I FINISHED 2004 WITH 5 CHAMPIONS MJ AND I BRED AND A BREED WIN ON HARRY, SHOWN BY DIANE PEGRAM. MARY JEAN, WITH THE HELP OF CAROL STANTIFORD, FINISHED FRECKLES, CH. STORYTIME'S A WALK IN THE CLOUDS, OFA, OFACA, AND ALICE, CH STORYTIMEDANCININTHESUMMERBREEZE, OFA, OFACA. CAROL ALSO PUT POINTS ON BOO, NAYLA, AND GEORGE THAT ARE STILL BEING SHOWN. I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT KIEVA FINISHED AND 2 PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT DOGS FROM US FINISHED THEM ALSO SO 5 FINSHED FOR THE YEAR. MORE IMPORTANTLY A BUNCH MORE THAT WE BRED PASSED THEIR CARDIAC TESTING AND HIP TESTING!!!! WE ARE NOW GETTING PEDIGREES WITH 2 GENERATIONS OF CARDIAC TESTING AND 3 TO 4 OF OFA'D HIPS WHICH I AM VERY PROUD OF. MY HOUSE IS STILL BEING WORKED ON BUT IT IS GETTING CLOSER TO BE FINISHED. THE WALL IS UP AND ABOUT 3/4 OF THE RUNS.
I AM STILL LOVING MY JOB, I BOUGHT A NEW VAN LAST YEAR, A CHEVY ASTRO VAN. IF ANY OF YOU EVER NEED TO BUY A NEW VEHICLE CALL ENTERPRISE. THEY SELL THEM FOR VERY REASONABLE PRICES WITH ABOUT 18 TO 20,000 MILES ON THEM SO YOU GET A NEW CAR FOR THOUSANDS LESS THAN A NEW ONE FROM A DEALER. OH, AND NOBODY USE EXPEDIA. I TRIED THEM A FEW WEEKS AGO AND, NOT ONLY DID I NOT HAVE A RESERVATION WHEN I ARRIVED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEND IT UNTIL 3AM, BUT THEY CHARGED ME FOR IT, AND IT TOOK 5 EMAILS AND 3 LONG, LONG, PHONE CALLS TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT. IT WAS EXASPERATING TO SAY THE LEAST.
I HAVE FINALLY GIVEN UP ON THE 2 PEOPLE THAT WON'T CARDIAC TEST THEIR DOGS PROPERLY AND POSTED THEIR NAMES ON THE FRONT OF THE WEBSITE IN HOPE IT WILL SHAME THEM INTO DOING SO.
AND I WANT TO END THIS TODAY WITH HOW LOVELY I THINK THE PUPS OUT OF TERESA BURNETT'S BITCH DEE ARE. THE RED MALE I HAVE SHOULD FINISH IN A HANDFUL OF SHOWS ONCE HE IS TRAINED. ALL IN ALL THE PUPS I HAVE GROWING UP I AM VERY PROUD OF AND TIME WILL TELL ON WHETHER ALL THE HEALTH TESTING IS PASSED. CHECK BACK AFTER MARCH 19TH WHICH IS OUR NEXT CARDIAC CLINIC AND I WILL BE POSTING THE RESULTS. IN THE MEAN TIME REMEMBER TO USE A CARDIOLOGIST WHEN CHECKING HEARTS AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
RUTH
OCTOBER 2004 UPDATE
DEAR FRIENDS,
I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST START POSTING UPDATES OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH STORYTIME KENNEL AND MY AND MJ'S LIVES. WE HAVE BOTH HAD SO MANY BLESSINGS AND ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM.
AS MANY OF YOU HAVE READ ON THE WEBSITE, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE FOUND SOME OF OUR DOGS WERE AFFECTED WITH HEART DISEASE. WE SPAYED/NEUTERED AND FOUND HOMES FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED. THIS WAS HEART BREAKING FOR BOTH OF US.
NEITHER MJ NOR I WAS IN VERY GOOD HEALTH AT THE TIME AND SHE WANTED TO MOVE TO FLORIDA SO WE DECIDED TO SPLIT UP THE DOGS THAT WERE LEFT AND GO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH OUR LIVES.
MJ HAS BOUGHT A HOUSE IN FT. MEYERS AND HAS A JOB SHE LIKES. SHE IS STILL RAISING AND SHOWING THE DOGS AND DOING GREAT.
I HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. I GOT A WONDERFUL JOB THAT PAYS WELL AND THAT I LOVE. I AM STILL RAISING AND SHOWING BUT ON A MUCH MORE LIMITED BASIS. I HAVE 14 DOGS NOW SO MY LIFE HAS VASTLY IMPROVED. BETWEEN MUCH PRAYER AND TAKING CARE OF ABOUT 60 LESS DOGS I AM NOW IN MUCH BETTER HEALTH AND ENJOYING LIFE MUCH MORE FULLY.
I REFINANCED MY HOUSE AND USED THE MONEY TO REMODEL AND CATCH UP PART OF THE BILLS. THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN TO STORYTIME WILL REMEMBER THAT OUR RUNS WERE ON A HILL. NOT ANYMORE!!! WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING A RETAINING WALL, THE HILL HAS BEEN LEVELED, AND NEW RUNS HAVE BEEN PUT UP. THE BASEMENT IS BEING REFINISHED TO ADD A FAMILY/DOG ROOM WHERE WE CAN ALL LOUNGE AROUND AND WATCH TV. HOPEFULLY A HOT TUB WILL BE ADDED FOR ME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THIS YEAR THE FOLLOWING THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. MOST RECENTLY
CH. STORYTIME KAYNES LIL MOQUITA, OFA, OFA-CA GOT HER AKC CHAMPIONSHIP. I BRED HER TO STORYTIME'S DANCIN THRU THE NIGHT, OFA, OFA-CA, WHO HAS 4 PTS SO FAR AKC AND 45 PTS UKC WITH A BEST MALE, ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE SHE FINISHED SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE LIL ANDREW AND KIEVA BABIES RUNNING AROUND TRASHING THE NEW FAMILY ROOM SOON.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR I SENT STORYTIME'S I HOPE YOU DANCE, OFA, OFA-CA UP TO DEBORAH JENSSEN AND SHE BRED HER TO HER STERLING, CH. BRAVEHEART LONE CRUSAUDER, OFA, OFA-CA. THEY HAD 9 LOVELY PUPS AT DEBORAH'S HOUSE AND SHE KEPT 2 AND I KEPT ONE. MY GIRL IS A LOVELY DARK RED AND I AM HOPING TO SHOW HER IN 2005. HER NAME IS STORYTIME BRAVHEART ROSE R RED. DEBORAH WILL BE SHOWING HER 2 THIS NEXT YEAR ALSO. I NEXT BRED JOSEPHINE, STORYTIME'S THE MAGIC BEGINS, OFA, OFA-CA TO MY HANDSOME HARRY, AKC/UKC CH. STORYTIME'S RANDOM HEART, OFA, CARDIAC CLEAR BY DOPPLER. I KEPT 3 OF THESE LOVELY PUPS, PAMELA & STEPHEN DENNY ARE CO-OWNING ONE GIRL AND MJ TOOK THE BOY TO FLORIDA. THEY ARE TURNING OUT WAY PAST MY EXPECTATIONS.
TERESA BURNETT CAME UP TO BREED HER LOVELY LITTLE RED GIRL DEE TO ANDREW AND WHEN THEY WERE BORN SHE BROUGHT ME TONY, STORYTIME'S SOME LIKE IT HOT. THAT ADDS ANOTHER GORGEOUS RED BOY TO MY KENNEL AND ANOTHER TO START SHOWING NEXT YEAR. SHE GRABBED HEART AND JOY FROM THE JOSEPHINE LITTER AND TOOK THEM HOME TO SOCIALIZE WITH HER CHILDREN FOR ME AND TO START TRAINING FOR SHOW. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN AS SHE SAYS THEY ARE GETTING VERY PRETTY.
RIGHT BEFORE MJ LEFT LAST YEAR, I HAD BRED STORYTIME'S MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, OFA, OFA-CA TO TREVOR, CH. STORYTIME'S HELL OF A STORM, OFA, OFA-CA, AND I KEPT 3 OF THOSE PUPS, 2 BOYS AND A GIRL, ALL BLACK AND WHITE. PAMELA AND STEPHEN TOOK ONE HOME TO GROW UP AND SO DID TERESA. THE WHOLE LITTER SHOULD FINISH IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.
I AM SO PLEASED WITH THESE LITTERS. IT IS A HANDFUL HAVING SO MANY YOUNGSTERS GROWING UP BUT WITH ALL MY FRIENDS HELP AND DRAGGING THEM ALONG TO DOG SHOWS THEY ALL SEEM TO BE GROWING AND SOCIALIZING JUST FINE. LOOK OUT WORLD, STORYTIME IS COMING BACK WITH A BANG.
WHILE I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FINISHING KIEVA, MJ FINISHED FRECKLES, CH. STORYTIME A WALK IN THE CLOUDS, OFA, OFA-CA AND ALICE, CH. STORYTIME DANCIN N'THESUMMERBREEZE, OFA, OFA,CA. SHE IS HAVING CAROL STANTIFORD SHOW HER DOGS AND CAROL IS DOING A LOVELY JOB. SHE HAS GEORGE, STORYTIME A PERFECT STORM, II, OFA-CA AND HE JUST GOT HIS FIRST 2 POINTS GOING BOW. GO CAROL!!!
BETH FINISHED PIANO MAN AND KAY LANE FINISHED HER GIRL ROSE. HOORAY FOR BOTH OF YOU!!!!
I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND THANK DIANE PEGREM FOR THE LOVELY JOB SHE HAS DONE SHOWING AND TRAINING MY DOGS THIS YEAR. SHE HAS REALLY HUNG IN THERE WITH SOME DIFFICULT DOGS AND I WOULD RECOMMEND HER AS A HANDLER TO ANYONE LOOKING TO HAVE A DOG SHOWN. SHE IS TRAINING STORYTIME'S TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT RIGHT NOW AND YOU WILL SEE HIM IN THE RING IN JANUARY.
I WILL BE ADDING TO THIS LETTER AS WE GO ALONG DURING THE YEAR SO KEEP CHECKING BACK AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
SINCERELY,
RUTH