn't think 144 00:15:50,039 --> 00:15:54,679 about it anymore because it was something that I could could have done at any 145 00:15:54,799 --> 00:16:02,279 day in my work life and do get in my beat up older jeep, 146 00:16:02,919 --> 00:16:08,399 drove back to Beamsville, signed the papers Monday morning. I was feeling a 147 00:16:08,399 --> 00:16:14,720 little bit more refreshed, knowing that the time had come and you know, 148 00:16:14,759 --> 00:16:21,120 the house was sold and I was going to be starting my new life without 149 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:26,000 chilly by the way, and I couldn't even talk about it what happened to 150 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:33,639 her without just breaking down and crying. I drove back to from on Monday 151 00:16:33,679 --> 00:16:37,759 morning. I set out for a great day at work and you know, 152 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:42,720 a starting or beginning of my new life, so to speak. When I 153 00:16:42,759 --> 00:16:48,799 got there, the phone was ringing and it was Sam, and Sam said, 154 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:55,879 mister Robert, we followed your advice on Friday, and we went to 155 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:00,759 that place, that mall, and we walked all over for a couple of 156 00:17:00,759 --> 00:17:07,480 hours, and we couldn't find anything that said dog found, and they said. 157 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:12,960 We walked out the rear side door, and as we were walking out, 158 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:21,079 we saw a sign that said veterinary office and we just followed it and 159 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:30,960 there was a sign that said dog found and he said it was our dog. 160 00:17:33,079 --> 00:17:41,640 And I would like to thank you very much. I said to Sam 161 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:48,079 that I was very happy for him that it happened, and I wished him 162 00:17:48,079 --> 00:18:03,599 the best of luck and said goodbye. It was devastating. How could I 163 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:14,400 have the ability to help someone find their dog and my dog gets killed. 164 00:18:17,759 --> 00:18:23,480 I got so mad at God. On the way, I just did another 165 00:18:23,559 --> 00:18:29,160 walk out of the office day and I was driving back to Pep's show, 166 00:18:30,319 --> 00:18:33,039 and I was cursing and swearing and calling dog. You know, God, 167 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,720 you sort of used the sixth out of a bitch. How dare you give 168 00:18:37,799 --> 00:18:45,519 me the ability to help somebody find their dog and you take mine from me, 169 00:18:45,559 --> 00:18:53,559 you rotten bastard. I was so mad and so hurt. That was 170 00:18:53,599 --> 00:19:03,640 almost as bad as till they getting killed. The next several days were a 171 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:17,240 blur. I woke up one day I saw licture bottles all over my house. 172 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,920 I looked like shit. My house looked like ship. I felt like 173 00:19:23,039 --> 00:19:33,039 shit on my shot. This has to stop, This has to stop now. 174 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:41,880 It was if I didn't, I just was gonna. I was giving 175 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:51,519 up. I missed having a dog. I didn't want to betray Chilieum I 176 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:57,200 needed. I needed to connect ship. So I went to the internet. 177 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:04,000 It was it was just the early days two thousand and two, and I 178 00:20:04,039 --> 00:20:14,000 googled Golden Retrievers Golden Retriever breeders, and what came up was that from Keyon 179 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:22,039 Kennels, and I looked at their website and I phoned them, and one 180 00:20:22,079 --> 00:20:29,920 of the owners, Karen from Keyon Kennel's, answered the phone, and I 181 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:37,000 started to talk with her. I couldn't hardly get past what happened Untillie before 182 00:20:37,079 --> 00:20:45,400 breaking down and completely losing it. And she listened to me kindly, patiently, 183 00:20:45,759 --> 00:20:52,400 quite tenderly for a pretty long time. And I was looking to get 184 00:20:52,839 --> 00:21:02,720 a Golden Retriever puppy. She told me that if she had any puppies, 185 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:10,640 she would have one for me, but she wasn't didn't have any. And 186 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:18,480 then she said, we have a dog here. Her name's Kindred Spirit, 187 00:21:18,559 --> 00:21:22,400 by the way, and she's been a house dog. She's a champion. 188 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:29,480 She's retired, she's been living in the house, and she's just a beautiful, 189 00:21:29,519 --> 00:21:33,960 beautiful dog. She's a little older, she's just around seven. But 190 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:40,359 she sounds like just the right dog for you, sounds like what you're going 191 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:45,480 through. And she said, look at the website. You'll see her Kindred 192 00:21:45,559 --> 00:21:49,559 Spirit. If you like her, call back and then come on out. 193 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,200 I went to the website, looked at her. She looked pretty good, 194 00:21:53,279 --> 00:22:00,480 right. I was just an older dog puppy and I didn't know. But 195 00:22:00,559 --> 00:22:03,359 I called her back anywhere, and I said, I would really be interested 196 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:11,039 in seeing this dog. Meeting with this dog that Sunday throughout the next few 197 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:15,559 days I went and got some references from my vat from you know, from 198 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:21,119 the person that worked at the dog food store and in the town, um 199 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:25,160 from friends, how I was with my dog, you know, etc. 200 00:22:26,319 --> 00:22:32,680 And then on that Sunday, I drove from where I lived all the way 201 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:42,640 up to a farm north of Orangeville. In Orangeville is um uh, I 202 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:49,319 don't know, one hundred kilom or sixty miles north of Toronto. I drove 203 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:55,480 into the farm. I didn't know what to expect, and I went to 204 00:22:55,519 --> 00:22:57,440 the farmhouse I had by the way, I had no idea who these people 205 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:03,359 were. Not on the door, Karen came to greet me, and her 206 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:07,039 family was there, and there was a group of about six or seven of 207 00:23:07,079 --> 00:23:14,079 the most beautiful dogs I've ever seen in my life, breathtaking, different colors. 208 00:23:14,519 --> 00:23:18,759 I came in and sat down and once again started talking about what had 209 00:23:18,799 --> 00:23:27,119 happened and couldn't stop crying. They were all very kind and patient. I 210 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:33,240 was also looking at these beautiful dogs, knowing that Kindred's spirit was one of 211 00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:37,759 them. Some of them paid attention to me, some weren't. And then 212 00:23:37,799 --> 00:23:42,480 this other dog came over and sat beside me, and by the way, 213 00:23:42,519 --> 00:23:49,000 she was just beautiful. And I started patting her as I was talking with 214 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:53,319 Karen and you know, making the arrangements. I said, to her, 215 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,480 by the way, which dog is Kindred? And she said, you're the 216 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:06,000 one you're patting. I said, I brought some references here, and I 217 00:24:06,079 --> 00:24:11,960 handed her from my references and she said, you don't need those references, 218 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:17,200 your tears or your reference and she said that if you love her, if 219 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:22,920 you can love her, and you can have her. And they gave Kindred 220 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,759 spirit to me. I didn't even have all these I was that massed up. 221 00:24:29,519 --> 00:24:33,920 And Kindred got up and walked with me to the door and the family, 222 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,880 and she walked to the car with me, and I opened the car 223 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:44,960 door and she jumped in. I closed the door and we drove home. 224 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:56,240 Kindred lived with me. She was a magnificent girl. She adopted immediately to 225 00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:03,240 my environment, she adopted in my work, and she didn't stop the pain 226 00:25:03,279 --> 00:25:11,880 of Chilly dying so drastically. But what did happen is that I started being 227 00:25:11,279 --> 00:25:21,279 focusing on receiving from Kindred. Over time, each day I started feeling better 228 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:26,000 and better and closer and closer to Kindred. But I still felt so deeply 229 00:25:26,079 --> 00:25:34,599 about losing Chilly, as I still do. I was so deeply grateful to 230 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:40,200 the people at key On Kennel's for what they had done for me. I 231 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:45,799 did everything to reach out to them, keep in touch, share with them. 232 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:52,279 Anybody that would do such a beautiful thing for me, I would forever 233 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:57,759 be grateful and forever show my gratitude. Over time, we became friendly and 234 00:25:57,799 --> 00:26:04,400 they liked the way I after Kindred. As time wore on, Kindred got 235 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:11,599 older and just a little bit for her fourteenth birthday, she got sick and 236 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:18,079 it was her time to complete her life. It was painful, but not 237 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:26,240 like Tiller's. I kept in front with Keyon Kennels and they followed her progress 238 00:26:26,279 --> 00:26:33,279 with me. And when Kindred completed her life, I asked them if they 239 00:26:33,319 --> 00:26:38,599 had another dog that I could have, and they told me that they had 240 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:47,400 this dog named Dixie, and they said that she has She also was a 241 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,359 champion. She was younger than Kindred. She was only now five and a 242 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:56,119 half and she only had to have one more litter before she was retired. 243 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,599 And if I would like to take her on those conditions, she would come 244 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:07,680 back to have one more letter. She could come with me and I went 245 00:27:07,799 --> 00:27:14,960 up to see Dixie, and I remember sitting in the office, still mourning 246 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:23,680 the loss of my dear Kindred and remembering Tillie too out from the kennel into 247 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:29,880 the office. This most beautiful doctor. I just I looked at the dog 248 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,519 and said, you are beautiful, and she came right up and sat in 249 00:27:33,559 --> 00:27:38,839 front of me. That was Dixie. And Dixie came home with me, 250 00:27:40,039 --> 00:27:47,079 and I think Dixie has been the most magnificent dog I ever had. Dixie 251 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:52,000 had her last letter, she was incredibly dedicated with me, and she became 252 00:27:52,559 --> 00:27:57,839 by my side as all my dogs have when she was going through that process. 253 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:03,039 I'd loved it so much. I asked Karen and Wally at key On 254 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:10,039 Kennels if there was ever a time they would have a co ownership with someone 255 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:14,319 with with a younger dog, a puppy. And while he said that they 256 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:18,559 did it sometime and UM, he'd let me know two weeks later, right, 257 00:28:18,559 --> 00:28:22,880 you know, I had Kindred her Dixie back home. Um. A 258 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,720 couple of weeks later, UM, Karen called me and told me that they 259 00:28:26,759 --> 00:28:30,240 had this this puppy that would do better in a family home than in the 260 00:28:30,319 --> 00:28:40,519 kennel. And m she was showing at at the UM the Golden Retriever Canada, 261 00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:49,160 the Canadian Golden Retriever Club Championships UM that Sunday and she was um in 262 00:28:49,559 --> 00:28:53,440 senior puppies. I went out to see her and she was just beautiful as 263 00:28:53,440 --> 00:29:00,720 she finished first in senior puppies. The next day, when to the farm 264 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:08,720 and brought Tessa home with me. Tessa came home with me on the condition 265 00:29:08,799 --> 00:29:15,480 that she would go back to Keian for showing and breeding to become a champion 266 00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:21,359 and also to have three litters. And that happened, and when she was 267 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:25,839 going through her showing time, it was really a lot of fun driving her 268 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:33,440 around to all the dog shows and being a co owner and taking her up 269 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:37,680 when she was having her puppies. It was just a fantastic and having her 270 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,519 at home when she was you know, when she was pregnant, it was 271 00:29:41,559 --> 00:29:52,079 just absolutely magnificent. It's time more on. Dixie got sick. She got 272 00:29:52,119 --> 00:30:02,079 sick early and we had to say goodbye to her sooner. Over this time 273 00:30:02,119 --> 00:30:08,640 period, Karen and Wally and I end their whole family and I became good 274 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:17,160 friends. I was starting to realize these people are quite well known in the 275 00:30:17,279 --> 00:30:27,680 International Dog Golden Retriever and bou Hound breeding, showing and training. They share 276 00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:36,160 with breeders and they share their breeds around the world. Just started learning about 277 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:44,480 that after all the dogs that I've been getting. Once again, when Dixie 278 00:30:44,519 --> 00:30:49,359 died, I asked Karen if she might have another dog for me, and 279 00:30:51,039 --> 00:30:56,319 very quickly she found a dog and her name was Lacy, and Lacy came 280 00:30:56,359 --> 00:31:00,359 home to live with us, but it was me and Tessa during that time. 281 00:31:02,759 --> 00:31:10,119 Sean, second oldest boy in the key On clan, bought the farm 282 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:15,039 so to speak, and started taking over the business. And he came to 283 00:31:15,079 --> 00:31:18,960 me and he said, you know, Robert, you've you've shown a lot 284 00:31:18,039 --> 00:31:25,079 of skill with dog with no training. I think that you would do really 285 00:31:25,079 --> 00:31:26,680 well in the dog show rang And I said, no, I didn't think 286 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,680 so, and he said yes, and if you would like, you can 287 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:36,000 come in and have I would I would, mum, if you would go 288 00:31:36,039 --> 00:31:41,160 into competition, I would pay for first of all your your lessons with you 289 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:47,599 and the dog. I'd supply the dog, and I would pay for going 290 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:51,759 into the shows, just as long as the dogs, you know, m 291 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,480 performed under the key On banner took a long time, and I decided yes, 292 00:31:56,079 --> 00:32:02,599 so started off with taking Lacy. We took her to and advanced dog 293 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:06,880 training school all the way up to grade three. We did a couple of 294 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,359 shows, but Lacy just didn't want to do it, so we let her 295 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:15,599 off to Hawk. When Tessa was eight, we entered her into dog training 296 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:22,599 and she went all the way to grade three at a very advanced dog school, 297 00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:29,559 and then she went on to her rally obedience trials and she completed her 298 00:32:30,079 --> 00:32:36,440 novice title. She was nine years old, and she was competing against three 299 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,200 year old puppies, the three year old dogs. Tessa then just said, 300 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:46,359 I don't want to do this anymore enough. And then Sean said, we 301 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:52,279 have another dog here and his name is Tyson, and this could be the 302 00:32:52,319 --> 00:32:55,880 one for you. And then Tyson came home with me and on the condition 303 00:32:55,920 --> 00:33:01,720 that he'll go back for confirmation training and he'll go back for stud Other than 304 00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:07,839 that, he'll go to the training with me and I'll show him and all 305 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:15,519 these three dogs will live with me. I have become close personal friends with 306 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:22,920 everyone in the family after getting those three dogs from Keyon Kennel's. Over the 307 00:33:22,079 --> 00:33:30,240 years, there has been more than twenty dogs from Keion that have come down 308 00:33:30,279 --> 00:33:37,240 to stay with me for socializing, training and confidence building. They stay with 309 00:33:37,279 --> 00:33:40,240 me for a little while and then they go back to the to the breeder. 310 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:45,519 I've learned how to dog handle, I've learned how to train. I've 311 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:51,880 had all these beautiful dogs. And then I saw this dog and her name 312 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:57,119 was Christy Kringle, and she was sixteen years old and she was a Norwegian 313 00:33:57,119 --> 00:34:01,759 Boothhound. And I saw on the website, on Karen's website, that this 314 00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:06,720 beautiful little dog at sixteen and a half years old, had lost her mother, 315 00:34:06,839 --> 00:34:12,480 her family, and I decided I wanted her. And Karen from Keon 316 00:34:12,599 --> 00:34:17,199 Kennel and you know, a Golden Retriever breeder as well as a Norwegian Buhun 317 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:24,039 breeder and shower and trainer. She got in touch with that. When I 318 00:34:24,079 --> 00:34:28,400 told Karen I would like that dog, she got in touch with that group 319 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,800 and arranged to have Christi Kringle come and stay with us. You know me, 320 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,559 Tessa, Lacy and Tyson. And at sixteen years old, Christi Kringele 321 00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:49,119 came and stayed with us for another fourteen months. I have had a twenty 322 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:58,920 year experience. It was you see last February twenty first, twenty second was 323 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:09,480 the twenty the twentieth anniversary until his death, and over that twenty years, 324 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:19,159 as a result of that tragic event, the way I handled that tragic event 325 00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:28,880 and the way I kept going with that tragic event, I turned it around 326 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:42,480 and has become a twenty year glorious experience, all because of that horrible tragedy 327 00:35:42,639 --> 00:35:51,480 twenty years ago. And that's what Robert has to say. Wow, that 328 00:35:51,639 --> 00:35:55,440 certainly is an emotional experience, well at least for me. But I wanted 329 00:35:55,440 --> 00:36:00,360 to share this with you for many reasons. I wanted to share with you 330 00:36:00,519 --> 00:36:06,119 the love of my dogs. I wanted to share with you the depth of 331 00:36:06,159 --> 00:36:10,440 my feelings. I wanted to share with you another side of me, and 332 00:36:10,519 --> 00:36:19,679 above everything else after that, I wanted to share with you and demonstrate clearly 333 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:28,280 in black and white that when one door closes, another door opens, but 334 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,679 you have to open the door. You have to walk through the hallway to 335 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:39,119 get to the other door. You have to do something. I still think 336 00:36:39,159 --> 00:36:45,960 about Tilly after twenty years. She lives in my heart. I still think 337 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:50,079 about Dixie. She lives in my heart and I miss her. I think 338 00:36:50,119 --> 00:36:57,000 about CHRISTI Kringle and she lives in my heart. But I have Tessa, 339 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:02,920 Lacy and Tyson, and they're alive and they're thriving with me. Kindred Spirit, 340 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:10,800 Dixie, Tessa, Lacy, Tyson, Christi Kringo are the result, 341 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:21,039 the exact result of when one door closes, another one opens. My heart 342 00:37:21,159 --> 00:37:27,199 is fuller, deeper, broader with all the loves that these dogs brought me. 343 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,039 Then if I just would have lived with the sorrow and the hurt, 344 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:40,519 with Tillie's loss, remember, when one door closes, another one always opens. 345 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,199 That does bring us to the end of our show tonight. Let me 346 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:50,440 know what you think about it, like it, hate it, Just let 347 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:54,400 me know. If you're watching us on YouTube, you can like, comment 348 00:37:54,599 --> 00:38:01,079 and subscribe to our channel. 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And but before I say goodbye, I just 358 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:51,920 have to say these words once again, do good, stay sick, and 359 00:38:52,039 --> 00:39:06,199 above all just becoming good night everybody. By time that boy time was about 360 00:39:06,639 --> 00:39:07,280 head time.