|
We Get Letters
Dear
Sophie and Mark;
The pup we picked up last July turned one year old this week. You may
recall from past correspondence, below, that we named him Marco Polo. This has turned out
to be very appropriate, for as you’d expect of the breed he is very
curious and has a restless desire to explore everything.
On this, the anniversary of his birth, I write to tell you Marco is everything you promised
he’d be, and everything we’d hoped.
About 40 pounds. Always happy. Welcoming of any and all people and
things, without a trace of any behavioral issues.
He is very smart: In three 8 week puppy classes he always was among the
top performers. He obeys beautifully and dutifully, and pretty
consistently. A month ago one trainer said he was about the best
trained/smartest of his breed she’d ever experienced at 11 months of age.
Marco brings us a lot of joy
and, we’d like to think, we do the same for his life. He gets plenty of attention
and game-playing daily, long walks every day, and often long runs
off leash to flush out mice and birds and other game to his heart’s
content. He loves to swim, fetch, cuddle and eat. (My how he can inhale
dinner or a treat...)
He is also quite beautiful. And in the next day or so I’ll send you by
separate email some pictures of him from last fall, this winter and now.
(I did not want to attach them to this email in case their size prevents
you from opening this email on your computer. So if you can’t open what I
send later, let me know and I will print them out and mail them to you so
you can see visually, once again, what wonderful genes run in your dogs.)
This
note is a thank you from me and my husband for your conscientious
breeding and training of a wonderful companion. We think of you
often with gratitude.
Sincerely
Marsha Lindsay
|
New Owners
Cherrio has gone off to
a very good hunting family in Craig and Sharon Vaughn in Fergus Falls, MN.
She will be retrieving the many geese that fly by the Fergus area.
Two Ellie x Toast
puppies have gone out of state and two moved to families in Minnesota.. Bob
Nettle from Montana
has Pug, Joel Wisian from Oklahoma has Sunny and in Pelican Rapids MN
Michael Douglas has acquired Mahana
and Bob and Karen Linc from Cottage
Grove have Tazz
Three of the Jarvey x Wallace
group have gone to families from northern Minnesota to Texas. Richard and Terese Margl from Grapevine TX
have acquired Brinn, Bud and
Laurie Hale from Zimmerman,
MN have D.O.G. and Tim
Erkkila from Esko Minnesota
has Libby. Libby will be hunting northern Minnesota grouse
this fall.
Three Lacy x Toast pups
have all stayed close to home in Minnesota.
Tony and Wendi Hass from Sartell have Waldo, John and Laurie Hammerly from Lake Elmo
have Natiri and the Tom Reaser
family has Joey. This group of pups should develop into
some easy going family members who love to hunt.
And a special pup from the Spear x Wallace litter went to Natalie Darwitz and Chris Arseneau
from Eagan MN who have found a new family member
in Oakley. Oakley will be able to spend much
of her time swimming on Gull
Lake just north of
Brainerd.
Sheba has gone to the
Stephen Amarante family in Connecticut
and Euro traveled to Carver MD
to be with Mark Bernard and closer to home, Who is now residing with Mike Engler
and his family.
|
|
Started Dogs & Puppies
Reacher x Wallace due July 15
Pilot x Wallace due later summer
We have many puppies coming up with
some getting ready to go home and some learning the ropes of becoming a
nice young started dog ready for fall. Check out the selection of started
dogs and the upcoming litters if you are contemplating a new addition to
your family. Some of the pups are
being selected now but will not be picked up until later summer. They
then become young started dogs and it is a benefit to both the new owner
and for the dog in that it gets a good introduction into the world of
living with someone, learning to retrieve and learning how to be a dog.
Check the web site for current descriptions and updated
litter information. We have a good selection of young started dogs coming up and
with these litters there should not be a long wait for those of you
waiting to acquire a Pine Shadows puppy.
Email Us
|
Game Cook
Crock Pot Pheasant
Flour
and season 4 cut up pheasants and brown in 3 Tbsps. Canola oil. Place
pieces in greased crock pot.
Sauce:
¼ lb. Bacon, chopped up and browned
2 chopped onions
1 Tbsp. Paprika
Salt/Pepper
6 Tbsps. Flour
2 ½ cups of water
2chicken bouillon cubes
1 16 oz carton sour cream
Make
sauce with above ingredients except sour creams. Pour over pheasant
pieces. Cook on low for 5 hours, adding sour cream the last hour
|
|
Gun
Dogs
 Spring time coming into summer is a wonderful time
to be out and about enjoying the days. Having gone through the spring
trial circuit with the dogs and the people who come along with us has
renewed a sense of competitiveness yet with a sense of doing our best,
enjoying each day and rejoicing in the placements we get and still
enjoying the trials even without any placements.
As we travel with the dogs we always
enjoy the company, enjoy the results and enjoy the fact that we are able
to compete in the trial game and meet people from all over the United States.
This spring the Northern Minnesota
Springer Club has held a couple fun trials already with a couple more
planned for the summer. At these fun trials we do run the dogs in the 8
field events plus one of the highlights is the kids’ program that we put
on. Joanne is the coordinator of these events which range from GPS
tracking, BB Gun target shooting, Easter Egg Hunt, and kite flying! The
fun trial stakes can become quite completive especially the hunting dog
stake and the shooting dog stake where the handler does his own shooting.
A relative new Springer owner Tony Cyr
with his 5 year old Springer Pine Shadows Birch ended up taking first in the hunting dog stake on his
first try at running in the event. Birch held up her part by finding the
birds and Tony was quite proficient with his shotgun downing both birds.
So spring time training is still quite
important but after the trials, after the training sessions, after the
ribbons and awards it is still just a great day to be out and about with
your dog.
|
Timber’s
Tip
TIMBER
The power of the
place board.
The new crop of puppies is sure
developing into some fun times for our puppy trainers Joannie and Jill. I get to watch them work
young puppies and go through the step by step process. We have a couple
pups named Nickel and Dime who are from the Spear x Wallace litter. This group Joannie has
been walking them outside to the place board since they have been 5 weeks
old and at ten weeks old I was watching Joannie
do a demonstration of how effective of a training tool
this place board has become. This little Dime puppy would run to the place board, hop up on it and sit
and wait for Joannie to get
there. Then she would throw the dummy for Dime and he would run out, grab the dummy and race back to
the board. He was so happy and just totally enjoyed what he was
doing.
This training process of consistency
and habit development is what I enjoy watching as the new crop of pups
develops into productive household members for families.
|
