otic canines.
TCM: Let’s start on this note…
Why do you call yourself a pedi-
gree Ewe?
SGQ: My Dad is Ewe, my Mum is
Ewe. My Dad’s Dad is Ewe, my
Dad’s Mum is Ewe. My Mum’s Dad
is Ewe, my Mum’s Mum is Ewe.
There was no way I could escape
being Ewe. I’m only glad they
didn’t give me typical Ewe names
like, Hope, Favor or Blessings.
Selassie Gerald Quarcoo is an only
child of his parents; he calls him-
self a pedigree Ewe. Coming from
a broken home, he had to battle
his way through depression. At a
point in his growth, he couldn’t
write the numbers 7, 4, 3, 8 plus
some alphabets and struggled
with mathematics as a subject in
class. Twice he attempted suicide
but the grace of the heavenly Fa-
ther kept him from dying. Then
He met Christ and found peace
for his soul and purpose for his
life. Now a Sunday school coordi-
nator, Youth church coordinator
and a member of the drama group
in his local church – Victory Bible
Church International. He shares
with The Creed Magazine one of
his passions in life – breeding ex-
TCM: Is this one of your dogs? Tell
me about her.
SGQ: She’s a Maltese – a toy dog
used in renaissance France and
Britain and now popular in Amer-
ica. They usually come all white
but this one has a hue of black,
brown and grey. I visited a friend
and the father offered her to me!
I was overjoyed! When I went to
church that day, I danced so much
and like King David, I “disgraced”
….all because of a dog. I had gone
out empty handed and come back
with a dog!
TCM: So tell me how did this whole
idea of breeding dogs begin?
SGQ: It started as a form of anger.
Anger is just passion overturned
if you think about it and I was an-
gry at the way some people would
poorly take care of their dogs.
Aside keeping these dogs, I want
to give