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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Symantec Visual Page Mac 1.1.1"> <TITLE>Baby Years</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Sebastian's Early Years</H1> <CENTER> <P> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="4" WIDTH="700"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="61%"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="babybig.jpg"><IMG SRC="baby.jpg" WIDTH="296" HEIGHT="224" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0"></A><BR clear = "left"> <FONT SIZE="2">Look, Mom. Look what brought me home! [1992]</FONT> </TD> <TD WIDTH="39%"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="snoozpuppybig.jpg"><IMG SRC="snoozpuppy.jpg" WIDTH="315" HEIGHT="226" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0"></A><FONT SIZE="2"><BR clear = "left"> Hard day at the beach for a little puppy. Now, about that Waldo guy... [1992]</FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </P> </CENTER> <P>Shamrock Sebastian (by Shamrock's Maxwell Smart, out of Shamrock Sheila of Jaden) walked into our lives in March of 1992. The kids wanted an Akita, our friendly Akita breeder suggested a Keeshond, we looked at a new brood and we were hooked. Told the breeder we wanted a "family" not "show" dog and would take any male, except for "that giant one" with the blue collar. We wanted a "smallish" dog, and thought an average-sized Kees would be just about perfect. The breeder assured us Kees didn't smell, weren't noisy, shed only once per year and had "boundless energy." Right. The first and last promises came true enough, plus the "once a year" was technically correct, I suppose. Considering he never STOPPED shedding throughout his 10 years, technically he only shed once during his lifetime! Oh, we got our "family" dog all right. Last of the litter and a total chunk, complete with blue collar!</P> <P>Sebastian, not because of any highbrow aspirations, nor even because Johann Sebastian Bach and little Sebastian's ancestors shared the Low Countries' commonality, but simply because the little dog entered our daughter's life the same summer that Disney's <I>The Little Mermaid</I> did. The film's wisecracking crabby sidekick Sebastian's name seemed a perfect fit for the dog. Thus little 'Bastian became our combination court jester, <I>enfant terrible</I> and a not uncommon name for various Nintendo adventurers and RPG heroes.</P> <CENTER> <P> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="4" WIDTH="700"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="350"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="shirtdogbig.jpg"><IMG SRC="shirtdog.jpg" WIDTH="197" HEIGHT="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" HSPACE="30"></A><BR clear = "left"> <FONT SIZE="2">Well, I think he looks good in shorts AND a tee shirt, but he keeps taking the shorts off... [1992]</FONT> </TD> <TD WIDTH="350"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="gavbeachbig.jpg"><IMG SRC="gavbeach.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A><FONT SIZE="2"><BR clear = "left"> He's my dog, and if he thinks he can beat those <BR> waves, that's fine with me. [1992]</FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </P> </CENTER> <P>Just like the rest of our family, Sebastian loved the beach. Before he even saw our home in San Francisco's East Bay, this dog went straight to Santa Cruz for a day at the beach! He spent every July Fourth of his life in SC, and nearly always made it into the surf. Never daunted, he also never learned not to bite the waves or drink sea water.</P> <P> <CENTER> <P> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="4" WIDTH="700"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="350"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="mombeachbig.jpg"><IMG SRC="mombeach.jpg" WIDTH="288" HEIGHT="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A><BR clear = "left"> <FONT SIZE="2">I don't understand this lying around bit. It's HOT here. Let's go swimming. [~1992]</FONT> </TD> <TD WIDTH="350"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="wetleashbig.jpg"><IMG SRC="wetleash.jpg" WIDTH="293" HEIGHT="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A><FONT SIZE="2"><BR clear = "left"> OK, here's the deal. I hold one end of the leash, and you hold the other. Then we run back into the surf and we bite those waves together. Got it? [~1992]</FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </P> </CENTER> <CENTER> <P>[You can click on any photo for a larger version for downloading or printing]</P> <P> <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="700"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="15%"><A HREF="index.html">Home</A></TD> <TD WIDTH="20%"><A HREF="baby.html"><B>Baby Years</B></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%"><A HREF="teen.html">Teenagers of all species</A></TD> <TD WIDTH="20%"><A HREF="adult.html">Adult Life</A></TD> <TD WIDTH="20%"><A HREF="later.html">Later Years</A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>