January 2, 1999-October 22, 2011
It is with a sad heart that I announce the death of pointer female Rester’s Domino. She was run over October 22 in a freak accident. The old gal was a spry 12-year-old daughter of Joe Shadow. She was aptly named for her unique markings by her breeder and first owners, Cecil and Holly Rester.
Domino had no field trial placements, but her forte was motherhood. Domino has 20 offspring with 49 placements, four of them champions or runner-up champions at this writing.
Domino spent her days running loose at the farm and nights in the house. She was a fixture at my place greeting each visitor with her pleasant gray muzzled face.
Domino loved puppies. She had one puppy out of her last litter but had enough milk to raise four pups from a large litter of my neighbor’s. She treated every puppy on my place as her own. She followed me while I roaded and oversaw all of the training sessions with the watchful eye of a proud mother.
Her favorite thing was to take puppies on a tour of the farm. She never left one behind, taught them all how to hunt, run the country and how to cool off when hot. Domino was special to me and I will miss her every day.
She was buried outside of my bedroom window and also in my heart. Her legacy will live on through her offspring. Her daughter Baby Domino will enter her first field trial the weekend of October 29 and I am sure Momma will be watching down on her.
Goodbye my sweet gal. I will miss you.
— Blake Kukar