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Hi
Sharalee,
Gunner is doing very well. He is a real good
retriever. He loves hunting and loves going
in the boat with me and Bonnie fishing, I'm
sending you a few pictures of him at home and in
the field, hes a big boy, he weighs about 114lbs
and he is very cuddly with us in bed. Actually
both of our dogs are, but mostly him, he always
wants the attention and don't you worry he barks
very loud to let you know. But he's doing fine, we
love him sooooooooo much!!!!! I'm
looking for a female to breed with him, do you
know of anybody? Let me know. Bye for now and
well keep in touch. October 2006
Hi
Sharalee,
It is so nice to hear from you. I hope all
is well at your new place. Zak is doing
great! He weighs 90 lbs and is an absolutely
beautiful dog. Spoiled rotten, but
beautiful. He is tall and slim and strong as
an ox. We were just saying this morning that
he should have been a hunting dog because his
instincts to hunt are so dominant. I have to
say he has never done any damage in the house what
so ever, or in the yard for that matter.
We
lost our 3 year old Mick in May of this year.
It turned out Mick had Wobbler disease. We
tried everything we could think of even taking him
to the chiropractor but he was in so much pain and
eventually he lost his balance completely.
We had no chose but to let him go. It was a
really hard time for us and having Zak helped us
to move on. It was amazing as young as he
was he just knew how much we needed him.
Good news is Ky fully recovered from his surgery (TPLO)
and is as good or better shape than ever, I think
Zak is keeping him young. The two dogs are
really close and are able to really enjoy one
another.
We
will be getting another dog when the time is
right. I would want Zak to be at least 2
years old. I don’t want to rob him of
being the puppy. When the time comes you
will be hearing from us. Zak is the soundest
dog we have had to date, thank you so much for
being responsible breeders.
We
wish you and your family the best and have a merry
Christmas. December 8th, 2005
Hi Sharalee,
Hope your holidays are
coming together and you and your family are all
in good health. I thought we would send
you an update on Payton along with some
pictures.
We could not be more happy
with Payton. He has been absolutely
amazing. He rode on my lap most of the way
home...what a cuddle bug. He traveled
amazingly with no difficulty at all. He
played shy for the first couple of days while he
adjusted to the cat, Hali and the many doggy
friends that came to visit and welcome him to
Red Lake. Once he became comfortable he
was just like one of the boys...running the
yard, wrestling and of course...trampling my
freshly groomed garden beds! (haha)
He has learned to sit, lay down, and shake a paw
to voice command and hand signals. He is
soooo smart. It took him no longer then
two days to learn each trick. He now
sleeps beside our bed out of his crate at night
time and only goes in his crate when we go to
work. He has only had one night accident.
Otherwise, he comes to (my side of the bed of
course) the side of the bed, puts his paw on my
pillow and puts his little wet nose in my face
snorting persistently until he wakes me to let
him out. He still has the odd accident in
his crate, but he seems to do it as we are
walking in the door...I think he gets excited!
He has made friends with
the cat, and allows her to "rule the
roost" so to speak. One night out of the
blue, the cat came bounding out from under the
table and jumped on him in an attempt to play.
Payton thought it was great, got up and tried
getting her back...the cat ran at the sight of
enormous paws coming at her...but the continue
to play in this manor anyway.
Hali was so happy to see
him when we brought him home that she cried.
She couldn't believe he was hers. They
have made great friends, and we are sure Payton
thinks that he is human. He sits nice to
wait for his dinner, tries to sit in Halis car
booster seat when not occupied by her, and likes
to have a bath! He will let us clip his
nails and brush him with shear enjoyment.
As long as your touching him, he is happy.
He even sleeps with Hali when she has woken in
the night with a bad dream. He goes in to
sleep with her and doesn't leave her until
morning. We are really amazed with him,
and extremely thankful that your family came
into our lives to bring us such a wonderful
addition to our family.
We hope you have a Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year! Enjoy the
pics!
Smiles... December
2005
Hello Sharalee,
Fantastic of you to
touch base with us! Our Payton is as
wonderful as the day we got him. He is
still very much a big sucky, craves attention,
and loves the kids. We had a baby in May,
at which Payton was a bit jealous about at
first. (He was used to much, much
attention) Once the baby was around a couple of
weeks he got quite attached to him. He of
course loved to lick Aiden (our son), he layed
next to him if I had him on the floor, and his
been very patient and gentle as Aiden has grown,
become mobile and liked to use Payton as a
jungle gym. To be honest...Payton LOVES
it. It is not at all uncommon to find
Aiden laying on the floor on top of Payton
playing with his ears. (he like the soft feeling
of them I think)
Hali of course, still
has a wonderful playmate in Payton, and in fact
they had a good romp in the snow this morning
before school. It seems I have three
children!
Anyway, I will
indeed send you some pictures when I get to my
other computer. Thanks again for touching
base, it was nice to hear from you. I am
interested in seeing your new litter!
October 2006
Hey
there, Bailey is about the best dog you could ask
for, she is very smart and loves to play in the
tub and out in the snow. She is still doing
a little chewing on things around the house be she
is getting way better except the other day she ate
about $20.00 dollars in steaks but what can you
do. She is definitely the type of dog that does
not need to be hit just by lowering my voice she
knows what I am talking about. But don't get
me wrong, she is the best. She will not bite she
will just put her teeth on you and that is enough
and if you say ouch she knows that she has gotten
to excited. Sierra loves her and we now have
one more on the way so it is going to be a full
house pretty soon. Any way I am writing this
to ask you if you had the papers for her and also
about that hunting book for her. Haven't talken to
you in a while so if you could write me back when
you get this that would be great.
Talk to you later February 7, 2005
Hey
there I was just
writing back to tell you that the book and the
papers got here the next day after I e-mailed you.
I also wanted to say thank you for the book that
you sent me. It doesn't say much about
hunting but still will get me started with the
basics. Bailey is a very good dog and also
very smart. When it is time to go to bed I just
say go to bed and she goes up stairs and she jumps
right up in to bed, any way talk to you
later and thanks again
February
25, 2005
JHi
Jami and Sharalee
Commander
is doing very well. She only wakes up once at
night. She hasn't been whimpering or barking
at all. She's perfect!!
December 18th, 2006
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