Boris - the confirmation of "man's best friend"
BORIS (21.10.1997 - 14.11.2001)
Boris was born on October 21, 1997 in Agay, about 300 m away from my house (as the crow flies). He stayed with his mother until early January 1998 when we picked him up and brought him to Switzerland (together with Nelson, who was born in Cotignac at about the same time). A big, sand-coloured male Labrador with all the typical attributes of the race. Food was the absolute top priority and one could set the watch after his requests for food. Amazing is the only word to describe it. Other significant attributes were the undivided loyalty to his master and the soft and kind nature with people. Sometimes it was difficult to believe that he was not a human being - just missing the skills of talking. Very tragically, unforeseen and unfortunately, Boris died accidentally on November 14, 2001 while playing with his "brother" Nelson in the living room in Vulierens. At that precise moment (8:20 am), I was sitting at the airport in Frankfurt waiting for a connection flight from Miami to Geneva. One of the toughest emotional hits in my life so far. |