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
A RUBY/CAPTAIN PUPPY
This is what your Rolling Oaks puppy will look like at four months.
Mandy is from Captain/Ruby’s November litter.
TUCKER AND LEXIE
Barb,
I had to send you a picture of my two beautiful dogs, they “turn heads” wherever we go. They have become best “buddies” and fill my life with lots love and happiness. Having two goldens is a dream come true and I would highly recommend it.
Tucker’s parents were Banner and Ivy (12/17/06)
Lexie’s parents were Captain and Ruby (7/12/08)
Congratulations on your two new grandaughers !!
Roxanne
MOXIE
Hi Barb – First, congrats on being a Grandma x 2.
It’s been a while since I sent you a picture of Moxie. The attached picture was taken Easter evening. As you can see, she makes herself “right at home”. Her fur is getting long and I swear she is still growing…although she is still hanging around 75 – 77 lbs. She is taken for walks each morning and evening. It’s amazing how excited she gets when we go. Enjoy!!!
(you can read more about Moxie here)
BUCK
Hi Barb,
I thought I would send you a link to our online photo album, lots of photos of Buck. We don’t usually get a lot of snow in Santa Fe, but we have had about 12 inches in Dec. Buck loves it! I just wonder where that little ball of fur went – he has grown up so fast!
Happy New Year, Jim & Sheryl
Note: Buck is from Captain and Ruby
TESTIMONIAL FROM RUBY
Barb,
Our puppy Ruby is doing wonderfully!! she is very relaxed and yet very curious and playful. Already she loves to retrieve and follows us everywhere. Today we went to our vet and of course they loved her. they are so impressed with your socialization work. It makes SUCH a difference. She is so well balanced. We will do all we can to continue your teaching. She is content and sleeps through the night easily. She loves our older dog Trea and he is super with her! As you mentioned, we did need to treat for the parasite and that is no big deal. As you can see she is now a boat dog!
Cindy and Bo
(Ruby’s parents are our Ruby and Captain)
