The Wonderful Past

  < Trooper a Scarlet X Dashel Son 2003

January 30, 2010 

Beauty X ET son -2008

Scarlet daughter left>   <Daisy daughter right

Beauty son in the middle

Spike is doing great! We love him and I think he loves us. He lives inside with us which is working out well. He is very well behaved and super smart. I sent some pictures to your cell phone. He is growing like a weed. Every day it seems like he grow a little. We have 80 acres behind our house and Emma and I take him on nature walks which he loves. He loves to explore.

He is a wonderful companion. We take him to family events and public situations as much as possible, and he loves it. Just this weekend he went to Atwoods with me and walked through the store. Everyone commented and loved him. He did well and seemed to enjoy it. No matter where I stand, at the sink, the stove, a cash register, it doesn’t matter he is there laying on my feet until I move. I love him!

Thanks for everything. Keep in touch.

Steven

November 14, 2009

Terra X Dryker son 2007

October 29, 2009

Beauty X Cody daughter 2007

I hope all is well with you. It is hard to believe that is has already been two years! Zephyr is doing beautifully. She continues to work in contract drug detection, but her first love is being involved in Animal Assisted Therapy at the Oklahoma City DHS Children's Shelter and at several schools. This is so much more than just being a friendly dog. She works through specific protocols under the direction of a licensed therapist that help children with disabilities learn basic social skills, like boundary control, impulsive-compulsive behaviors, dealing with abandonment, etc. She excels at this work. She is very tuned in to what a child needs, but is intelligent enough to make the exercises challenging for the children. It is so wonderful to watch the progress these children make through this training. Because of the sensitive nature of her work, we are not allowed to photograph the children while in therapy. But attached is a photo of a community event we attended in July. The therapy organization we belong to called H.A.L.O., Human Animal Link of Oklahoma. A truly great organization I highly recommend. I will send their website along with the photos later. The other picture is just of the two of us in our back yard.

Cynthia, this dog is everything I had hoped she would be and so much more. She is absolutely beautiful, very protective, but smart about how she does it, and so gentle with children. Unlike my previous shepherd that I dearly loved, Zephyr's health has been excellent. You do fantastic work! Don't stop!

Daisy X Bobby son 2008

Cynthia,

I have attached a picture of Duke from last night.  He finally passed the novice obedience class.  The first time he tested we had some problems with his sit stay and down stay.  He was distracted by another dog and they tested on a stormy night.  We didn’t mind taking the class over since the most important thing to us is getting him out and around different people and other dogs.  He is still a little shy around new people but getting better all the time.  Duke will begin his new classes next week.  I wondered if you still have any females available from your current litter.  We may also be interested in Daisy’s next litter.  At some point we would like to have another female.  We’re just not sure of the timing. 

Thank you very much,

Beauty X ET daughter 2008

June 9,2009  new pictures of "Tidmores Rising Star Gustavo" aka Hoss

 He's making a fine looking dog and has attached well to the whole family and has really attached to me. I'm hoping I can continue with his training and would love to be able to take him thru Shutzand training when he's old enough He gets a lot of compliments especially from the guy who trained him. Thanks again for letting me purchase Hoss I really enjoy having him. Thanks again Jimmie

 April 6, 2009

Hi Cynthia!
I hope everything is going well for you. I see from your website that you have raised a couple more litters. You sure do stay busy! But you also raise FABULOUS shepherds, so don't stop!!!!! Everyone my girl meets is very impressed with her. And I never fail to tell them where she came from!

Now I get to brag a little!!!! Zephyr passed her Therapy Dog test with flying colors two weeks ago and will now expand her career further into community service. This is in addition to her narcotics detection career which we both enjoy very much. She has very good sense on how to react in various situations. I never fail to be impressed with how she can change "modes" as soon as I shake her working collar. She knows it's time to look for drugs when she sees or hears that collar and it's all business! When she meets new people she is very polite and friendly and usually willing to bestow wet kisses if allowed. She actually laid a big wet one on the Therapy Dog Evaluator! My next plan is to test her by training her in personal protection. I feel it will be the ultimate test of the versatility of a GSD if she can excel at both Therapy Dog work and protection work at under two years of age. It seems there are not many GSDs in therapy work. I feel Zephyr may become a very good advocate for her breed. Mostly, I am just enjoying her tremendously. She is absolutely beautiful. She looks exactly like Cody, with very dark, rich coloring and beautiful movement. And she has an engaging personality. In short, she is everything I had hoped for and more!

Hope you have a great spring!

//SIGNED//
Lt Col Carol A. Collins

Beauty X Cody daughter 2007

Daisy X Bobby daughter