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For some unknown reason, many of our pups have ended up with families in California. I re-contacted Sallie for permission to put her as a reference on our website. Her Maddie was a puppy of Misty's in 2004 and is obviously a treasured member of her family. Here are emails from 2004 up to 2007.

Summer 2004 Yes, we are in love with Madison.  It’s been 15 years since we have had a puppy in the house, so it has taken a bit of getting used to….chewing, housetraining, etc.  Tennis ball playing has commenced……..which helps quite a bit with keeping Maddie active. Winter 2007 Of course you may use the attached.  I see that Maddie (Madison) is quite prominently featured already!  She is the B&W puppy in the heart, looking over the shoulder (the most adorable puppy you have!) and I believe that is her "pointing".  She had the distinctive 3 black spots on her back.....   I will send along current pictures shortly.  Though heavier in build than Misty, I think she takes after her mother more than any other dog on your website.  The faces are almost identical, and I always wondered why Maddie hunches down to anticipate someone throwing a tennis ball!  Does Misty's tail go crazy then too, like the whole back half is going to shake off?   It was great hearing from you! Sallie

Here is an email that came in a few days after "Astro" arrived in Reno, Nevada. Astro was a puppy from a 2006 litter.

Beth, I want to tell you that we are very happy with Astro. He is a good quality healty dog. He is giving all my cats a good work out. He is getting big but is still so cute!! It is nice to have the two dogs to compair each other to. Astro was a home raised dog. We thought Lady Bird was home raised until she got here and we found out that she was a kennel puppy and was very mistreated she is scared to death of men, and came to us with raging ear infections in both ears, and fairly skinny. I can say your dog came in much better quality. He is starting to heel when you tell him to and is starting to play fetch. He is doing very well with the house training if we can keep an eye on him. He is doing much better then Lady Bird I think she will take a lot of time and much TLC to get her to come around she is making progress but fairly slowly. Thank you for the care that you give your puppies. Melissa & Troy

A favorite family of ours lives in CA and have returned to Misty's litters 3 times to pick out puppies. Julie and her family are Misty's biggest fans and I get the best emails from them that will help describe the Springer temperament.

This family did come back and took home Lucy and Linus!       Rufus grew up into a teenager.... Hello! I thought you'd like to see how our guy is doing.  He's still the softest, floppiest pup you ever saw- and totally mellow.  He's fully housebroken and we're impressed with how easy it has been to train him (except for wanting to get to the cats- that's still hard for him-lol!). He adores the kids, and we just can't imagine our house without him--- THANK YOU!

Hi Beth-    I have been trying to find time to send you the microchip and health info- getting Rufus' AKC papers today reminded me, and I'm finally getting disciplined about it.    First of all, he is a DREAM DOG!  Just mellow (but not lethargic- definitely still a normal puppy!)  amiable and affectionate- and SO SMART!  He "shakes", "sits", "comes" and lies "down". He uses the dog door- although he still hasn't totally made the connection to not start to squat in the living room if he's too busy to go to the kitchen. That's cool- he's picked up the other stuff so easily, I know it's just a matter of time and maturity.    I'll send pics this next week- just need to have the time to do it. So many friends have asked about your breeding "program"; if you ever do this again, let me know, as I really think you have some eager customers--- including us, down the road. xoxo Julie   Hi Beth-    I only have a minute, with hubby still in NY, I am so busy!  But I had to write and tell you that our Rufus USES THE DOG DOOR TO GO POTTY!   No, seriously, after the first day, has not had an accident! He just goes to the dog door--- bypasses the litterbox that we had started him on, and goes out!   He watched our cocker do it, and he does it now, too. It's the most amazing thing!   I knew Springers were smart, but I can't believe this!  Anyway, I had to share with you guys!   Hope you are all well and enjoying the fuzzy pups!   Thanks again to both of you for helping get Rufus home to us. RUFUS LOVES TO BLOW BUBBLES, TOO!   How funny! I'll send pics when I can- using an old computer while our "real' one gets fixed, so nothing works right! xoxoxo Julie   We're all fine- busy getting into our school routine and doing some remodeling. Rufus is great- and is very into the little plastic pool we bought him to keep him out of the Jacuzzi. He's a water dog, that's for sure! love to all- Julie

This is from Peter and Shar from CA who bought Barnie, a Black and White girl. Barnie is short for Barnacle because they live on a boat on the ocean. Barnie goes for swims and has learned to chase balls! This email came in when Barnie was almost a year old.

I took Barnie out to the boat the day after I sent you this email.  I didn't take the boat out just brought her aboard to see the reaction and to get her used to getting on and off.  You should have seen her screaming around running around the deck and sniffing out everything below.  It was wonderful.  It was very noisy as the wind was up to over 30 knots and the tarp I have over the companionway was flogging something terrible.  She never even noticed!! Water.  Barnie LOVES water.  On our first day home I took her to my landscape maintenance jobs.  One lawn I mow is on a 600 acre ranch with a creek running through it.  As soon as I was done we went to the creek.  She romped and played in and out of the water, screaming around.  It was wonderful.  I took her with me on Tuesday and one of Tuesday's jobs is for me to mow a lawn in San Luis Obispo that is almost 6000 square feet!!  In the middle of the massive expanse of lawn is a pond about 75' long by about 30' wide.  I threw the ball into the pond and there she went after it.  She freaked out a little when her feet couldn't touch the ground but immediately recovered and spent a good bit of time in and out of the pond at the shallow end. Today we do 2 more jobs and one is near the ocean so we will go visit the surf and stop by the boat to go on board again and have a sniff. You guys have a great day. Kind regards, Peter and Shar   Hi Beth, so good to hear from you. Sorry for the delay but we've been busy and don't check the email as often as usual.  Sure, you can use Barnie's photos and our emails.  Would you like some current photos?  We think she looks like Misty, it would be fun to see what you all think.  She is a wonderful companion.  We took her to obedience classes for 8 sessions and learned quite a lot.  She comes immediately when called.  She is great on a lead.  She is good just walking along sniffing EVERYTHING!!  She sits.  She stays.  She loves to play ball.  I bought a plastic device called "Chuck It" it is a handle that holds a tennis ball at one end and you throw with it.  The ball goes an incredible distance and you should see Barnie tear after it, time after time after time.  Most times I stop her as I'm afraid she will exhaust herself.   She sleeps on our double bed and finds her spot down on the end somewhere.   The hair on the top of her head and her ears are the most beautiful color when the sunlight is behind her.  It is hard to describe but sort of maroon.  Shar says it is Auburn.  She goes everywhere with us.  She is either with me or with Shar.  She is never left alone except in the truck when we can't take her in with us.  She is a love and we love her to bits.  Kind regards, Peter and Shar

Medio went to live with a family who we are very close friends with. When they moved to Oregon and took Medio with them, Medio thought he had died and gone to heaven!!! He loves it up there on their property playing in the creeks and the forest!

“Medio” is a loyal, trusting, family dog.  He is a very loving, responsive and extremely trainable dog!    Whether playing in the front yard, walking in the field, hiking through the forest, hauling wood, going fishing or sitting by the swing set… Medio simply wants to be wherever we go!   And we are amazed at how smart this dog is… much smarter than we have been able to train him.  Not only have we been able to get him to sit, come and stay, but from over 10 acres away, we consistently get him to stop whatever he is doing and run back to us on a two word, “Medio… Come!” command.   There are many, many, many stories we could tell of our appreciation for such a wonderful dog.  Like how he keeps the roaming cows and bull away from the kids when we walk the field, or how he is our warning door bell when someone comes up the drive!  Suffice to say... it is obvious to us that he felt loved by as a young puppy, and it has been truly a blessing to have him be a part of ours.  We LOVE our Medio!   With Appreciation,   The Cano Family Birkenfeld, OR

It has been 3 years since Kathy C. and her family took home their "Stacy." I was warmed by her recent email to me about how much Stacy has blessed their family. They have 4 children and I was so happy to see them get a dog. She emailed me looking for another family companion.

Hi Beth, This is Kathy.  We got Stacy (aka baby spot) from you 2 1/2 years ago.  We are the family with 4 kids, who loved visiting with your three girls. Stacy is an incredibly wonderful dog.  While she has an amazing temperament, I believe that the love and care your girls gave her made a huge difference in her life.  Stacy is very, very loved.  Mark, who is now 15 will still hug and kiss her - the mom gets little of that! She trades off sleeping on everyones bed - usually last to bed gets her. I was wondering if you are still raising puppies?  We need some sort of poodle mix, due to allergies.  The girls would love a little smaller dog that could be on their laps more.  Any way by luck you are raising cocker spaniel / poodle mixes? Hope all is well with your family. Thanks again so very much for your great contribution to our family. Kathy C. Chandler, AZ