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Summer of '99 on BI

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The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

One of life's greatest joys is having a pet dog. They bring you so much love and happiness, companionship and enjoyment that we can't imagine life without them. 
They say it's one of God's ways of showing his love to you. 

In-Memory
CH. HoneyRun's ZAC
The meaning of the name Zac: (Zachariah) 'The Lord remembers'
Born on Valentine's Day February 14, 2012
Passed Away December 16th 2024 at 9:00AM

ZAC - First day at his new home 4/6/12 at 7 weeks old..
Zac with Billy
 
Zac 12-14-20 Garrison, NY
Zac December 6, 2024
ZAC 2/14/12 - 12/16/24
Zac xmas card in Central Park 12-21-24 RIP Zac 12/16/24 (9am)
 

The Pet Memorial Christmas Tree in Central Park is a secret tree that honors pets who have passed away. My sister and I went to the secret tree on Saturday, December 21, 2024 in the Central Park Ramble's and drop off Zac's memorial Christmas card, Zac passed away on Monday. December 16, 2024 suddenly at 9:AM, I am so heartbroken. (Billy)

R.I.P  12/16/24  ZAC  "GOD'S LITTLE ANGEL"  I LOVE YOU FOREVER AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. 


Summer time is a happy time for Zac and Billy - - July 29, 2013 - Central Park
Zac July 3 2013
BREAKING NEWS...
On Tuesday February 14th, 2012 "Valentine's day"  
Zac was born.
 
Monday 2/27/2012 - "Zac is really starting to get up on his feet now.  He's amazing.  Most pups don't really start to walk until they are 2.5 or 3 weeks old. He was wrestling with his sister today, so adorable"!
 
Friday  3/9/2012  - Zac gives puppy kisses! "We have a kisser in the house"!
 
Sunday 3/18/2012 - Zac is putting on about a pound a week!
 
Tuesday 3/27/2012 -

Zac received his microchip today. He is now registered with the AKC. Zac is now out and about with his mom Barry. Feeling very comfortable with being outside, he is really enjoying it.

Thursday 3/29/2012 - Zac did well with his puppy check-up today and received his health certificate.  He is weighing in at 11 pounds. Checked out great!!  He did really well with the car ride.
Saturday 3/31/2012 - Zac likes country music, "Taylor Swift"!
 
Sunday 4/1/2012 - Zac's mom Barry jumping into the pond today and Zac is running around the pond wondering what his mom was doing.
 
Friday 4/6/2012 - Zac will be coming to his NEW home in Manhattan.
 
Thursday 5/3/2012 - Friday 5/11/2012 - Zac takes Washington DC by storm! From the Four Seasons Hotel to The White House!
 
Friday 5/18/2012 - Zac is officially housebroken! YEAH!
 
Monday 5/21/2012 - Zac did his first successful jump into my bed!
 
Friday 6/1/2012 - Today was Zac's had his last shot and his 1st official day of freedom even thou I have be taking to Central Park for almost two months now (not playing with any dogs). But, today was his first day with doggies of his age group that he can play with, not more than 1 year old puppy's. He ran into three pups his age 3.5 months old. Zac is weighing in at 23 pounds.
 
Thursday  6/14/2012 - Today Zac turns 4 months old! Happy Birthday Zac!
 
Friday 6/15/2012 - (at 26lbs.)  --  Zac received is last puppy shot today, it was for rabies.
 
Saturday, 6/23/2012 - Zac lost his first tooth today! I guess I will put it under his pillow tonight.
 
Sunday, 6/24/2012 - Zac is now sheding his puppy fur.
 
Sunday, 7/1/2012 - Zac has lost most of his puppy teeth and we are at the start of our summer travels to Southampton and Lake Placid, New York.

Friday, 7/13/2012 - Zac is doing very well on his swimming lessons here in Lake Placid New York on Mirror Lake and enjoying the cool summer Lake Placid sunny weather. Zac lost 99.9% of his puppy fur and guess what? NO MORE PUPPY TEETH! He has officially drop all his last puppy tooth this week. Tonight we had a BBQ with friends here on the lake in Lake Placid before we head back to Manhattan on Sunday after 14days of fun rest and play. 
We plan to be back in early October.

Saturday, 7/14/2012 - Happy Birthday Zac - Your 5 months old.
 
Wednesday, 7/25/2012 - Zac is now a teen! He did his first marking this morning and lifted his leg!
 
Tuesday, 8/14/2012 - Zac is 6 months old and doing great - I will miss that puppy... it was so much fun - now he is a teenager... and the greatest friend in the world.
 
Wednesday, 9/5/2012 - Zac is now at 40lbs, but still a puppy...
 
Saturday, 9/29/2012 - Zac sister Valentine will be a Show-Dog! Valentine is going to be in her first dog show in November in Alabama!!
 
Sunday, 10/14/2012 - Zac weighs in at 43.5 on his 8mo old birthday and doing great!
 
Thursday, 10/18/2012 - Zac and I heading to Washington DC to work on the 2012 Mark Twain Prize, staying at the Four Seasons Hotel. 
 
Wednesday, 11/14/2012 - Zac is 9 months old now at 45lbs. He has now reach his true whight... We are off to Washington DC to work on the Christmas in Washington program TNT/TBS right after Thanksgiving in New York City. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I know I have a lot to be thankful for... being blessed having Zac with me at my side.
 
Sunday, 12/09/12 - Zac and I are here in Washington DC staying at the Four Seasons Hotel working on Christmas in Washington with an-all-star-cast  w/ Conan O'Brien hosting, and Diana Ross, Demi Lovato, Scotty McCreery, Chris Mann, Megan Hilty,  and Christmas Gangnam Style with PSY.  Oh, and some guy named Obama... 
 
Friday, 12/14/12 -  Happy Birthday Zac! 10mos. old today! ...now 47lbs
 
Tuesday, 01/01/13 - Happy New Years!
 
Monday, 01/14/13 - Happy Birthday Zac! 11mos. old today! and now 48.5lbs - (this will be or should be! his maximum whight... I hope, he's still growing)!

Friday, 02/01/13 - Zac's sister "Valentine" is an AKC Champion!  She took the points again today in Atlanta to finish up her championship in two weekends and before she is a year old!
Congratulations!!!!  to Corinne and John Beckner and Honeyrun Kennel and to our little Valentine.
Thursday, 02/14/13 - Happy Birthday and Happy Valentines Day to ZAC - 1 Year old! at 49lbs.
 
Friday, 04/19/13 - Zac was neutered today, yes it was time. Doing well and staying in the hospital over night and will be ready tomorrow morning to come home.  (49.5 lbs)
 
Thursday, 04/25/13 - Zac passed his AKC Master Agility test last week, before he was neutered. He has been certified AKC 2013 Championship -- CH HONEYRUN’S ZAC
 
Saturday, 05/17 - 23/2013 - Zac and I are here in Washington DC staying at the W Washsington Hotel working on "In Performance at The White House  with Carole King: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize". Premieres Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 8:pm ET/PT on PBS -- Oh, and we were in some guy named "Obama 's house"... - I had one of the best thrills of my life working in and with The White House on this program.
 
Saturday, 06/01 - 06/09/2013 - A week at the house in Amagansett with ZAC was the best week to be in East Hampton before the summer rush, no lines and takle your time having dinner at Almond Resturant, Nick & Tony's and LUNCH! (Zac at 49.5lbs and holding).
 
Sunday, 07/14/2013  - Happy 17mo. Birthday Zac! (Zac at 49.5lbs and holding).

Saturday, 10/26/13 - Zac is now at 53lbs. and enjoying life to the fullest. We just return from Washington DC after a long 10day special event program called The Mark Twain Prize and had a the best time. We stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Gorgetown. We just found out that Zac's sister Valentine is going to have puppies this week! We are heading back to DC in 40days to start working on the Christmas In Washington.

Saturday, 12/14/13 - Zac (at 20mos) is back in DC and keeping busy for past 10days staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in Gorgetown while Billy is working on The Christmas in Washington Show for the White House after a wonderful 10days off in Lake Placid New York for Thanksgiving.

Friday, Feburary 14th, 2014 - Happy Birthday Zac at two (2) yeras old and (53lbs.)

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - After a long cold and snowy winter Zac and I are off to Lake Placid to pick-up our new 2014 Jeep.

May/June/July/August -  2.5yrs Aug. 14, 2014 and holding at 53lbs. -- Zac and I traveled thought out the US and Italy. 
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - Zac is now a big brother of 7pups. His mom "Barry" gave birth last night at 4am to 7 most "Zac" look-a-likes. Max, Zac's dad is so pround of himself.

(2015) Was amazing wild and very busy year and lots of fun and went so fast!... What a great summer Zac and I  had. We coverd all the notheast states the month of July. 
Zac is holding at 54lbs. at 4 yeras old.
(2016) This summer Zac and I will be going to Paris in June and Portland Oregon  early August to visit friends and traveling to the Northeast states again like last year the month of July but more time in Maine and upstate New York the month of July.

(2017) This summer we are off to Maui, Hawaii and up-state New York - Woodstock and Lake Placid. 
 
(2018) - Having so much fun with my buddie Zac. 
To be another great year.
Enjoy the photos the last 7 years! 
February 14, 2018 - ZAC 6yrs old at 54lbs. 


As we start with the new year 2019 - I want to give Zac a big hug and kiss on his 7th Happy Happy Brithday!

February 14, 2019 - 7 years old at 54lbs. Happy Birthday Zac
...and we are having a extremely impressive awesome time everyday!

June 6, 2021   -   We're hanging in there. It's been hard with the pandemic (COVID-19) going on but we're managing with grace of god leading us the way. We are so lost.... But this is going on with everybody just holding it together. 

December 4, 2023 - Zac and I made it though all the mess the last few years with that TRUMP stuff and COVID-19 Pandemic as the good LORD guides us through it all. 
We are doing just find. - Merry Christmas to all that made it through.
God bless us all. 
Happy 2024 New Year!

Monday, December 16, 2024 -  Zac, my best friend that life can ever offer has past away today suddenly at 9:AM - I am so heartbroken. 
This will be my last mressage...
But! From time to time I will find thousands of photo's of Zac I have taken of him over the 13years of most powerful gift of love he has ever given me and I will publish them here on his web page.....

The month of  December 2024 - After a pretty good year together we almost made it though without a hitch and sadly (suddenly) Zac took ill and passed away on Monday December 16th at 9am at the age of 12 years 10 months old. I am so heart broken and to give this news to all of Zac fans he so dearly loved.. Zac gave me the most wonderful (almost) 13 years of my life, I loved him so much, he was my only friend I had. I cannot tell you the love I had for him and he to me and what he gave me back. I just want you all to know the suffering one goes though when God' little angel's are called back to heaven.and why are they here. The connection of love between the both of us was undescribable. Zac has passed to the other side now and I am sure meeting up with Jake, and when my day comes to head over that Rainbow Bridge I know both Zac and Jake will be waiting. You see Jake , Zac and I made a promise, whoever gets to heaven gate first will wait at the entrance for each other. You see my friends I am not getting any younger and I know when my time will come I will see them both and they will help me over to their side where they both awaks. 
My friends, I can not tell you how sad I am and the grief I am going though on how so special Zac was to me and the connection we made and the journey we both took while he was here. We did so much together traveling all over the world and working different events I did.and the long summer car trips we have gone on of the northeast states. Yes my heart is broken and it is something you will never prepare yourself for. You just don't want to think of the end that will come. It never stop for us it was one good thing after the next The 13years came so fast and ended our Journey we loved so much together, Our 3/4 hour walks in Central Park alomost every day was an highlight of our life and the long drives up to Maine/Vermont/New Hampshire and up-state New York. 
If you have a little buddy just to give you fair warning, LOVE your friend as much as you can...love him, talk to him, tell him stories re-insure him with love and kisses as much as you can. 

God bless you and your family and Thanks for stopping by. 
May peace be with you all on YOUR jouney though life, time is so very short, please make the best of it...
 
Enjoy the photos...

Billy Amato 
New York City
Info@BillyAmato.com

Embarassed

~  PEACE ~

 




 ...about

 

The AKC Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever:

Medium sized, powerful and compact, the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever is the smallest of the retrievers. He developed in the early 19th century to toll, lure, and retrieve waterfowl. The playful action of the Toller retrieving a stick or ball along the shoreline arouses the curiosity of the ducks offshore. This lures them within gunshot range, and then the dog is sent out to retrieve the dead or wounded birds. Their water-repellant double coat is any shade of red, often with white markings.
 
A Look Back
There is no authentic record of the development of the Toller, but present day thinking is that the basic stock was the red decoy dog, probably brought to Nova Scotia with the early settlers from Europe. Crosses with other breeds, possibly spaniel and setter-type dogs, retriever-type dogs, and farm collie, produced today’s Toller. Originally known as the Little River Duck Dog after the district of Yarmouth County, or as a Yarmouth Toller, the Toller has now bred true for generations.
 
  • Sporting Group; AKC recognized in 2003.
  • Ranging in size from 17 to 21 inches tall at the shoulder.
  • Water dog.



ZAC's Picture GALLERY

The little toller's family picture gallery ~

CH HoneyRun's Boyz N Berry - Zac's mother
CH HoneyRun's Boyz N Berry - Zac's mother
ZAC - at one week old on 2-21-12
Zac 2/25/12 - At almost two weeks old - eyes open...!
ZAC - Almost Two weeks old...1st day to open his eyes 2/25/2012
CH HoneyRun's Takin it To The Max - Zac's father with Corrine Becker's family
Zac is Two weeks old.... eyes wide open and walking!
Two weeks old and one foot forward please.
Zac's Dad
Zac at 4 weeks old
Zac at 5 weeks old
Zac and his sister
Mommy "Barry" with her son Zac at 4 weeks old
Zac at play (5 weeks) - TOYS!
Zac at 6 weeks old - he has been microchiped!
Zac at 6 weeks and ready for the puppy show...
ZAC on the way to Atlanta Airport to meet me at 7 weeks old.
First time Zac meets me at the Atlanta Airport after 7 weeks waiting.
Meet Zac's sister Valentine taken today June 1
Zac (12 weeks old)... at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington DC - sound to sleep.
Billy & Zac 2-3-2019 Central Park
Zac at 13 weeks old in Central Park
ZAC at 4 months
Zac enjoying a warm summer afternoon - 4mos. old/26lbs.
Zac - 4 months old 6/14/12
Zac at 4 months
Zac looking good at 4 months old
 
Lake Placid
Zac in Lake Placid - 5 month old
1st day in Lake Placid
Zac hanging out on the porch in Lake Placid
Zac at his Manhattan town house - 5mo.
Zac - 5mo (Manhattan)
ZAC is now 6mos old - Aug 14th, 2012
Zac in Central Park takin a walk with me now at 40lbs. 9/5/12
Zac
ZAC - 7mo's old - at Central Park Great Lawn 9/14/12
Zac - in Central Park at the Great Lawn 9/28/12
Zac - 9-28-12 in Central Park at the Great Lawn
Zac - Central Park at the Great Lawn 9-28-12
Zac on Cherry Hill in Central Park on his 8mo birthday - 43.5lbs. (Sunday 10/14/12)
ZAC 9M0S. AT 45LBS. 11/14/12
Zac sleeping a little late this morning.
Zac 10mos Central Park 12 17 12
Zac - Four Seasons Hotel-DC 10mos old 12-14-12
Christmas in Washington Dec 2012 - 2014
Another day out in the country - Zac 10mo. 12-15-12
ZAC 10mos.
Zac 10mos.
ZAC 10mos.
MAX - Zac's dad (12/12 at 7yrs.)
MAX - Zac's dad (12/12 at 7yrs.)
Zac -The heavens shine on to him with wealth of love. 1-20-13
Zac's first snowfall in Central Park NYC - Jan 26, 2013
Central Park 1-26-2013
Zac's dad MAX just out of the water 2/21/13
Zac 1yr.
ZAC at 13mons.
4/11/13 - Zac says chance of rain today in New York he's not taking any chances
Zac - very content hanging with his Billy (4/13/13)
Zac - Watching my back 6 2013
Zac checking out West 80th Street - 6 14 2013 (16mons. at 49.5 lbs and holding)
Central Park - Springtime May 14, 2013 - 15mos.
2013 AKC Master Agility Championship - NYC
East Hampton - June 2013
Zac loves digging at the East Hampton beach (6 1 2013 at 49.5 lbs.)
Zac at the house here in Amagansett (6-4-2013 at 49.5lbs and holding)
Zac at the house here in Amagansett (6-5-2013
Zac meets a new friend! "Gasby" of same breed - a 8 week old Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Zac July 2013 (17mo. at 49.5lbs)
Valentine - Zac's twin sister. 10/2013
Zac - Home on a cold winter night 1-22-13 at 52.5 lbs.
Sunday morning in Central Park Great Lawn - 3/30/14
Zac - July 4, 2014 -- on the Great Lawn in Central Park
ZAC (8.2.14) Central Park Lake in New York City
ZAC - October 2014
Central Park
Zac 10/24/15 Central Park
Zac - photo in a Polo Home ad 2016
Zac - 2016 Portrait by John Amato
Zac 3-22/18 Spring Snow in Central Park/NYC
Zac in Central Park 3/29/18
Zac in Central Park 3/29/18
HAPPY TIMES WITH ZAC - MAY 2018
 
Zac in Central Park 3/29/18
ZAC 5-2108
SUMMER FUN WITH ZAC --JUNE 2018
Zac in Lake Placid Summer 2018
Nap time (2018)
1-2019 Central Park Lake looking at the city.
 
Our wall in Central Park - Fall 2018
Zac & Billy Central Park 2-3-2019
Zac Winter 2019 3-4-19
Zac buddy's CP Winter Snowman 3-5-19
~ MORE TO COME - PLEASE CHECK BACK ~
PEACE

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