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Kakie,

I just wanted to show you a picture of the best Labrador any person has ever owned. I named him Kirk (Captain James T. Kirk) actually, and I got him from you in Florida back in 1998. He was the last in a litter of puppies, and I'm not sure about the rest of them, but the people who didn't take him missed out on the finest lab I have ever been around.

He was a true companion in every sense of the word. The first time I put him in a duck blind, he picked up every duck we put in front of him and placed them back in my hand without having ever seen a duck. He was a natural retriever, and made dogs that a lot more money was spent on look un-trained. Kirk was the finest dog I have ever seen with children as well. I feel fully confident that he could have raised a child on his own. It has been my great privilege to have this dog in my life.

Kirk was born on Feb 14th 1998, and just recently passed. I cannot thank you enough for this wonderful gift of 12 years that I have enjoyed. I am only sorry that I could not have enjoyed him just a little longer. What a dog.

One of the more interesting things this dog did was that he was a full blown diving dog. He could retrieve things from the bottom of a swimming pool, or a river, and would often be seen disappearing under the water after a crab, or some other aquatic animal. I have never witnessed a dog attack anything with more enthusiasm than Kirk did his "fishing" as we called it. He was also a dedicated fishing partner, and one time jumped in and caught a speckled trout that was in the process of jumping off my father's line. The fish made his daring escape only to be surprised as this amazing dog leaped after it, and caught it for a second time, returning the fish to the shocked fisherman.

Again, I could tell you a thousand and one stories, but they would all pale to the real dog. Thank you again........

Cooper C. Thurber, Jr.

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Barley of Aspen, Colorado
Barley is currently in field training.

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Wayne Fontenot's five month old Lab puppy's first duck hunting trip was fabulous! We had snow and ice the weekend of 12/5 which south Louisiana doesn't see much of. It didn't slow puppy down at all from retrieving and delivering twenty birds to hand. Pup rode a four wheeler for the first time, heard duck calls, close gun shots, swam through duck decoys to find the birds - a lot of firsts for pups maiden time out!!  I'm very proud.

Professional breeding speaks for itself.

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Thought you might like to see this great photo of Phoenix- we bought him from you Feb 2005, a son of Prize My Eyes Cochise and Prize My Eyes Kajun Kasey. Since living in Houston, he has moved with us to Holland and now to Ireland - this is a picture from the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin - and he has received compliments all over the world about how handsome he is!  Thank you for such a great dog!  from owner Linda Murray

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A comment from an original Florida client whose first best friend passed on after a fantastic life of thirteen years.  They recently purchased another buddy who flew to their home that's now in Tennessee:

"We are enjoying Khan so much. He has a fantastic personality, happy and playful but he is also very affectionate and loves to cuddle. Tell your granddaughter she did a great job leash training him - he walks calmly right beside us when we take him out.

Thank you so much for everything."