Hi Barb -

Just wanted to share an update with you. Sabin (Ruby x Captain Sept. 09) is doing great. He has such a wonderful personality – calm, confident and spunky all at the same time. He will be starting puppy obedience next week – I’m sure he’ll do great. Even though the rest of us haven’t enjoyed the snow I think he is secretly sad that it’s almost all gone – he loved to play in it. I’ve attached a few of my favorite puppy pics – he’s almost as big as my other adult golden so he doesn’t look much like a puppy anymore. Thanks again, I think you have a fantastic breeding program and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience or puppy.

~ Janessa

Hi Barb,
Here are photos of 3-month-old, 20-lb., Maiya (Ruby/Captain litter ’09) playing in the snow with our son, Nathan! She has so much fun with the kids, tirelessly running up and down the sledding hill. Maiya loves everyone she meets and definitely considers herself “the neighborhood welcome committee.” Your early socialization made quite an impact on her easy-going personality—our thanks go out to you, your family, the school children, the seniors and everyone else who held her, and introduced her to a variety of experiences when she was tiny!

Nancy, John, Nathan and Claire

MADDIE HAD HER PUPPIES!!
Six males, four females. There is a male available in this litter. If you are interested please contact us.

Daniel is home for Thanksgiving...he brought his friend Megan home for a day before she had to catch a plane to Colorado! Lots of puppy holding

Last week Ruby’s litter was six weeks old and we went somewhere everyday.

Visiting ProWorks in Litchfield- a facility that employs people with special needs.

The puppies went to daycare, then came home and played with my nieces and newphews. Lots of exposure to kids!

We visited the nursing home where the residents couldn't get enough puppy holding

This is Gabby, my sister's black lab. Gabby always does a great job playing with the puppies.

The puppies visited Amy's class.

The best of both worlds- a puppy and a baby!

Hi Barb!

I hope this finds you and all of the Felts enjoying health, happiness and a lovely Minnesota autumn! Since our big man turned 2 yesterday, I wanted to send you some updated photos. Crosby is from a Ruby/Captain litter.

Suffice it to say that we still believe Crosby is the most perfect guy on the planet He remains a puppy at heart with his playful attitude and ability to convince us to take him everywhere possible! He is a fierce protector of all of us and is at his happiest when we’re all home together at the same time. With three active boys in the house, those moments are not as frequent as he would like, so he remains at my side or by (or even on!) my feet at all times. He is incredibly social and loves the company of other dogs – his “playgroup mom” remarks each week at how well-behaved, patient and kind he is with all of the other dogs in his group, no matter their size or temperament. He is also an amazing athlete and way too smart for his own good! Suffice it to say that he “wins” at EVERYTHING. And, as you can see, he also remains a show-stopper – cars slow and people go out of their way to ask us about him – of course, his eyes and engaging personality draw them in even further and it just turns into one big love fest with him at the center of it all! A couple funny facts to share with you….as much as we very rarely let him enjoy anything but dog-appropriate food/snacks, he is obsessed with cheese and can distinguish the sound of any cheese packaging being opened versus any other packaging noise! Also, he is absolutely fanatical about popcorn and will stalk us until every last kernel is gone – we sometimes wait to make popcorn until he is deep in the woods casing deer but it doesn’t matter, his senses prevail and he’s at the door within seconds of turning on the air popper!! As always, thank you for being passionate about what you do and doing it so well – we feel unbelievably blessed to be the recipient of your gifts!

Much Love,

-Kristin

Hi Barb. Hope all is well. Thought you’d like an updated photo of Tia (pictured w/ James and then Charley and James). She’ll be 2 years old in a couple days. (Ruby/Captain puppy) She’s gorgeous, sweet, loving and basically perfect.

She’s been a calming force as I go through treatment for cancer. She follows me around like a mother hen, checking in on me and cuddling with me. She sniffs me a lot with a real look of concern. Joel is amazed how worried she seems about me. We all really love her. Thanks for picking her out for us – it’s a perfect fit. I should be fine in a few more months. It takes about a year the doctor said to cure me of this breast cancer junk. I’ll be glad when I’m looking back on all this. But in the mean time Tia is a great source of comfort.

Take care,

Tanja

This is our grandson Samuel, helping Grandma hold puppies!

Ruby had her puppies! 6 males, 4 females. Babies and mom are doing well! This litter is spoken for. Our next litter will be born in November, ready for their new homes in January!

Hi Barb! As the State Fair rolls around, I always start thinking about you and your family at Rolling Oaks. My, what an exciting year you have had! Congratulations on all of you new additions and new memories, your family is so wonderful. I wanted to give you an update on Butters, who was from the January 2006 litter of Captain and Ruby. Its hard to believe that the small little fluff ball grew into the mature girl she is today. She is just the best. I love reading the testimonials and I find myself nodding along with each one, as my husband and I cherish our “fur-baby” so much. It is funny to see the similarites between some of the other dogs that people write in about; one had mentioned her boy sprawls on his back and tucks his paw under when laying on his belly. Butters also does this! As others have said, people also stop me in the street just to tell me how beautiful Butters is. She looks so much like Captain, except with about 10x the amount of fur! I just wanted to tell you how thankful we are for people like you and dogs like all of the wonderful ones you have helped bring into the lives of others.

Alex, Rus, and Butters.

Shelby

Dory

Dear Barb,

Attached are recent photo’s of Dory, who is going to be 6 years old in August. She was from a litter with Banner and Zena. Shelby just turned 1 year old and her parents were Captain and Ruby Red. Dory had a rough adjustment upon Shelby’s arrival… even after a year they have a “love – hate” relationship on the Dory side. Shelby adores Dory all day, every day and that is part of the problem. Shelby has no idea about personal space and pushes Dory at times. Shelby has done all the typical puppy things.. digging in the yard, tearing wallpaper off the wall, eating socks and most recently swallowing Doug’s wedding ring. We love her and realize a 1 year old dog is similar to a teenager… learning most things the hard way. Both dogs make wonderful alarm clocks and we instruct them to wake up Kaylee, our 11 year old on school mornings. They love the job of jumping in her bed and licking her all over until she finally gets up. It makes our mornings so much easier having them take on this job. This job is done only after Dory manages to get the newspaper in the driveway. She watched Brandy, another Golden we got from you many years ago do this task every morning for 3 years. After Brandy passed, Doug opened the front door told Dory to, “get the paper” and she did without fail…. No training or coaching and she has been doing it for almost 3 years now. Thank you for sharing your love for dogs and talent for raising these beautiful animals for everyone to enjoy.

Sincerely, Eileen & Doug

July 12th was Charlie’s First Birthday. As you can see, he loves laying in his pool. Uncle Chester is 3 1/2

(Chester from Banner and Rose 12/31/2006, Charlie from Captain and Ruby 7/12/08)
-Jon & Jody