What's In A Title Really?
By Sandy Mowrey
"It is not just a brag, not just a stepping stone to a higher title,
not just an adjunct to competitive scores.
A Title says your dog was intelligent, and adaptable, and good-
natured. It says your dog loved you enough to do the things that
please you, however crazy they may have sometimes seemed. And a Title
says that you loved your dog, that you loved to spend time with him
because he was a good dog, and that you believed in him enough to
give him yet another chance when he failed, and that in the end your
faith was justified.
A Title proves that your dog inspired you to have the special
relationship enjoyed by so few, that in a world of disposable
creatures, this dog with a Title was greatly loved, and loved greatly
in return. And when that dear short life is over, the Title remains
as a memorial of the finest kind, the best you can give to a
deserving friend, volumes of praise in one small set of initials
before or after the name.
A Title is nothing less than love and respect, given and received
permanently."