Dear Gene and Neveta,
I am
sure that with as many puppies as you have placed throughout the country over
the years, remembering every individual buyer is next to impossible. My
wife, Julie drove over to Liberty in April 2001. She was coming over
to pick up a female Brittany and you did not have one available at that
particular time. Fortunately for us, you suggested that she consider
taking a male pup that you had kept out of a "pick of the litter"
arrangement. He instantly became a permanent member of our family.
My son, JP was 11 years old at the time. In addition to having "Rocky"
as a pet, he would be used as a bird dog as well. Without any formal
training, just following some older experienced dogs owned by a friend of mine,
Rocky immediately understood his mission. He aggressively
pursues birds in the field providing solid points. I have to admit
Rocky is used as bird dog about 2 percent of the time and the other 98
percent, he spends as a regular family member. Some of his
unique attributes include, he is an incredible mouser, (points the mouse in the
garage, we pull the box away from the wall and he pounces on it and hands it to
us) he receives a bath once a week and he literally jumps into the
tub by himself and waits for Julie to come in and bathe him, he loves to be
blown dry with the hair dryer when he is done. He lays on his back and
goes to sleep while Julie uses a Dremel tool to file his toenails. He also
loves it when Julie brushes his teeth and uses a dental pick to address the
plaque. He sleeps in our bedroom every night in his own bed. He has
never once shown any aggression towards people or animals. Our vet said he
has the best temperament of any Brittany he has ever seen. He was never
neutered and we have thought that he would make great puppies. He craves
attention and loves to be petted continuously. We are fortunate to have
several great places for him to run. All of our walks consist of him
running at full tilt, quartering back and forth in front of us. He will be
8 years old on Feb. 11. He is starting to grey a little bit around his
eyes, but he still thinks he is a puppy. I suspect you probably have a
drawer full of letters similar to mine, but I just wanted to say thanks for
providing us with the best dog we have ever had. I have provided a few
pictures from over the years. As you can see, we have watched our son, JP,
grow up along with Rocky.
Your friends,
John, Julie and JP
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Gene,
A couple of hunting pictures from this year, one from Saskatchewan on a sharp-tail, hun and pheasant hunt, and the second from last weekend on a North Dakota pheasant hunt.
Buster is one of your dogs I bought from you in June of 2006, he has turned out to be a tremendous hunter...in each of the pictures, he's the one with the red collar.
Bob Donogh
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Hello Gene
Chester is doing well, and we are very happy with her!
Thank you, Todd Gilmore
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