{"id":4533,"date":"2023-03-23T19:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=4533"},"modified":"2023-03-23T19:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:00:44","slug":"nina-may-14-2007-march-23-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=4533","title":{"rendered":"Nina May 14, 2007 – March 23, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today we said goodbye to the best dog who ever lived. She changed my life in so many ways. From the moment our eyes met at Ulla’s house, I knew she was my dog and I was her person. Ulla was keeping her, but I managed to convince her to let me take my bean home. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I met so many people because of Nina. I have my job because of Nina (I needed a vet because she broke a baby tooth shortly after I brought her home). She was a wild puppy and a wild dog in the best way, so energetic and strong willed and opinionated. But also so sweet and so loving and so gentle. She was just what we needed. She drew blood more than once in agility when she thought I wasn’t where I was supposed to be. But she also gave the best kisses and snuggles. People who only saw her in agility thought she was a wild thing (and she was), and people who only saw her at home thought she was a mellow sweetheart (and she was that too). She was the foundation on which Alkemi was built, and while we wish she was living on in our home, she is at least living on through her descendants.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Smart as a whip. Fast as lightning. Beautiful inside and out. Sweetest dog in the world. A working dog to her core. More than my heart dog. My soul dog. There will never be another Nina. She was with us for nearly 16 years, but it seems like it went by in a flash. Every dog you ever own will break your heart, and while she was ready to go, we weren’t ready to lose her. She did everything with conviction, and balls to the wall abandon. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I hope she is healthy and happy and running like the wind wherever she is. I hope she is spinning and barking her “pack a day” bark. I hope she is with Al (she is the last of my dogs to have met Alun) and with my Mum and Dad and Auntie Ann, and with Rakki, Riley, Demi and Austin, and with Ringo and Rupert and Bailey and Sullivan and Cillian, and with everyone else who’s gone on ahead. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I have never had a bond with a dog like the bond I had with Nina. She was my soul dog, and she will take a piece of my heart with her across the bridge, and I will keep a piece of her heart here with me. I know I will see her again one day, and both our hearts will be whole again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a privilege to be your person my tiny bean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian CH MACH PACH Vastgota Nina Ricci ROM MXG MJC MXPB MJP3 MJPB PAX XF T2B3 NAC NCC NJC TN-E TG-N WV-N HP-O ChFH CL3-R CL4-S CL4-F CL4-H TG2, AKC Agility Invitational qualifier 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020, AKC National Agility Championship qualifier 2018 2020, #1 AKC Agility Swedish Vallhund 2015 #1 AKC Agility PACH Swedish Vallhund 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 14, 2007 – March 23, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was always Nina’s song<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n