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Sebatian's Square Ken, Kathy, Nikki, & Sebastian Canada |
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Sebatian's Square Ken, Kathy, Nikki, & Sebastian Canada |
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Sebastian captured the hearts of many OES lovers around the world after the horrific attack he suffered at the hands of his owner. Through his guardian angels, Sebastian survived the attack and has seemingly forgiven all uprights - he loves us all.
Sebastian lived in a small community in rural Kansas. His owner was involved in a heated marital dispute with her husband. Apparently, her husband then decided to demonstrate his anger by killing her dog in front of her and their 13 year-old daughter. He grabbed Sebastian and delivered three powerful blows to Sebastian's head and neck with a hatchet. We don't know the details so we don't know why he stopped, but miraculously, Sebastian did not die. Mercifully, he was knocked unconscious. The first cut missed his spinal column at the base of his skull by a millimeter. The other two blows struck on top of Sebastian's head but the hatchet blade turned and his skull was not split. But the force of the blows was so great, that the internal structures of Sebastian's eyes were shattered. *1
Sebastian story doesn't stop here, thanks to NEOESR who stepped in to take him into foster care and then to locate a suitable forever home. We are that forever home, and Sebastian has been a joy and a blessing to our family. Our OES of 12 years who owned us, Moptop, went to the Rainbow Bridge in August 2002, and we all missed him terribly, including our 18 month old Norwegian Elkhound, Nikki. Sebastian is loved, safe, and has his very own seeing-eye brother (Nikki). Sometimes, we watch them play in the back yard and can't believe that Sebastian is blind. They run, and wrestle, and play their own special game of hide and seek.
The picture is the centre is Sebastian with his lamby. It used to squeak, but he wore it out. Sebastian's square has four guardian angels guarding him in the centre, one to pick up each paw and carry him away to a safe new home. The four corners represent the love that came from sheepies and their uprights from the four corners of the earth to help this wonderful boy. There are wings at the north, south, east and west points of the square, representing the wings of love. There are 53 pieces in this square, the approximately number of people who watched their e-mail and the internet on January 25 during his trip from Dallas to Vancouver, which was coined by Grannie Annie as the Sunny Super Sebby Bowl.
Our gratitude goes out the NEOESR and Grannie Annie, Allan Stewart and Nancy Halstead (foster family), and all those who helped bring this wonderful boy into our family.
*1 With thanks to
Allan Stewart for his powerful writing skills.
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