Bo - one of Genny's sons

Hi Chris-

How are you? Thought you might like to see an updated picture of Bo. He surprises us everyday with how smart and funny he is.

He loves his puppy class and loves to play fetch. He will do ANYTHING for treats...it truly is hilarious. He knows his name very well, knows how to 'lay', 'sit' and knows 'down'. Whenever he sees a kid, he gets so excited. He loves the two little boys that live behind us and play with them all the time.
Hi Chris,

How are you? It has been a long time since I sent pictures of Bo, so I thought I would pass a few along of our 'not so little' guy. As always, he is so much fun! Everyone who meets him loves him and he knows no strangers. He is so loving....loves to lick and kiss everyone. He is also SO smart! It really is scary. There is another yellow lab in our neighborhood, and they play together all the time. All I have to say is 'let's go see Bailey' and he perks up and runs to the door! He LOVES to play frisbee in the yard and loves to retrieve anything that we will throw. When he looks I me, I can't resist but smile...he is SO cute! I can't even picture my life before Bo came along...thank you for breeding such an AWESOME dog! We are even tempted to get another one! =)

Well, let me know how things are with you guys...Bo's mom and his siblings?

Keep in touch...and enjoy the pictures!

Warmest Regards,
Heidi

Gracie with Jennifer :-)

This is Gracie, a daughter of Sam & Lila

PS- the thing in her mouth in one of the pictures is a
frozen deer leg she found in the woods! I think she
thought it was a stick. :)

Hello! I have been meaning to send you some new
pictures and an update, but you know how time flies- I
can't believe my baby is already 2 years old! Gracie
is doing just fine. She spends the week with me and
my parents pick her up almost every weekend and take
her to our cabin in Wisconsin so she has plenty of
water and woods time. We joke that we have "shared
custody" of her. You can see from the pictures that
is a good "watch" dog- she will sit forever and stare
out the window- keeping an eye on her territory. She
also has an extensive stick collection that seemed to
end up in my living room one day!
My parents were doing some thinking and they would
like to get a chocolate themselves sometime around
Summer 2005. My mom is retiring and they would
finally have enough time to give a dog the attention
it needs and deserves! They would like to get one
from Gracie's parents so I was wondering if you were
planning on having a litter around or after Summer
2005. Just wondering. Hope everything is well with
you and your family. Talk to you soon.
Jennifer jmal128@yahoo.com

Thought you might enjoy some pictures of Lucy. She is the best puppy and we love having her as part of our family. She's become our surrogate child. We rarely leave home without her and when we do, she is playing at doggie day care, which she loves.

Lucy loves other dogs and seems to be particularly attracted to other labs. She has no fear of large dogs and always seems to be frolicking with other dogs. She is terrific with people too including babies and small children. She makes us laugh everyday with her little puppy ways. She is such a joy. We couldn't be happier with our decision.

She had her rabies shots and fourth round of vaccinations last Friday. Apparently there was a lepto strain in our area last year, so our vet advised us to be careful. She's 28.8 pounds and growing quickly.

Hope your new litter of puppies are equally as wonderful as the yellow babies. Enjoy.

Amy, Steve & Lucy

Happy Halloween from Lucy K. in Chicago!

We just adore her...

Sam, a Genny son who lives and hunts in Minnesota

Some photos of Sam. He is doing really good. He is learning fast and growing even faster. At his check-up in February he was 25 lbs!! He must be well over 30 now.

Hope all is well,

George

Chris,
Attached are some pictures from Sam's summer vacation. We have a cabin in
Ontario where Sam spent more time in the water than he did on land for 2
weeks in August. I will try to get a good profile shot to you soon. He is
approximatly 95 lbs now. I assume he's got a little more growing to do. We
would like to stud him when he is old enough. What's steps do we need to
take to get the ball rolling? He is eager to learn and picks things up
quickly. The trainer I work with has been very impressed with Sam and has
expressed interest in potential breeding.

Hope all is well.

George

This is Emma (a Genny daughter), our star red head with Adam who adores her...

Where's Adam, I can smell him, but can't find him :-)

Emma with her new best buddy Aiden!

As you can see from the pictures, I've got Emma doing some programming
for me. Pretty good for 8 weeks! However, we let her get her rest as
well. I thought you'd like these.

Adam

Hi Chris,

I couldn't resist sending more pictures. As you can see, she's not
fitting in very well around here(ha!). Hope things are well with you.

Adam

Hi Chris,

It's been too long since I sent you some Emma pics. She's doing great.
We're about 7 weeks into training and she's holding her own. Hope
things are well with you.

Adam

Here is Daisy, a SamX Genny daughter

Scott - I can't find your old letters, though I kept them somewhere, write me again guy! Chris

Amy Gouty amypinkpigs@yahoo.com

This is CJ, who hunts and warms Mike's heart in Central Illinois

Ty, a Genny son who lives in Central Illinois, where he is the apple of his Dad's eye.

Ty rides great in the car. He goes nuts whenever you mention his Frisbee. He
will retrieve whatever you throw, for as long as someone wants to throw for
him. He gets excited to play with other dogs. He loves to just hang out,
whether I'm tinkering in the garage, watching TV or doing something in the
yard. He just wants to be close to us whatever we are doing. We did hunt
some for his first season and I was real happy with his preformance. I
wanted a dog for a companion first and if he hunted well that would be a
bonus.

I am very satisfied with him.

If you have any other questions don't hesitate to email,

Mark Matchett
Galva, Illinois
matchettz@mchsi.com

Ranger is doing great. He is the best dog we have ever had, extremely intelligent and great manners in the house. You deserve the credit with the breeding and the socialization you do when the pups are born. I can’t say enough about your program, thank you.

Back to Ranger, his first pheasant hunting season went great. Every time we went out, I could tell that he was learning something new. Several times we went out with other dogs and he was better behaved than 3 or 4 year old dogs that had been through professional training. He has great drive for finding and retrieving birds and he does it with a very soft mouth. This summer we are going to work on water training and I hope to take him duck and goose hunting this fall.

Ranger is a pleasure to have in the house, although my wife thinks he shouldn’t go on the couch. He only does it when I’m there and he is my buddy so I let him when she’s not looking. The kids adore him and he adores them. Again thanks for a great addition to our family. I attached some photos so you can see how he’s doing. Dan dborowski@southholland.org
HI CHRIS,

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE RANGER IS 3 YEARS OLD ALREADY. HE’S DOING GREAT, ANOTHER HUNTING SEASON ALMOST OVER. HE STILL GETS BETTER EVERY TIME WE GO OUT. WHEN WE ARE DUCK HUNTING, HE JUST GOES TO SLEEP IN THE BLIND AND SITS UP WHEN THE GUNS GO OFF WAITING FOR ME TO SEND HIM. HE LOVES THE MUD AND WATER. WHEN WE ARE PHEASANT HUNTING, HE STAYS CLOSE AND MOVES AT A STEADY PACE UNTIL HE CATCHES SCENT THEN KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR. HE EVEN POINTED 4 BIRDS THIS YEAR. I DIDN’T TRY TO TRAIN HIM FOR IT, HE JUST DECIDED TO DO IT. ALL 4 TIMES THE BIRD WAS LESS THAN 5 FEET FROM HIM TRYING TO HIDE, BUT HE KNEW WHERE THEY WERE.

HES GREAT WITH THE FAMILY TOO, IVE NEVER HAD SUCH A GOOD DOG.

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU DID. DAN

This is Sadie (RavenXMaize), with her loving labrauntie Mesabi. Sadie lives with Hillary in Wisconsin. She is in training to become a therapy dog in a hospice program.

Hi Chris, Crew and Family,

I don't think (in all our back-and-forth e-mailing), that I have told you
how much I love Sadie. She stays home in the afternoon while I get paperwork
done at the office and I have to confess that I really miss her during those
few hours - otherwise, we are almost never separated. She is truly a great
dog and has already brought so much joy to our lives. Sadie will be a
wonderful Hospice dog. While she is frequently rowdy and mouthy at this
time in her young life - we are beginning to get glimpses of what she will
be like as she matures into adulthood. She already exhibits a gentleness
towards my Hospice patients that she reserves only for them! I am so proud
of her. Thanks for raising such great dogs. I'm looking forward to a
future expansion of our family and our Hospice therapy dog program.

Hillary hjhunt4@wekz.net

Sweet Syndey (GennyxMaize), loving life in Milan, IL where she has BOTH her people wrapped firmly around her little paw

Hi Chris!!
Thought I'd drop you a line to let you know how happy we are with our
little Sydney. She is so smart, sometimes too smart for her own good,
but very smart!! She loves clicker training and is the teacher's pet.
Her trainer wants us to train her to become a therapy dog. She is such
a sweet girl, and is loved by everyone. You all have done such a
wonderful job with her, she truly is a very special girl. Thank you so
much for allowing us to be apart of your "extended" family. She truly
is a blessing, and has added so much joy to our lives in such a short
time. Thank you again. Tina and Dave Thomas
tina@rilube.com