Pasi was born on May 9th 1999 in Roquebrune sur Argens, beautiful small town in southern France. On 19th of July he made his first tiring trip from Provance to Warsaw. During this whole time since he'd become the member of our family, I haven't written much about him. I lacked words to express my feelings. Still, I don't quite know how to put them in writing. Pasi is the most unexceptional creature that ever entered my life. We spend a lot of time together, passively and actively. We have learnt to communicate without words. Pasi reads my looks and gestures (which sometimes aren't enough to convince him) and can manifest the state of his soul in many ways: from lazy movement of the end of his tail, through making faces, to whines of impatience or resignation. Sometimes he's so funny with all those "sorrows" and claims. When I cut his nails Pasi pretends to be asleep. From time to time he gently tries to get his paw out of my hand, but without succeeding, he just "goes back to sleep". Nedless to say - he immediately "wakes up" when I'm done. He never jumps up on sofa or any other piece of furniture though sometimes he "asks". But he has no doubts, what was the reason behind placing the beds in hotel rooms - only for ridgebacks' comfort. It's obvious so why wait? We put kids to sleep together. Pasi follows me to their room, quietly lays down on the carpet, and when I'm done, goes back to his place. He requires a rich menu. Sometimes when the whole family relaxes after tasty dinner, Pasi gets this "awful", "dry" kibble (which he only gives a nasty look). So he comes to me, sits down proudly and majestically and says with his eyes: "hey, you, you forgot about the meat, veggies, cheese, rice, yogurt,...". He's never won anything this way but he always gives it a shot. Pasi doesn't just enter the house - he needs to be invited, his feet cleaned first. From the beginning I have ritually been cleaning them in the same order so now he puts them up in that order. We learn some other silly things simply for a pure joy of each other's company and mutual "dialogues". Is it normal? It is for me. Those unable od having such contact with their dogs can only envy me. And there is a lot they miss! What I thought I knew about ridgebacks became only an echo of what this breed truly is. Pasi has taught me all that by his love, patience, devotion, courage, and many other things. He continues to amaze me. I don't know if I ever will be able to give back what I owe him...