Lakeside Brittanys - References

Hi Lisa,

Thought I would drop you a line. Josie is beautiful with lots of freckles. I'll see if we can email you a photo. She just got fixed and is doing great. She has a wonderful personality. She is very friendly, and sad when each of us leaves the house. She has learned a bunch of tricks for the kids. She learned her place pretty quickly and all of the kids are very good with controlling her. She is pretty easy. Great nose. I had her out two times this fall hunting. When I get her out this fall I'll send you an update.

Matt

Lisa,

Sammy is doing well - she loves playing with my 5 and 6 year old. Happy to say that there is no gun shyness at all, she gets excited when she sees a shotgun and the bang doen't seem to effect her at all. We didn't do a lot of training last fall so I don't think she really knows what the hunting is all about yet - just that she gets to go for nice long walks in the woods. She is making our family very happy (three of us anyway - my wife is going a little nuts with all the chewing, but she'll survive). Thank you being in touch.

Ben Smith

Lisa,

Snikker is doin great. She's gotten a lot bigger but shes still cute. She's house broken and she has gotten the hang of the point. she knows come and whoa. She loves rusty our older dog and it seems like rusty thinks its his baby. They do everything together. Sniker is overall doin GREAT!!

Scott

Hi Lisa,

Just wanted to drop a quick line to let you know how Josie is doing. She turned

one this summer and we threw a bigger party for her than me (I turned 35 the next day!). We absolutely love her. Everyone who meets her raves about her calm, well-behaved temperment. She definitely has a nose for the birds and patrols our yard to ensure none enter. Hunting should be fun for her this fall.

We hope all is well with you. I wouldn't be surprised if my sister and her soon-to-be husband contact you sometime in the future for a puppy. They love Josie and take her in whenever she needs a place to stay when we leave town.

I've attached a photo of Josie taken at my parent's lake place. She loves the lake and is a great little swimmer.

Take care,

Christy and Matt Vaillant

Dear Craig and Lisa,

I've been meaning to write you for some months now and finding your card finally made me take the time to do it. We bought a brittany from you back in March of this year. I believe you had named her Fez or something like that, but we changed the name to Ally. I know she was from a litter with Gunny but I'm not recalling her mother.

First of all, we LOVE her!! She is just the sweetest, caring, most gentle, mild manner dog we've ever had. She is an exceptional pointer, and we couldn't have been more pleased with her. She was supposed to be my husband's dog, but I think I love her more than he does. We went to a couple of training sessions with her and even the trainer was greatly impressed with her natural abilities. Since then we have taken her on two game farms, each time she pointed AND retrievied more birds than we had placed out there! We have so much fun with her and can't wait for pheasant season to offically start.

Here are some pictures we promised so long ago . . . I'm sorry they are so late. We are recommending you to all of our friends and look forward to getting another dog from you again in the future.

Sincerely,

Michele and Steve Olson

Lisa,

The puppies are doing great. Both are about 35 lbs. and full of energy. I've had them out hunting a few times but its a poor year for birds here in Iowa. We have some photos that I will send you as soon as I figure out how. The puppies are still into any shoe that might be laying on the floor but they are getting better. The neighbor kids absolutely love the puppies and will even take care of them if we are gone. We named the puppies Ginger and Smokey. Smokey is the one that was mostly white when born. They both have beutiful markings. We couldn't have picked out two better puppies. Thanks and I'll send photos later today.

Jerry and Rose Mitchell

Lisa-

I have meant to send you an update on Emma for a while now but I am finally getting around to it. Emma's now ten months old going on 5 years. I just returned from week long trip to South Dakota where the "little dog" ran circle around her much more experienced peers. She has found her calling in life and she is amazing at it. Emma hunted hard for 5 days which included her first wild bird point, her first wild bird retrieve, and her first wild bird wanting to fight back retrieve. Most impressive was her ability to find and dig out a crippled bird that 2 other "highly trained" dogs couldn't find. She definitely is a hunting machine, I have had her out about a dozen times this season and she is improving by leaps and bounds every time.

On a personal level Emma has become a key member of our family. Her energy matches the kids and they love to play with her. Our oldest daughter comes home from school everyday. walks her, plays fetch, than they get their snack. It is amazing how wonderful this dog has become part of our family.

Just on a business note the place we stayed at in South Dakota had a couple of other groups staying there. Upon seeing Emma, hearing the stories from a prior hunt, and hunting for a couple of hours behind one of the hunters from Montana offered me $1,200 for her on the spot. Obviously, I turned the guys down but did show about 10 guys that night your website. So, if you start to get random emails from guys from either Kalispell Montana or Ohio don't be surprised.

Hope all is well with you and your family,

Scott Welter

We finally had a chance to get Penny out at a preserve after the tough end to the pheasant season. The whoa command was progressing well. We put out 10 Chukars and she pointed 9/10. 10 was when she decided to get out too far. It was nice to have the birds hold so tight for her. As far as shooting goes, we only knocked down 6 but she found them all. She won't retrieve yet but we'll get there. Grandpa's gun worked perfectly for Kevin. Kenny got 2. Here's some pics Kevin took. She held the points. We could get in front of her to flush the birds. She did a little creeping to pin point the bird. It was a good day.

See ya Kurt

Hi!

Pickle is now pointing chukar and pheasant, finding them and carrying them. She’s been out about 3 times, finding one or two birds in 15-20 minutes each time. Every week she looks better and better. She looked like a finished dog this morning. She has a strong personality! We are really happy to have her. She enjoys playing with tennis balls in the basement with us, and also sitting on her towel spot on the couch and watching TV. Edith puts on snowshoes and takes her on walks with a long lead, and Pickle leaps through and over the powdery spots. Lots of energy and desire to hunt. She’s become a model citizen, with us and with other dogs and new people. Also has been great at not chewing on other people’s stuff! She was spayed at 5 months, no problems of any kind. Great dog.

Thanks!

Jim Henden

Hi Lisa -

We are home with the puppy and she is doing great. She was intimidated by the bigger dogs for about five minutes, now is happily playing with them. She pointed quail wings this morning and retrieved a puppy sized retrieving dummy, so all is going great. We couldn't be more pleased.

Kind regards,

Bill

I wanted to update you on Max! He is doing great, growing, happy and healthy. The Vet was very impressed with him and told Bill he was a beautiful puppy!

He has a great personality and loves people, loves to explore things and knows his name. We are working on potty training, so far he is doing well.

He sees the vet again on Saturday for a shot and I think we will micro chip him as well that day.

Best wishes to your family from ours!

Lynn

Hi Lisa -

All is still going well with the pup, now names Sophie. She passed her checkup at the vet yesterday and they liked her so well they are featuring her photo on their website: http://www.allcreaturescolumbia.com/photos.html

Bill

Hi Lisa!

Riley & Cooper are absolutely wonderful! We are having SO much fun with them. It has been a lot of work, but also an easier transition having both of them - they love playing with each other and definitely wear each other down. We have a fenced in back yard, and they love running, leaping, and galloping all over the place.

It's been great to see their personalities show more. Cooper is the easy-going adverturer, while Riley is the more high-maintenance man :) They continue to battle it out for who is the Alpha, but it seems to me that Riley is winning.

We are half-way through puppy school at PetSmart; they are so smart and very fast learners. They are fully potty-trained and doing well walking on their leashes.

I am sending some pics on Shutterfly.

Hope all is well with your family.

Best,

Amy & Steve

Hi Lisa -

I've attached a photo of Sophie on one of her backyard moth hunting adventures. She is doing very well and we couldn't be more pleased! She is calm and pleasant to be around, and very self assured - quite a sweetheart. I expect her to be a good bird dog. My hunting partner is planning to get a pup next spring and I expect that he'll be contacting you.

Kind regards,

Bill Lamberson

Lisa,

Thought you might enjoy a photo of Smokey and Ginger. They have really turned out to be great. They both have fun personalities. Ginger seems to be the more serious one while Smokey is the ultimate puppy. They still get along great together and really seem to like each other.They bring a lot of fun to our family as well as the neighbors on the block. In the photo Ginger is the one with more brown markings and Smokey is more white.

Rose and Jerry Mitchell