My parents and I would like to say goodbye to our girl, Evita.

Thank you Evita! Thank you for teaching me so much about terriers and thank you for having such a special spirit that helped teach me about love and admiration. We miss you dearly and our hearts will always fill empty without having you in our lives.

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Evita, it was at the 2000 JRTCA National trial …boy was she beautiful! My Dad fell in love with her and pointed her out to me. We tried to buy her, but Jose Rico was not ready to sell her. I often thought about that beautiful terrier I saw at Nationals and I would look at the trial results to see how she was doing. A year later I went on a hunting trip to New York and after a long day in the field I finally convinced Jose that Evita needed to come live in Texas…and my dream came true. We owned Evita!

When Evita first came to Texas, she was not the easiest dog to live with. In fact, at times she could be a real pain. She was always trying to find a way to escape, (This is how she got the nicknames Evil Evita & Voodoos). As the years passed Evita no longer tried or wanted to escape and she became very loving and affectionate. Evita loved to hunt squirrels and after a long day of chasing them from tree to tree she would love to sit in my parents lap while they were in their rocking chairs. 

People say that there is not a perfect terrier, but to me, Evita was. She won us our first Championship and only a few months before her death, she won back to back Championships at a two trial weekend! I will always hold that memory dear to my heart. When she was alive I thought about her being a beautiful bitch, well put together but now that she has gone to hunt at Rainbow Bridge I think of her as being a beautiful bitch because of her kind spirit. 

Evita would always give 110% in everything she did. If she was trying to escape, hunting, loving or showing, she always did it with everything in her.  It was a pleasure to know her and an honor to have owned her. This beautiful terrier left us too early. Her last day was spent hanging out with my Dad and running errands with him. Evita got into some ant poison…the 800 number said it was not harmful and they were wrong as it took our girl’s life.

Fortunately for us, she left behind some very beautiful children, one of which is still here with us. Hopefully, through him, Evita’s wonderful spirit will live on. 


We love you.....Bye Veeders

With broken hearts,
Jerry, Lynn & Jerrilyn Cloud