Our kennel name is "Casa del Mango" - in Spanish it translates to "house of the Mango." "Mango" was my very first working dog - a gorgeous, hard, smart Belgian Malinois who will always be a benchmark - and I wanted to honor her memory. My father is an immigrant from Argentina who married an American, so I also honor part of my heritage by using Spanish for my kennel name. And as I live in South Florida, it seems appropriate.
Everytime I think of Mango's name being part of my dogs' names, I smile - a part of her lives on in them and in me...
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