Krizzie was Seffe's daughter and Louis and Tali's mother. She was the extrovert, the clown, the bright spark with a wicked sense of humor. Even before her birth Krizzie was at the forefront of life at "Blanik." First in the queue but too big to be delivered natural she got "stuck" causing distress to the whole litter and putting her mother at risk. A quick cesarean birth got them all to safety and the vet commented that the "big bitch" had been blocking the way! There was only 5 of them in the litter, three bitches ..Snap, Crackle and Pop and the 2 boys, Bill and Ben. Krizzie's very appropriate puppy name was "Snap!"Krizzie, showing more show potential was my pick of the litter, but the fun was about to begin. She was a busy bitch with an intelligent level that until then I had never encountered. Though respectful of her mother Seffe and grandmother Nikki, she questioned everything, and as a pup did most things if there was something in it for her. When she was 4 months old she broke her leg. We never knew how she did it, she never told us. The vet commented on her "hardness" and how even at this age she didn't react to the pain ... a trait that stayed with her forever ... Krizzie never ever showed pain.
A week or so after breaking her leg Krizzie decided to climb a ladder! Steve was on the flat roof fixing a leak when he heard a noise. There she was, 4 month old Krizzie, half way up with plastered leg coming first....To this day I've no idea how he and she got down without breaking at least another bone between them.The last few days we have thought and talked so much about Krizzie .... We had both individually and without discussion had the same thoughts. Our black faced, energetic, over confident snapping little crocodile called Sammi is so like Krizzie .... the best is yet to come!
