ACCOMPANYING THE PRINT:
 
 
 
Mac Ar Aghaidh Linn* Pit Bull Terrier is a saunterer; he savours his daily commune with nature.  The woods speak to his soul: wild and unyielding, yet in the very same moment, still and utterly peaceful. 
 
Unusually warm temperatures and a lovely breeze draw Mac outdoors.  He strolls along a well-trodden gravel pathway that seems to come from nowhere and end in the exact same spot.  Just beyond the brush, though, he hears a babbling brook. Birds beckon, and scampering squirrels and chipmunks dart in and out of view, enticing him off the trail. 
 
 
 
Pressing through, with a few thicket-scratches and a tumble or two, Mac finds himself smack in a lush bush with verdant greens hosting a profusion of blooms and berries.  Perhaps there was once a walkway here; clearly, no one had ventured this way in quite some time.  Invigorated, Mac forges a fresh path and wonders if footsteps will ever follow his own ��� each reinforcing this new way; turning craggy path into well marked trail, into bustling roadway, into full on thoroughfare.  He loves the symbolism.  Where there is no path, make one.  May it lead others home.
 
 
 
*Yes - this is quite the name to pronounce, but well worth the effort.  It is Irish Gaelic and given to our ginger boy with intention.  It translates as 'Let�۪s Go! Onward To Victory�۪.  When people call his name, pronounced ���Mac Air-Eye Ling, they are standing with him in his rally cry.  Please join him by using his name too.  It makes a difference.