Leslie de Klerk, owner of Dakota from the
2009 Josey/Natasha breeding who lives in South Africa:
Hi Mary and Bill,
Last night he went to the hospital with me, and today we visited the old
folks. He was a little superstar!
Today Dakota had a ride in a wheelchair sitting on an old gent’s lap, and
he kept saying “he’s so lovely and warm”. Regards Lesley Hi
everyone,
Kind regards, Hi Bill,
Dakota is indeed
everything I had hoped for .... and more. He is VERY people orientated –
which I love. We are going into winter here, so the weather is great. We have cool/cold nights and morning, but warm pleasant days. I just need to get their vaccination history from Mary ASAP as my vet needs the info to see where they are with regards to shots that may still be needed for over here! Thank you so much Bill – I still need to pinch myself to make sure that I’m not dreaming and Dakota is really here! Regards Les Lesley de Klerk Paws for People Hi Bill and Mary, We had a visit scheduled today to a place called “Little Stars” – which is a day school – Holistic Intervention for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders Specialising in Autism Spectrum Disorder I decided that it might be a good idea for the puppies to go, and what a hit they were. The teachers were amazed at how they enabled the children to actually sit still for about an hour – and the affection these children showed them. They told us that they can’t get the kids to sit still for 15 minutes so we really started something today – they want us to visit on a regular basis!! The puppies of course behaved beautifully! I did warn you guys that you would get sick of updates from me – so here goes – more photos of our little Shiloh fur babies’ first day in South Africa! Regards Lesley |
Sylvia
Golenbiewski, owner of Tucker from the 2008 Josey/Natasha
breeding who lives in Cary, North Carolina:
 I took Tucker to a huge dog fest yesterday. It's called Bark in the Park and it's held every spring in Raleigh. There were at least a couple of thousand people in attendance. You would have been so proud of the Tuckster. He just strolled through the crowds and took it all in stride. We were constantly stopped by people who asked about his breed and where we got him. So you may get some calls. Some people were actually following us around asking if they could take Tucker’s picture. Some wanted pictures of him alone; some wanted their dogs in the pictures too. I was quite star struck! I entered him in the largest dog contest and he came in second place to a huge Irish Wolfhound. They measured Tucker at the shoulders and said they came up with 30". They also measured from his nose to the tip of his tail and came up with 6 feet. I don't know how accurate their measurements are but he is now 14 months old and per the vet weighs 118 pounds. So it looks to me like he has grown just a bit! I was so proud of his demeanor the whole day and wanted to make sure you knew how well he behaved. This was his first time in such a huge crowd. He never barked or growled at anyone, not even other dogs. He was so good with the children that wanted to pet him. He even laid down so that one little girl could sit with him for quite some time while I spoke with her parents. We were there for 4 hours and he was the perfect gentleman. The only thing he did not like was when people would try to kiss him or hold him in a prolonged hug and I sure can't blame him for that! But even when that happened he would just back away until they let go. What a good boy! I have to thank you again for allowing me to have Tucker in my life. With his beauty, size, conformation and temperament, he is not only a breeder's dream come true but mine as well. He has well exceeded my dreams and expectations of the true Shiloh Shepherd that made me fall in love with the breed in the first place. I hope that you will consider putting this letter on your website as a testament to the fine Shiloh pups that you produce. I only wish that I lived closer to you all so that you could all get to know Tucker first hand. He is the most amazing dog. This is most definitely a line that must be continued!
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Bill Kolb, owner of
Jake and Griffin from the Josey/Aurora breeding who live in Zion,
Illinois:
 Sorry for the long period of silence. The Boys are fine. They have really developed their personalities. Jake is my constant shadow. Our no. 2 daughter had her second child about 3 1/2 weeks ago by C-section. 2 days after the birth, she had a massive blood clot in the arteries leading to both lungs. They moved her to a big hospital where they immediately performed essentially open heart surgery although what they really did was split her chest open and remove the clot. Scared us to death as we all of a sudden where faced with raising to small kids, one 3 years old and one 4 days old. She is home now but the day of the surgery once we knew that she was okay we did liberate our new grandson from the hospital and brought him home with us. Now old Mr. Jake immediately took charge of "his baby". Talk about a mother hen!!!!! Good grief! That big nose would slide in real close to the baby and check him from stem to stern. Then he was "on guard" literally 'round the clock. If someone who he didn't know very well tried to hold the baby he was right there, between them and the baby, in their lap if they were holding him, whimpering and carrying on until some one acceptable to him took the baby back. Amazing. He would lay next to the bassinet and every little noise that the baby made made all we would see is two big ears pop up and then a nose and then two eyes looking over the situation. God help us if that baby messed his diaper and we didn't get to it instantly. Jake would take one sniff of the kids bottom end and then come looking for anyone that he thought should handle getting that mess off of that kid. My daughter probably would have had a heart attach if she knew just how much Jake was taking up for the baby but we knew almost immediately that we would not deter him from his self appointed duty. Grif was just about as bad although Kelly and Phil kept him and Sherlock away quite a bit as we had diaper central at our house. Now Debbie has taken both Haley and Hunter home to their mom and dad and will stay with them for this week. Jake is lost looking for the kids and Debbie and hanging real close to me. We have had to comfort he and my other grand daughter Kaylynn as they both miss Haley, Hunter and Debbie. Thanks, Bill Jake and Grif are really enjoying the snow. Tell Dottie not worry about the cold and those two. Jake likes to lay out in the middle of the yard---at -11 and bask in the blowing snow!!! We call and call and then try to entice him with treats and what does he do? Takes the treats and goes back out in the yard!!! Jake hollers at me if I don't take him with me everywhere I go. Doesn't matter where, he just wants to go. We were up at Kelly and Phil's last night and Grif was giving me a hard time. We finally figured out that he expected Jake to be with us. What a couple of characters. Both Jake and Grif "show" me where the treats are kept. Pretty tough to not understand the message when they sit with their noses hard pressed on the box where we keep the treats. Their intake is about 2 1/2 times what they eat in the summer and we watch that they get enough very closely. I am surprised that the cold doesn't seem to penetrate their coats. At best it seems that the cold only gets in about 1/4". I have been out with them both and run my fingers down into their coats and they are warm, no doubt. We do have to watch the ice balls in the feet but other than that they seem pretty weather proof. We are careful if they get wet but with below zero temperatures wet has not been a problem. Jake is funny when he eats as several times during his feeding he runs into see where I am and then goes back and sticks his head in the feed. He also has taken up being a lap dog. Seems like I can't hug any of the girls including the little ones without Jake getting a little jealous and leaping full bore up into my lap. It is pretty funny. He does the same thing if Debbie gets up out of bed. Jake immediately jumps in the bed, lays his head on the pillow and then pushes on me to scratch him. Of course he always gets scolded when Debbie gets back but that doesn't seem to phase him. I am still amazed at how Jake and Grif both tolerate and handle the little kids. I have been around dogs all my life and I have never seen them act like these guys do. It is amazing. Kaylynn loves Jake and Grif both and on these cold days takes full advantage of their warmth, soft coats and great dispositions. The hell of it is that I think Jake and Grif enjoy as much or more than Kaylynn. Anyway, they are doing great, are enjoying the snow, are becoming great adults and sure have a great time chasing the grandkids! Bill |
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Matt and Chelsea Kane,
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