Abbie Pics

These pictures are of Abbie, from Pat/Storm born 30 Mar 10. She had the

good fortune to be chosen by an eager duck hunter in Saint John, NB. She

greatly enjoys outings with her human family of father, son and grandfather.

 

Daizy update

Hi Don .. Yeah I had been just thinking the same thing! Well I have to say that we are totally smitten, head over heals in love with our Daizy!! She is quite a character! Coming along nicely .. Thank goodness as she had taken a shine to my kitchen cupboards and the shingles on the house!!

She is just as smart and pretty as she is stubborn! We turn lots of heads and get lots of compliments (which hopefully you reap the results of). I will get a updated pic to send in the next few days.

How are all your gang doing? Any puppies? Paula & Donnie (Brie's humans) are in touch and we sometimes get together which is nice. All the best to you, Peirette, and family. Hope to talk over the holidays:) cheers,

Lois & Daizy

Rouge Update

Hey don,

 

Just a quick check in, rogue is doing great, she's calmed down a lot!  She's

floating around 65lbs, perfect weight for her size the vet says.

 

Just wondering when you would recommend getting her spayed? She's almost 16

or 17 months now, so after Christmas?

 

No new pictures, the camera on my phone is terrible (I scratched up the lens

in my pocket, lol).

 

Thanks for everything don!

 

Matthew

Bigby update

Hi Don,

It has been a long time since I've given you any updates on Bigby and I've been meaning to for some time.  Hard to believe he's almost 5 years old.

Bigby's the first dog I've ever owned, and he's been an absolute joy.  I've never met a Lab I've didn't like, and I think I'll be a Lab owner for life.  He's a great companion and It's become a regular event to go to Rockwood Park or the Nature Park on weekends to go for a stroll and take photos.  He's great with children and always eager to please anyone he encounters.

Anyway, I thought I'd send a couple photos from the summer.

-Greg

Cesar Malone

I have been invited to attend the Cesar Malone show tonight, really looking forward to that!

 

Don

Trooper

Hi Don,

it's Benjamin up in Hopedale. Trooper has been an absolute pleasure. We enjoy  her tremendously. I have just a quick question with regards to Trooper and swimming. She loves the water and is an amazing retriever - as determined as anything I've ever seen. However, as winter fast approaches and our temperatures dropping with every passing day I was wondering if there is a general rule of thumb with regards to when swimming is done for the season. Will the dog simply not dive in when it's too cold? Her determination says no .... But with air temperature in the minus ten celcius with wind chill in the minus twenty range my wife and I wonder if we should keep her away from water until its frozen. (This is salt water we are talking about too by the way) Any insight on the subject would be great.

Thanks
Benjamin

Stella (pics)

Levi

Hi Don

 

Very nice to hear from you as I have been meaning to send you pictures of Levi for the last few months, I just don't know where the time goes!!  Levi is doing very well, he is an awesome pup!!  He is a very happy loving dog and I must say very handsome as well!  He had a wonderful summer swimming at the beach almost everyday, he just loves the water.  I have attached two pictures for you, one from the beach around the end of August and the other from this fall at our house, he stole a yellow tomato from the garden. 

 

We will hopefully be coming thru your way next month with Levi and we would love to stop in for visit. 

 

I will gather more pictures and send them along in the next couple of days.  I hope all is well with you, hi to Pierrette and all the dogs!!

 

Talk soon

Karen

Pearl Picture

Hey Don,

 

I took this picture last weekend and thought I would send it along.

 

I hope all is well..

 

Pearl is doing great, graduates from Puppy Training this Wednesday evening.  I will be sure to send some pictures along.

 

I have some training questions for you, I might try to give you a call an evening this week.

 

Cheers

Chris

 

Abbie's Hard afternoon in the marsh

Thanks for helping my youth group with your DoinDogs Kennel webpage

Hi Don,

 

I just wanted to send you a quick email to say thank you for your webpage

(http://www.doindogs.com/links.shtml). My name is Beth, and I volunteer with

a youth group where we have different activities for middle school aged

kids. Next weekend, we are having an event to celebrate Animal Shelter

Appreciation week. Your page had some great dog information that we will be

able to share with the kids. Just wanted to say thanks for all the help! :-)

 

 

One of the girls in my group, Mia, found a great resource on pet safety

while traveling:

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/traveling-by-car-or-truck-with-pets/ .

Could you add this to your list of resources? I thought it would make a

great addition to your page for others to learn how to keep their pets safe.

 

If you have any advice for the kids about pet care, I'd love to share it

with them. Thanks again, and happy Thanksgiving next week!

 

Take care,

Beth

Stella

Hi Don,

 

We LOVE Stella! She is doing great. We had her out this afternoon and she ate a good supper. She is so well-behaved that you wouldn't even know she was in the house.

 

Attaching a few pictures, I will be in touch.

 

Thanks again,

Jonathan, Ann & Evan

Shana

Thank you very much, Don!

We are not moving home to Norway this Christmas. We decided to stay until the summer.
It is very good for Shana that I am not working and be able to spend a lot of time with her.

Today we have been walking the East Coast Trail with her in Flatrock. She never gets tired :)!
Have a nice weekend,

Catrin


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Maggey

Hi Don,

Thanks for the papers. Maggey is doing really well and growing every day. We are up the camp every weekend. I take Maggy with me in the woods bird hunting. For only 4 months she is doing really well on the whistle. I'm actually sending this email from my tree stand behind the camp. I've passed on several does so far; waiting for a buck.

Best regards
Blake

Muddy Liz

This is a cute one.  Liz found a bit of water in the grass near the fence and dug a hole.  Actually not so cute when we had to bath her.

 

Donna 

 

Jag

Jag and his owner shoot and retrieve their first goose on the Long Reach in N.B.

People Pictures

Hi Don, I have attached some pictures of Morrissey and he is amazing learning some many new things and listen, he is so full of life and so much love. the vet is very happy with him and he has a beautiful shiny coat. he is a big part of our family and we love him very much. thank you Kind Regards Carol




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Pics of Joey

Hi Don:

 

Hope all is well. The beast is being a good boy. I had him into the vet last week as his one eye was a little inflamed. The conjuncts was very red and puffy. They have him on some eye drops and he's getting better each day.

 

Mary Elizabeth, Katherine and I took a quick trip to the valley and I took a couple of nice shots of Joe (Joey). They are attached.

 

Say hi to Pierrette, Mutt, Ai and the rest of the gang.

 

All the best 

 

Paul

Photos of Gunny

Hi Don

Attached are a few photos of Gunny. He is having an excellent first season. He now has 31 game retrieves under his belt. These photos were taken today (Oct 27).He flushed 2 grouse of which I shot one and 8 hares of which I only managed to get 2. Those suckers can move! Great day all the same.

Regards

Rod

Lab Pup Bo

Hi Don,

 

We have named our pup "Bo". He is settling into life with us already. He

slept through the night in his crate with not even a whimper. We have had

him out for 2 walks and the boys are looking forward to a day outside with

him.

 

Thanks for everything!!

 

Stephen, Erica, Alexander, Zachary & Bo

 

Dawson is incredible

I want to thank you once again for your amazing lab. Dawson is the most incredible dog I have ever had. My wife Tina says the same thing. This guy has a personality unlike any other dog. He never leaves my side when I am outside, he drives me a little nuts to play fetch, but that is to be expected.

He has declared our trout pond his own personal pool and will wander over for a dip at any given time without warning if he is hot. He will fetch out of the water without hesitation.

I always wanted a dog that would run and jump into a pond and this one does. He is incredible. He accidentally got on the scent of a cock pheasant in our side woods and he was a sight to behold. His tail looked like a helicopter and I could hear his nose snapping shut. Suddenly the pheasant was flush up and he turned to look at me like he was wondering why I didn't shoot it. I didn't have a gun! I was just walking with him. I only did an hour of retrieving with a pheasant wing the year before and he was all over it.

At night he will sleep by the bed on my side and if he gets mad at me for being at work too long or away... he hides one piece of my footwear outside. He doesn't chew it, just puts it out in the rain, and only one. He is truly a joy. I was right, he is the perfect lab.

Thanks
Ken

Daizy! pics

Trooper

Here are a couple pics of Trooper. We were berry picking in the first picture and she had a blast running back and forth between us. In the second picture, we were playing fetch and she took a break to pose!

Benjamin

 

This is a Mutt/Ai pup, born 29 April this year. She is with great owners in Northern Labrador, a Labrador in Labrador with Australian roots! Mutt’s mother is from Kadnook Kennels of Australia.

Don

Briggs

 

He got multiple retrieves this year.  Amazing what a pocket full of rocks will do.  Briggs retrieved a duck in the grass from the next blind over and the guy wanted to buy him, lol.

 

 

 

I have most of his retrieves on video.  What a dog!

 

 

 

Mike

A very appreciative family

Dear Donald Bates of Doindogs,

Your puppy has made our son so incredibly happy.

It was all that my husband and I could do last Friday to get through our evening with you without emotionally breaking down.  I do not think that you know how much this puppy was needed and will be much loved at this time.

Our son attended the Atlantic Hockey Showcase (by Andrews Hockey Growth Program in June) in Charlottetown,PEI and was approached by four different hockey academies to play for them this fall.  He was scheduled to attend an academy in Alberta on September 1st when he received the devastating news (by a Neurosurgeon) that he is never allowed to play hockey or any other form of contact sports again due to post concussion syndrome.  To say that his whole entire world came crashing to a halt and that he is now lost and devastated would be an understatement.

My husband was on the phone with me on Friday and indicated that on top of all of our son's situation, our nine year old black lab is not doing so well.  We believed that if our family lost this dog right now, and we did not have a new puppy, it would only compound his feelings. 

 

I believe in fate.  I asked our son if he would be interested in having his own dog.  His answer was immediately yes.  I had him to call his friend to find out where he got his new male black lab puppy from,  and that is what led to my phone call to you.

To see how the puppy gravitated to our son immediately and that he had an instant connection - was priceless.

While our son tries to find a new path for himself,  he will be able to do it with the love and support of his family, close friends and now the unconditional love from his new dog.

I thought that it was important for you to know the profound affect that this has had on our family. The puppy has acclimated very well with our other two dogs and they have responded to her beautifully (nine year old black lab and two year old beagle).

 

Thank you again,

Sincerely,

A very appreciative family

Noah at 2 1/2 years old

Jil

Hey Don,

 

Thought you'd like this pic..looks like My Britteny has finally accepted

Jil...well for the time being..Jil is almost as big as her now! Growing fast

and doing well. Coming to the whistle 75% of the time, Sit, Heel and Stay

going well. She fetched a dead duck I had shot on opening day that I froze

for training...hope all is well! Can't wait until next year..not the same

with Canoes and Waders for a retriever!

 

Peter

 

Roux

Hi Don,

Roux is doing great! He now weighs 54.8 lbs and he is getting bigger every

day! Marc and I are loving him more and more every day. He keeps us busy
and is now sleeping past 6am :) There was a time he was up at 4am! Ha ha!

The picture attached is him at 4 months...he is gorgeous!

Hope all is well with you.

Jenn & Marc

 

Pearl says hello from New Brunswick

Hey Don, I trust all is well.  I thought I would drop you an email to see if you were due into Saint John anytime soon.  I'm nearing the last week or so of food and thought I'd see if you were due into town on business. 

Pearl is doing fantastic, she's been doing great with her training, has a brilliant nose and really fitting in well with our family.  I've attached a recent picture.  I had sent some shortly after getting her home to Saint John but didn't hear back, I'm not sure if they made it to you..

Please drop me a reply when you have a minute.

Cheers,

Chris