{"id":6556,"date":"2012-07-23T01:28:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T01:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2012-07-23T01:28:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T01:28:22","slug":"jack-blanchards-column-talks-about-their-dog-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/23\/jack-blanchards-column-talks-about-their-dog-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Blanchard Talks About All Their Dog Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"OUR DOG CHILDREN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Our first dog was Brubeck, when we lived in Miami,\u00a0before we had any popular recordings.\u00a0We named him for our favorite jazz pianist Dave Brubeck.\u00a0He was a wonderful, intelligent, and faithful friend.\u00a0Brubeck was killed by a car while we were doing a live radio broadcast.\u00a0We got home and received the news and were devastated.<\/p>\n

A few months later we got a basset hound puppy, Cecil. \u00a0Cecil was impossible to train and bit everyone in the family.\u00a0We took him when we moved to Key West.\u00a0He was destructive, so when we went to work we had to close him in the bathroom,\u00a0which he completely destroyed.<\/p>\n

Cecil got something serious wrong with his throat \u00a0and we took him to a vet, which we couldn’t really afford.\u00a0The doctor said it was from howling all night every night when we were at work.\u00a0We asked around for someone to take him, and it was the Mayor of Key West.\u00a0A woman, maybe the Mayor’s wife or assistant picked him up\u00a0and he went happily away without a look back at us.\u00a0I don’t think Cecil ever knew who we were, or cared.\u00a0And I don’t think the mayor got much sleep that night.<\/p>\n

Then Misty came home with a whippet, a miniature greyhound named Prince. \u00a0He was so little and skinny and shaky, he was pathetic.\u00a0I think he had been abused.\u00a0He was a sweetheart, and slept tightly between us.\u00a0But he was so insecure that he marked his new territory\u00a0all over our home and furnishings.<\/p>\n

We had to go somewhere for a week or so and entrusted Prince with neighbors. \u00a0A bad mistake.\u00a0When we came back, he was hiding under their trailer,\u00a0with burns from hot liquid all over him.\u00a0Misty jumped out of the car, strode up to the place\u00a0past dirty kids, garbage, and yard dogs,\u00a0grabbed up Prince and we took off.<\/p>\n

We loved him, but we knew a very nice young woman \u00a0who was thrilled to take him from us, and would give him a good home.\u00a0Sadly he got killed by a car while she was walking him across Duval Street on a leash.\u00a0Poor little Prince’s story is like something out of Dickens.<\/p>\n

The ABC Talent Agency then booked our trio throughout the Eastern US. \u00a0In Montgomery, Alabama we got Wolf 1, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Blanchard.\u00a0If a dog can be a genius, that would describe Wolf.\u00a0He was a comedian, knew lots of tricks, and how to manipulate people…\u00a0a puffy silver beauty, and everybody loved him.\u00a0He would carry his leash to us when he wanted to go out.<\/p>\n

My socks began to disappear. \u00a0We found out Wolf was hoarding them under our bed.\u00a0We tiptoed in and saw a sock being slowly drawn back under the bed.\u00a0Very sneaky.\u00a0Sometimes Wolf would get in a mood, wouldn’t come when called, \u00a0so we found a strategy…. We would ring the doorbell and shout “Who is it?”\u00a0He would come running and barking, to see who dared to come to his door.\u00a0As smart as he was, it worked every time.<\/p>\n

Wolf had some seizures which were frightening to see. \u00a0He seemed exceptionally healthy, and we didn’t know he was also diabetic.\u00a0We had to go on a brief tour and boarded him at the highest rated kennel in Orlando.\u00a0We called from a rest area on the road to see how he was doing.\u00a0The jerk on the phone simply said. “Oh, that dog? It died.”\u00a0We were angry and in tears for days.<\/p>\n

Later we got another toy poodle at a Winter Park pet store. \u00a0He was let out of the cage, made a beeline for Misty,\u00a0and seemed to run right up her, into her arms. Love at first sight.\u00a0Wolf 2 was the opposite of Wolf 1 in personality. \u00a0He was quite serious and tried to be the best person he could be at all times.\u00a0He took care of Camille, our little Lhasa Apso. throughout her life.\u00a0And especially when she got old and blind.<\/p>\n

In Nashville, Wolf’s hind legs suddenly became crippled and he couldn’t walk. \u00a0Half his body was numb from a spinal injury.
\nMisty and I carried him around on a pillow\u00a0even when people were telling us to have him put down.\u00a0We were pretty low on money at the time,\u00a0but out of desperation I called Information from a telephone booth to try to find a doctor.\u00a0I happened to get a very friendly operator on the line who loved animals,\u00a0and she was sympathetic.\u00a0She put me in touch with a surgeon who operated on Wolf and did not charge us a cent.\u00a0A miracle.<\/p>\n

Wolf 2 had to be catheterized regularly after surgery \u00a0and Misty did it for several months…\u00a0 even between shows.\u00a0He was struggling to walk, and one day Misty came in laughing and happy\u00a0shouting. “He just peed on his own!” It was a big event to us.\u00a0After that he always walked with a slight hind leg stiffness, but he could run perfectly.\u00a0The hardest thing I have ever had to do was hold Wolf on the table\u00a0while the doctor put him to sleep.\u00a0He was looking into my eyes and trusting me.\u00a0All these years later I still tear up when I think of it.<\/p>\n

Wolf 2 and his little partner Camille were like brother and sister \u00a0and lived with us for about sixteen years. They were our family.\u00a0We love and miss all of our canine family,\u00a0even Cecil.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/address>\n
Jack Blanchard<\/strong><\/address>\n

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\"\"Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan… Home page:\u00a0http:\/\/jackandmisty.com<\/a>\u00a0CD Baby: \u00a0http:\/\/cdbaby.com\/cd\/jackmisty<\/a>\u00a0Videos:\u00a0http:\/\/youtube.com\/jackandmisty<\/a>\u00a0Restoration and mastering studio:\u00a0407 330 1611.\u00a0Used with kind permission from Jack Blanchard and Lonnie Ratliff \u00a0nashvilleshowcase@comcast.net<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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OUR DOG CHILDREN Our first dog was Brubeck, when we lived in Miami,\u00a0before we had any popular recordings.\u00a0We named him for our favorite jazz pianist Dave Brubeck.\u00a0He was a wonderful, intelligent, and faithful friend.\u00a0Brubeck was killed by a car while we were doing a live radio broadcast.\u00a0We got home and received the news and were devastated. A few months later we got a basset hound puppy, Cecil. \u00a0Cecil was impossible to train and bit everyone in the family.\u00a0We took him when we moved to Key West.\u00a0He was destructive, so when<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}