THE TRUE STORY OF RUSTY THE DOBERMAN
As told by Thunder the Doberman
SIT RIGHT DOWN AND PULL UP A CHAIR. I AM GOING TO TELL YOU THE STORY ABOUT RUSTY THE DOBERMAN, THE GRANDEST DOBERMAN OF THEM ALL. RUSTY WAS BORN ON A COOL SPRING MORNING, ON MAY 20TH 2002. HE WAS BORN NEAR THE FOOT HILLS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. OH, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. I REMEMBER IT WELL. Doberman Doberman Pinschers Doberman Pinscher Dobermans Doberman Doberman Pinschers Doberman Pinscher Dobermans Doberman Doberman Pinschers Doberman Pinscher Dobermans Doberman Doberman Pinschers Doberman Pinscher Dobermans
I WAS IN THE BIN DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HIM. I WAS BORN ON THE SAME RANGE. WE WERE NOT BROTHERS BUT FIRST COUSINS. I WAS JUST OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER HIM AS A PUP. HE WAS OF AVERAGE SIZE BUT HE WAS ALWAYS LAID BACK, EVEN THEN IF HE NEEDED SOMETHING HE SPOKE UP WITH A LOUD BARK. Doberman Doberman Pinschers Doberman Pinscher Dobermans Doberman Doberman Pinschers Doberman Pinscher Dobermans Doberman Doberman Pinschers Doberman Pinscher Dobermans
AS RUSTY GREW UP, I COULD SEE HIM PLAYING WITH THE OTHER PUPS. HE ALWAYS SETTLED THE OTHERS DOWN. WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING DOG TAG, IF SOMEBODY WAS OUT AND THEY DISAGREED, RUSTY MADE THE FINAL DECISION. NOBODY DARED TO CHALLENGE HIM, NOT EVEN THEN.
I GREW UP AS WELL. I PLAYED WITH THE OTHER PUPS. RUSTY AND I WOULD OCCASIONALLY SIT TOGETHER AND WATCH THE YOUNGER ONES PLAY. ALL THE PUPS RESPECTED HIM. EVEN THE OLDER DOGS IN THE KENNEL WOULD TALK ABOUT HIM. I HEARD THEM SAY AT DINNER ONE NIGHT, THAT RUSTY WOULD BE THE FOUNDING SIRE OF HIS VERY OWN KENNEL ONE DAY.! WOW!! WHAT AN AWESOME HONOR THAT WOULD BE!
ON A SUNNY DAY IN JUNE, A COUPLE CAME TO OUR KENNEL AND PICKED RUSTY TO COME TO LIVE WITH THEM. I DIDN'T KNOW THEN THAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE FROM THE ROAD HOUSE DOBERMANS. WHAT A CHANCE FOR RUSTY ,TO BE A FOUNDING SIRE. THAT'S LIKE BEING KING!! OH IT WAS A BITTER SWEET DAY FOR ALL OF US. ALL THE DOGS KNEW WHAT THIS MEANT FOR RUSTY, YET WE WERE SAD TO SEE HIM LEAVE US AND MY BEST FRIEND WAS GONE.
THE ROAD HOUSE IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD! RUSTY MADE IT TO THE BIG TIME. RUSTY WAS GROWING UP AS I WAS AND SOON WE HEARD RUMORS THAT RUSTY HAD FINALLY BEEN APPOINTED THE FOUNDING SIRE OF THE ROAD HOUSE DOBERMANS. I WAS SO HAPPY I ACCIDENTALLY LEFT A PUDDLE!! OOPS!
THERE WAS A CELEBRATION IN THE KENNEL THAT NIGHT, LIKE NONE BEFORE. IT ISN'T OFTEN THAT YOUR COUSIN BECOMES A FOUNDING SIRE OF ONE OF THE FINEST DOBERMAN KENNELS IN THE WORLD.
WE PLAYED GAMES ALL NIGHT! I WAS SO TIRED. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE WE HEARD STORIES ABOUT RUSTY AND HIS BRAVERY. THE KENNEL OWNERS BROUGHT RUSTY INTO THEIR OWN HOME! CAN THIS GET ANY BETTER. RUSTY WAS NICE TO EVERYBODY. HE WOULD ALWAYS STEP BACK AND TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT A STRANGER AND THEN COME FORWARD WAGGING HIS TAIL ONCE HE DETERMINED IF THE STRANGER WAS A THREAT. RUSTY KNEW THE DIFFERENCE.
ONE OF THE OLDER DOGS HAD HEARD RUSTY WAS COMING BACK TO VISIT! WOW, WE WERE SO EXCITED!! I DIDN'T LEAVE A PUDDLE THIS TIME. THEN WE HEARD THE MOST TERRIBLE NEWS, RUSTY HAD DIED.. I CRIED ALL DAY AND THAT NIGHT.
IT WAS A COLD SEPTEMBER DAY, RUSTY HAD BECOME VIOLENTLY ILL. THE KENNEL OWNERS RUSHED HIM TO THE VETS. NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED. ALL WE WERE TOLD WAS THAT HE DIED PEACEFULLY.
NOBODY PLAYED THAT DAY, WE ALL WERE SO SHOCKED AND SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF RUSTY WHO BECAME A HERO IN OUR EYES. IT WAS HORRIBLE. THAT WAS THE SADDEST DAY IN MY LIFE. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT IT WOULD ALSO CHANGE MY LIFE FOREVER!!
APPARENTLY THE RUMOR THAT RUSTY WAS COMING TO VISIT MY KENNEL WASN'T EXACTLY CORRECT. I HAD FOUND OUT THAT THE FOUNDING DAM OF THE ROAD HOUSE DOBERMANS (SUMMER) WAS COMING HERE TO MEET ONE OF THOSE SNOBBY CHAMPIONS. THOSE EUROPEAN CHAMPS BARK WITH THOSE FUNNY ACCENTS AND THE DAMS JUST LOVE THEM. THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT RUSTY DIED.
SUMMER WAS GOING TO STAY HERE FOR A WEEK. MEANWHILE DID I EVER GET A SURPRISE! THE OWNERS OF THE ROAD HOUSE DOBERMANS WERE AT MY KENNEL LOOKING FOR A BOY DOG TO FILL RUSTY'S PAWS. THEY PICKED ME! I ALMOST DIED OF THE SHOCK!! OH MY GOSH, I WAS GOING TO THE KENNEL WHERE RUSTY LIVED. I LEFT ANOTHER PUDDLE!! THIS WAS HUGE.
WORD QUICKLY SPREAD THROUGH MY KENNEL AND I WAS SCARED TO DEATH THAT THE PUPS AT THE ROAD HOUSE WOULDN'T LIKE ME. EVEN MORE SO I WAS GOING TO FILL THE PAWS OF THE SMARTEST AND TOUGHEST DOG THAT I EVER KNEW. I WAS SO SCARED WHEN I MET THE OWNERS, THEY SEEMED NICE. I WAS OFF TO MY NEW HOME. THEY NAMED ME THUNDER AFTER THE OWNERS VERY FIRST DOG.
WHEN I GOT TO THE ROAD HOUSE, THERE WAS NO RECEPTION. IT WAS QUIET AND SOMBER. EVERYBODY WAS UPSET ABOUT RUSTY. THERE WAS NO PLAYING, NOTHING. I HAD A LOT TO LEARN. I WANTED TO IMPRESS SUMMER WHEN SHE CAME BACK FROM MY KENNEL. I PAID ATTENTION AND STUDIED THE PLACE VERY HARD. I KNEW THEY WERE ALL GOING TO BE WATCHING ME.
THE DAY HAD COME WHEN SUMMER CAME BACK TO THE ROAD HOUSE. SHE WAS SO SICK WHEN SHE GOT HERE. I FELT SORRY FOR HER. I FOUND OUT SUMMER REALLY HATES CARS. THE NEXT DAY SHE WAS UP AND ABOUT. WE CAME FACE TO FACE, SHE LOOKED AT ME AND DIDN'T BARK OR ANYTHING. THERE WAS A TEAR IN THE CORNER OF HER EYE. SHE WAS STILL UPSET ABOUT RUSTY. I WENT OVER TO HER AND LICKED HER NOSE. SHE SMILED, LAID DOWN AND CLOSED HER EYES.
IN THOSE FIRST DAYS AFTER SHE RETURNED TO THE ROAD HOUSE, THINGS STARTED TO FALL INTO A PATTERN. I COULD TELL SHE WAS EXPECTING PUPS. SHE WOULD PLAY BUT JUST SO MUCH. IT WOULD BE MANY WEEKS BEFORE SUMMER WOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL.
THE OTHER PUPS IN THE KENNEL WOULD LOOK AT ME INTENSELY. THEY ALL KNEW I WAS THERE BECAUSE RUSTY WAS GONE. HOW DO YOU REPLACE SOMEONE WHO EVERYONE LOVED. RUSTY HAD APPARENTLY BUILT A REPUTATION FOR BEING FAIR, GENTLE AND MEANER THAN A RAGING FIRE WHEN THERE WAS A STRANGER IN THE AREA. EVERYBODY LOVED AND RESPECTED RUSTY. I HAD MY WORK CUT OUT FOR ME. I WAS THE NEW KID IN THE KENNEL.
DURING THE TIME RUSTY WAS HERE, HE GREW AND GOT STRONG AS A LOCOMOTIVE. I GREW TOO. I WAS NO LONGER THE GOOFY, CLUMSY LITTLE PUP. I WAS NOW AN ADULT MALE DOG LIKE RUSTY. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE KENNEL AFTER BEING EXAMINED BY THE VET AND CLEANED UP, I WALKED INTO THE KENNEL AND IT MADE ME PROUD WHEN I PASSED THE LITTLE PUPS IN THE KENNEL AND THEY GOT SILENT AND WATCHED ME AS I PASSED BY. I HAVE HEARD THAT RUSTY WAS LIKE THE LION KING HERE. MAJESTIC DESCRIBES HIM BEST.
IT HAS BEEN A FEW MONTHS NOW, SANTA CLAUSE HAS COME AND GONE AND A NEW YEAR IS HERE. I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO PROTECT AND SERVE HERE AT THE ROAD HOUSE. RUSTY IS A LEGEND HERE AT THE ROAD HOUSE AND THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE. I HEAR THE YOUNGER FEMALE PUPS IN THE KENNEL GIGGLE AS I PASS BY.
I HEAR THE WHISPERS, HE IS SO CUTE, HE IS BIGGER THAN RUSTY. LAST WEEK I PASSED THE BIGGEST TEST OF ALL, SUMMER. SUMMER WALKED UP TO ME AND LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND SAID, RUSTY WAS MY MATE, HE WAS A DECENT DOG WHO CARED FOR ALL OF US.
YOU HAVE BIG PAWS TO FILL AN YOU HAVE FILLED THEM. YOU ARE WELCOME HERE AT THE ROAD HOUSE AND I WOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE YOUR PUPS IN THE SPRING. WELCOME TO THE ROAD HOUSE, THUNDER!
OH MY GOD! SHE SPOKE TO ME!! SUMMER IS SO CUTE! I COULD FEEL MY HEART POUNDING! I NEVER DREAMED IN A MILLION YEARS, MY LIFE WOULD BE SO HAPPY!
SO THAT IS THE STORY OF RUSTY THE DOBERMAN. NOW I AM A LEGEND AT THE KENNEL WHERE I WAS BORN. THE OLDER DOGS TALK OF 2 DOBERMANS, RUSTY AND THUNDER, WHILE THE LITTLE PUPS LISTEN AND GAZE IN WONDER, HOPING SOMEDAY THEY COULD BE LIKE RUSTY OR ME.
TODAY ANOTHER CHANGE! ONE OF THE PUPS HERE AT THE ROAD HOUSE CAME UP FROM THE MATERNITY WARD AND JOINED US AT DINNER. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS. NORMALLY THE PUPS NEVER COME UP TO THE QUARTERS. I WENT OVER TO HER AND INTRODUCED MYSELF. SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS AUTUMN AND SUMMER WAS HER MOM. WELL THIS SHOCKED ME RIGHT OUT OF MY PAWS. I LOST MY BALANCE AND FELL ON THE SPOT ANDON MY FACE......YEP RIGHT INTO THE WATER. EVERYONE LAUGHED UNTIL I GAVE THEM THE EVIL EYE AND GROWLED, THEY ALL GOT QUIET.
THE OWNERS CAME INTO THE ROOM AND WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED. WATER WAS EVERYWHERE! I TOLD THEM AND THEY LAUGHED AS WELL. I AM A RED DOBE BUT MY FACE TURNED SO RED I LOOKED LIKE A ROTTEN STRAWBERRY. GOD I WAS EMBARRASSED! THE OWNERS APPARENTLY KEPT ONE OF SUMMERS PUPS AND SURPRISED US ALL.
AUTUMN IS A REAL HOTTIE! SHE IS A 10 OUT OF A 10. I KNOW SHE LIKES ME BUT SHE IS TO YOUNG FOR THAT STUFF, BESIDES SUMMER IS MY SWEETIE. SUMMER IS NOT JEALOUS. ALL SHE DOES IS PINCH AUTUMNS TAIL AND AUTUMN KNOWS BETTER THAN TO TREAD ON SUMMERS PAWS. EVERYONE HERE LOVES EVERYBODY ELSE! IT IS A GOOD THING!
WELL THE WINTERS HAVE COME AND GONE. IT HAS BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE I SAT HERE. AUTUMN IS A MOM TWO TIMES OVER. SUMMER IS SLOWING DOWN, IN FACT SHE IS RETIRED NOW. SUMMER IS LIVING THE GOOD LIFE HERE AT THE ROAD HOUSE. NO MORE PUPS FOR HER. AUTUMN IS IN HER PRIME NOW AND BRANDY AUTUMNS DAUGHTER HAS JOINED US AND JUST HAD HER FIRST LITTER. ONE OF SUMMERS FIRST PUPS IS NOW A SHOW DOG AND HAS WON AN OBEDIENCE TITLE. WE HAD A HUGE PARTY HERE WHEN WE FOUND OUT.
IT SEEMS AS IF NO MATTER WHAT, THERE IS ALWAYS THIS SADNESS ABOUT RUSTY. HE IS ALWAYS REMEMBERED. IN MAY OF THIS YEAR RUSTY WOULD HAVE BEEN 6 YRS OLD. HE WAS A TRUE LEGEND AND ALWAYS WILL BE. THE RUMORS FLY ABOUT HIM. OF COURSE I KNEW HIM AND THE TRUTH. THE LITTLE PUPS SAY HE WAS BIGGER THAT A GREAT DANE AND MEANER THAN A STEAMING LOCOMOTIVE. TRUTH BE TOLD I AM THE LARGEST DOBE EVER TO WALK THE HALLS OF THE ROAD HOUSE AND SOMEDAY WHEN I AM GONE .I WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR MY SIZE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.. IT IS FUNNY LISTENING TO THE LITTLE GUYS AND HOW THEY BOAST OF RUSTYS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
ONE OF THE PUPS SAID RUSTY WAS 6 FEET TALL AT THE SHOULDERS, A CHEST ABOUT 4 FT WIDE AND WEIGHED ABOUT 400 LBS.. HA HA HA, THESE LITTLE GUYS, WELL I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY GET IT FROM BUT IT IS TRULY FUNNY.. THE ROAD HOUSE IS A GOOD PLACE OT BE
I KNOW ONE THING FOR SURE, YOU ARE WELCOME HERE AT THE ROAD HOUSE.
Thunder
THIS IS THE REAL RUSTY
5/20/2002-09/28/2003
THIS IS ME.. THUNDER
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