"My best leading men have been dogs and horses." Elizabeth Taylor

Hearing of the death of Elizabeth Taylor this morning two things ran through my mind, one was the first time I met her, and how my knees turned to jelly as she greeted me, I think I actually bowed or curtsied or some such nonsense!!! The second thing that popped into my head was how often she was photographed with dogs, some hers, some canine co-stars, she seemed to love them all. In fact Dame Elizabeth may even owe her career to a dog, Lassie, you may have heard of her too, was her co-star in one of her earliest films, Lassie Come Home!!!

Throughout her life she had many dogs including spaniels and dachshunds, however during the era in which she was one of the most recognizable stars in Hollywood, she was usually surrounded by Pekingese. At any one time she would always have at least two dogs, and often more. Taylor was so fond of her Pekingese that she would go out of her way to accommodate them. Once, during a time that she was married to actor Richard Burton, the two of them were supposed to co-star in a film that was being shot in England. She often insisted upon bringing her dogs along with her when she went out on location. The problem was that England has a six month quarantine period for any dog brought into the country. Taylor found a clever, if rather expensive, solution to this dilemma. She and Burton obtained a yacht, and moored the boat on the Thames. They lived on board the boat for the entire time that the film was being made, along with her Pekingese dogs. In this way her dogs never needed to step on English soil, and thus they avoided spending the usual time in quarantine..

Most recently Elizabeth Taylor's dogs have been beautiful white Maltese.Taylor's Maltese have names such as Sugar and Honey. During her period of convalescence, following brain surgery, one of these dogs could be seen as her constant companion, nestled on her lap or beside her. Since her recovery she continued the practice of always having one of these little white dogs with her at interviews and public appearances. She always seemed to draw comfort from their presence.

But wait there was something even more important than her brilliant acting career, and her love of animals. Her early work for AIDS, a cause that was not only, not HAUTE but career poison to even be associated with!!! She didn't seem care and without a doubt she did more for to bring awareness, and respect to people with HIV AIDS than any one single hu-man being and for this she will always be remembered, at least by me!!! If you'd like to pay tribute to a great woman, why not make a small or large donation the the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation, how HAUTE would that be?!?

Enjoy these beautiful picture of a beautiful lady!!!

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