March, 2006

Brent,

Thanks for taking the time to work with Addie, it means a lot to me. I also really appreciate the way you made me feel comfortable leaving her with you. That really shows a lot of class in my opinion.

I hope and think that she will work out well with you. I know that you have a busy schedule, but when you get time; keep in touch :)


Thanks again!
Eric

Just thought you would like to see how our pup is doing. I could not be happier with her progress. She is about as aggressive doing water retrieves that I have ever seen, diving 8' to 10' before even hitting the water. Thanks again for the quality of Springer you are producing. She is doing quite well under the gun also. I expect great things from her in the future as a strong hunter.

Mike Payne and Black Diamonds' Dixie 5/18/04

Nov. 24, 2004
Brent,

Just a quick note to let you know how we have been getting along with Stormy. I picked the dog up on Thursday, November 18 and couldn't wait to get her home. I arrived at my place around 7:00 that evening to a VERY excited three and five year-old boys. Man, were they ever fired up to see their new springer.

We have been getting used to each other quite well. She seems very happy to run around the yard and surrounding cornfield, nose to the ground and going hard. She has been listening very well when asked to come or kennel. The last couple of days she even has that "smile" on her face that we all love. I hope she will become even more affectionate as the days roll on.

Now for the best part. As you know, I bought Stormy to be a gun dog. I could hardly wait to get her in the field. On Saturday, I took her to a favorite hunting spot to see what she could do. The first twenty minutes was a real track meet as the wild pheasants were plentiful and she was really running hard. I ended up flushing 15 pheasants and shot two roosters in one hour and fifteen minutes. What a day!

But it gets better. Yesterday I worked until about 2:00 and decided to cut out for a short hunt. As I said, I am working to make her as comfortable as possible in her new surroundings. I was in the field by about 2:30 and decided to head towards a food plot of sorgham since this cold front was approaching. I figured the birds would be feeding before the storm. We got about half way through the food plot and she got really birdy. She flushed the rooster and I dropped it. She retrieved the bird and I put it in my vest and was giving her a drink when four more roosters volunteered out of the sorghum. They were out of range but I let them sit down and went after them. Stormy got birdy when we got to the site and a rooster flushed and I killed him. She found the bird and delivered. I looked at my watch and it was 2:46. I had my limit in sixteen minutes. Wow!

We continued to work the cover with an unloaded gun and ended up flushing two more roosters that I could have shot very easily. She worked the cover well, ran very hard and listened to the whistle really well.

Sorry to bore you with all of the details but THANKS for the great experience. I couldn't have done it without Stormy.

John Belser