These are the testimonials and emails from previous puppy buyers. We LOVE to hear about our puppies in their new homes. IF you have an Old West puppy and would like to let us know how he or she is doing, please email us. We love seeing pictures of our kids as they grow up with their new families. Please click on the year at the bottom on this page for testimonials from each year.
12/27/19
Merry Christmas Kitsy!!
To you and all your
family and dogs! Just thinking of you recently. We are so thankful to have
Scout in our lives. She is a pup from Loretta’s August 31, 2018 litter. The
top photo is my our son Tom holding Scout the way only Tom can do. And the
little video is classic Scout, competing gently with Ivy for time with us.
Scout has been an excellent student in obedience classes with Manuel
Gudino guiding us. Manuel uses only positive feedback for training and is a
somewhat quiet very patient trainer when he asks for a behavior, and then
he’s a one man loud cheering squad when Scout figures out what he wants. So
I do my best to emulate Manuel. And she has learned all sorts of good
behaviors. I use these methods with my 17-year old daughter to great
success!!! Ha ha ha.
We also took Scout to Temecula to a sheep ranch
and let her try it out. She was, of course, a natural. But so eager and
excited she wore herself out. So she jumped in a plastic pool they had
available for cooking off. So much fun.
Anyway, I’ve bragged about
you and your breeding philosophy and great socialization methods with the
pups to some people. Hope they check you out.
Have a Happy New Year!!!
Best,
Susan Ficcadenti
12/27/19
Kitsy,
Happy New Year! Elska
(Ransom x Loretta 8/19) is doing great,
she’s such a wonderful addition to our family. I hope you have a wonderful
holiday .
Elyse Cottone
12/22/19
Hello Kitsy,
How are you? We purchased our boy
from you last year. We are so in love with our Dexter
(Sutter x Primrose 9/18). He is the best
dog and we hope to get another puppy from the same parents, not sure if that
is possible. Please let me know if you have any new puppies.
Thank you,
Cindy Duarte
9/26/19
Hi Kitsy: I wanted to let
you know that Mayday (Ransom X Bella 9/13)
earned her AKC MACH2 title last Saturday, photo attached:) Then she followed
up on Sunday with another QQ, so we only need 19 more for her next MACH! It
makes me tired just thinking about it:). She is such a pleasure to live
with....thanks for breeding such terrific dogs. Will keep in touch,
Vicki
& Mayday
9/16/19
Hi Kitsy
My name is Candice Gonzales and I bought a puppy
from you in 2004. My dog was from the Reno/Bloomers litter born February
27,2004. I just wanted to let you know that Chase(my puppy) is still going
strong at 15 1/2. He has been the best dog. Hopefully we will be calling you
about a puppy in the future. Thanks again
Candice
7/8/19
Hi Kitsy: Time has flown by and it's been more than
a year since I sent you an update. Both our Aussies are doing great!
Honestly, they are the best dogs! I did end up training Bill
(Ransom x Loretta, 11/13) for Agility, and
he flew through the Novice and Open divisions. I've only shown him in
Excellent a couple of times, as my schedule hasn't allowed me the training
time needed to continue at this time because of my other dogs. I did start
him in nosework class, and he is a natural. If I can make the time, he's
ready to start showing in that as well, but mostly we're doing it right now
for fun.
Mayday (Ransom x Bella, 9/13)
has continued to excel in all phases of Agility. We competed in the AKC
Nationals in 2018 and finished very respectable. We continue to compete in
AKC, but lately we have been doing more USDAA. At the recent Southwest
Regionals Mayday had a terrific show all weekend, with the best part being
the winner of the 14" Performance Speed Jumping (she won both the qualifier
and the finals:). But the very best thing is that Mayday is a sweet, kind,
lovable dog who is great with kids and other dogs and Bill is exactly the
same:) I'll try to be better with updates in the future!
Happy summer,
Vicki E
7/2/19
Hello Kitsy,
I hope this email finds you well.
Just a little update on Brandy Bleu (Loretta x
Sutter August 31st, 2018 Litter). She is 10mos of pure energy. We
need to buy sheep! She has a very strong herding instinct and is bossy as
heck. We love her and keep her very busy. Smart as a whip and fearless I
think she will be my agility dog once she is old enough. I am attaching some
photos so you can see how beautiful she has become. We have started her
doing all sorts of things to get her ready for agility. Lucky for us she is
highly food motivated. She has become an amazing girl and we love her
dearly. Chloe now 11 tolerates her and looks at us like "no way was I ever
that bossy or obnoxious" we laugh because literally everything that Chloe
used to do as a puppy Brandy does now, like try to remove Chloe's collar
every morning! Thanks again for breeding the finest Aussies in the world.
Heather Malone
6/30/19
Hi Kitsy,
It was such a
joy to have two of your Aussies from almost 16 yrs ago.
It was over 10
mos ago I shared the news of Presley's passing and today Kiwi went to be
with her sister over Rainbow Bridge.
(Presley - Willie x Amanda 9/10/02-black tri) and
Kiwi (Willie x Amanda 8/02/03-blue merle).
I wanted to let you know that the vet was amazed at
the long lives they led-Presley 15 yrs 11 months and Kiwi 15 yrs 10 months.
I told him they were from great stock and were the best dogs ever!
Thank you again Kitsy, we will never forget our precious babies or the day
we drove from Northern Cal to SoCal to get them one yr apart from you. It
was such an exciting day!
Attached are a few pictures over the years.
Thank you again!
~jodeene
6/20/19
Good morning kitsy!
Thought i would give you a
little update with the puppy. His name is cooper (Sutter
X Nighty 3/19). He’s finished with his shots and we will start going
to the park and out and about more. He has been doing great as a work dog.
He loves his naps and car rides. He definitely has lots of puppy energy! He
is very healthy and is a very smart. We’ll keep you updated more.
Emily
Park
4/28/19
Hi Kitsy
Wanted to let you know Maggie
(Sutter x Jinx 2/19)did great on the way
home, with no accidents. She seemed a little unsure when we first got home,
so we gave her the blanket you sent and that immediately put her at ease.
She has settled in and adjusted very well. This girl does have some attitude
and we love it. Family and neighbors are already coming over to get their
Maggie fix. Thank you for breeding such great dogs!
Dave and Shireen
Dotson
4/26/19
Hi Kitsy,
I am just writing to give you an update
on Chase (Sutter x Loretta 9/18) who is now about 8 months old! He’s now 50 pounds so I think your
prediction on him being near Sutter’s size will prove to be correct. It
would take a book to list all of his great qualities but I’ll summarize by
saying that he’s still extremely confident in himself and has developed into
an athletic, smart, and sweet dog. It’s also a bit crazy how adaptable he
has proven; we’ve done so many things with him (camping, hiking, road trips,
puppy classes, etc) and even left him for a weekend already and he has never
had any issues.
That said, of course he’s still growing and we’re now
in his adolescent period so we’ve been trying to be extra vigilant in
letting him know that the rules still exist and that he needs his manners to
get what he wants. He has his puppy moments but honestly we wouldn’t have it
any other way.
I’ve attached some photos so you can see how he’s
looking!
Cheers,
David and Daphne
4/23/19
2/19/19
Hello Kitsy,
Here are
some fun pictures of our sweet Dexter.. He is such a good boy and loves to
take care of his babies. (This is our 2 year old granddaughter) Dexter and
Alana are together the whole time she is here. Nothing but play time, if she
isn’t playing with him, he is just laying next to her as she plays.
Audree is so in love with Dexter. Dexter adores her and loves and protects
her. (Second picture)
Dexter has his first spa day He looks so
handsome. (Third picture). This is how sweet our boy is. He thinks he is a
lap dog for sure.. He is such the cuddle bug and we love our Dexter to
pieces. He is the smartest dog I’ve ever seen.
2/11/19
Hi Kitsy,
just wanted to show you some photos of
Lucy, she’s about 10 months now. She’s so sweet still and the biggest
attention seeker. She’s learned so many smart little tricks with me and I
love her personality. I took her to play in the snow a few weeks ago and she
loved it so much! She ran around and dived into the snow. I hope you get to
see her in person soon and see how much she’s grown into such a beautiful
young lady. I appreciate you and always love sending update photos!
Mariel Kim
2/5/19
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