Gyahsim History（生い立ち）

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, How do you do?
My nickname is Gyahsim (registered name in my pedigree is Kassim),
14-year-old Afghan Hound male Dog, living in Kawachi of North Osaka, Japan.
I love to take a walk along the riverside of Yodo river flowing through Kawachi.
If you happen to see me, a nice looking Hound, around here riverside park,
please call my name, Gyahsim-kun!! and talk to me in Kawachi dialect
,for instance, "Genki dekka?! (How have you been?!)".
But when you see a melancholy looking dog in a rainy day,
Please encourage me "More power to you!! (Genki dashinahare!)"

	ギャーシム徒然草


I was born in downtown of Osaka in December of 1991. When I came to the present family I was only 3 months old. and my master was still a cute young office lady She managed to pay 150000 yen (about $700 at that time) from her small salary and to get me, an expensive puppy, as her first pet. But there was an another barrier for her to try to keep me in the family. That was Dad!!. In fact,my family had not been let know about me in advance.when I was brought by a breeder. So mama told me later that dad got angry and shouted to him" We did not have any memory to order this doggy. That must have been sort of your misunderstanding. Get away with the strange doggy at once." Mama sometimes told about the first scene when I appeared to the porch with him. " It was a very dramatic and very surprising incident for us " As a matter of fact they did not have any ideas to keep me, a big-growing-up dog, in a small garden, not to mention even in the tatami-mat room of Japan's house. Generally speaking, in Japan especially the big dogs are supposed to stay out of the house. In spite of such situation, mama told me that the breeder talked to Dad and Mama coldly " Anyway, Now that I have already received money from your daughter and I have come to bring this puppy here, so my business has been done, OK ??!. Thank you so much for the deal". He went away leaving my parents standing at the porch with their open mouth.When my master came back to home a few hours later, as you could imagine very noisy argumments were caused among them whether or not they could keep me in the house. Dad asked my master "Where in the world can we keep him in our small house or garden? We do not have enough room here when he grows up to a big dog. Do you really know how big he will become soon? And what's more he will not be able to put up with the hot and muggy Summer in Osaka. I am afraid he might possibly get sick soon " . But mama told. me that as if my master had thought thoroughly and had already had the solutions she answered the questions very calmly. She said that she decided to keep me in her room and she would take care of me by herself. Since then my parents used to complain that as the world's children do she would give up caring me very soon and eventually they would have to care me soon. As they predicted my master got married 3 years later leaving me and now she was living in a condominium in downtown of Osaka city 30km far from the house.

I was born in downtown of Osaka in December of 1991.
When I came to the present family I was only 3 months old.
and my master was still a cute young office lady
She managed to pay 150000 yen (about $700 at that time) from
her small salary and to get me, an expensive puppy, as her first pet.
But there was an another barrier for her to try to keep me in the family.
That was Dad!!.
In fact,my family had not been let know about me in advance.when
I was brought by a breeder. So mama told me later that dad got angry
and shouted to him" We did not have any memory to order this doggy.
That must have been sort of your misunderstanding.
Get away with the strange doggy at once."
Mama sometimes told about the first scene when I appeared to the porch
with him. " It was a very dramatic and very surprising incident for us "
As a matter of fact they did not have any ideas to keep me,
a big-growing-up dog, in a small garden, not to mention even in
the tatami-mat room of Japan's house. Generally speaking, in Japan
especially the big dogs are supposed to stay out of the house.
In spite of such situation, mama told me that the breeder talked to
Dad and Mama coldly " Anyway, Now that I have already received money
from your daughter and I have come to bring this puppy here, so my
business has been done, OK ??!. Thank you so much for the deal".
He went away leaving my parents standing at the porch with their
open mouth.When my master came back to home a few hours later,
as you could imagine very noisy argumments were caused among them
whether or not they could keep me in the house.
Dad asked my master "Where in the world can we keep him in our small
house or garden? We do not have enough room here when he grows up
to a big dog. Do you really know how big he will become soon?
And what's more he will not be able to put up with the hot and
muggy Summer in Osaka. I am afraid he might possibly get sick soon " .
But mama told. me that as if my master had thought thoroughly and
had already had the solutions she answered the questions very calmly.
She said that she decided to keep me in her room and
she would take care of me by herself.
Since then my parents used to complain that
as the world's children do she would give up caring me very soon
and eventually they would have to care me soon.
As they predicted my master got married 3 years later leaving me
and now she was living in a condominium in downtown of Osaka city
30km far from the house.

3 months old,　Spring in 1992

6 years old,　Summer in 1998

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