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| Christine and Frank are the proud parents of 3 cats : Carey, Tyrone, and Timmy and 2 dogs: Shadow and Tyler. |
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| All the cats and Tyler are male, Shadow is female. Here are some of their unique qualities: |
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| Shadow is a little 12 pound black toy poodle. She is the oldest of all the animals and head of the pecking order: She is described in "My Dog Shadow": "Away on our lot in the distance is a tiny black dot, blissfully hopping ears flopping, it's our tiny dog Shadow shaggy black mop, on her chin a white spot. This toy poodle is 15 yeas old and doesn't even know it, she certainly doesn't show it, knows how to sit up and roll over. We never had a dog so long, this strong little Shadow is one smart rover." |
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| Tyler is a 4 year-old, carmel colored, 100 pound mixed breed pup. He is the youngest of our animals and his story "My Dog Tyler" appears on page 26 of Frank Zane's book "Mind, Body, Spirit--the personal training diaries": "Dusk's full moon peeping through olive trees ripe, Tyler pool side at twilight, hot soup as dark approaches, wonder if he might grow even more. A great dog, friendly and bright, full of unconditional positive regard for me, he doesn't bite, barks at voices in the night causing a fright, I'm sure and brings Christine the newspaper in bed at daylight. Chasing his 5 feline brothers he breaks up a cat fight. I'm off to L.A. this morning while he waits at the gate light, my Forrest Gump of a dog, there he is in my headlights. At the end of the day, boomerangs I swear, he loves to play catching them in mid-air. Tyler's really into being a dog, following me everywhere, I'm sure glad this carmel lab-chow-rotweiler-doberman calls me his dad." |
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| Carey Grant is 10 year-old blue eyed, white, orange ear tipped, striped tail cat born in Palm Springs. He had two brothers Randolph (who he resembled) and was killed by coyotes, and Zorro a gray and white striped male who disappeared the night before Randolph's demise. |
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| Tyrone is an 8 year-old gray colored Russian Blue cat Christine found living in the wall of our Palm Springs house as a kitten. He is the biggest cat, weighing about 30 pounds, and is very shy. |
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| Timmy is the youngest cat, 5 years old, orange striped rascal who was found in a very dehydrated state under a tree where our deceased Royal Standard Poodle, Apple lay buried. Tim is believed to be the reincarnation of Apple. |
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| Apple Tree of Life is a poem in memory of this kind dog: "Last night lay thinking of our old home in Palm Springs where huge tamarisk branches tower, these desert weed pine trees never sleep and grow forever. Cut, this tree always comes back with long straight branches lying on the sod trimmed into elegant spears thrown and stuck in the mud. Buried garden center our departed dog Apple, long tall beautiful white Royal Standard Poodle has grown into a tree high in the sand, her slender trunk stands not a bend and long tall leafy branches send Apple loving essence to fertile soil of Heaven's Angelic Pure Land." |
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| The Cat story appears on page 77 of Frank's Mind, Body, Spirit (visit www.frankzane.com for information on how to obtain this book), entitled "My Cats": "Randolph, Carey, Tyrone, Tim and Zorro, cat of the year, wherever I am he's always near, every morning sat atop my lap purring, lots of fur all over the place. Four cats compete for my lap every day in their own unique time and way: Zorro each morrow, Randolph anytime day or night, Carey's on Christine's lap at breakfast, Timmy jumps up on me 2 or 3 times every night. Sometimes there's a fight under the bed between Timmy and Tyrone, 24 pound Jabba the Hut, this fat cat wide moans at the back porch door each morning when he's not inside, yellow-eyed gray balloon boy, Timmy thinks of his as a big toy, lies with his head resting on bowl of water, sneaks up to be petted when I'm just sitting around. Boy, let any of them stay inside all the time and I would need more than two hands." |
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| The ZANE ANIMALS moved with Christine and Frank to San Diego from Palm Springs in October 1998. |
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| Frank publishes a quarterly newsletter called BUILDING THE BODY which is available by subscription for $20 a year, $25 in Canada and Mexico, and $30 overseas (price includes postage). To subscribe call 800-323-7537 or write to PO Box 4088, La Mesa, Ca 91944. For more details on Frank's goods and services and to read the Autumn 1998 edition of BUILDING THE BODY Newsletter visit www.frankzane.com |
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