Dear Jane,
I am not sure if you remember us, but we purchased Samson from you (it will be 2 years in February). My reason for writing you is to thank you for being a responsible breeder. As I have told you, I run a rescue and I have to deal with bad breeders everyday and it is exhausting. I caught a lot of heat from many other rescuers for buying Sam from you, because I was expected to adopt, but these people did not experience the pain we went through due to purchasing a Labrador from a bad breeder.
When we bought Storm we had no clue, he was a cute puppy and only $300. Storm was my heart, my 4th child, when he was 2 we had his hips checked and they were already awful. At 3 years Storm was not physically able to hunt anymore and that's when the pain meds started. At 6 he had a torn ACL, at 7 he died from bone cancer. The man who sold him to us, sold us a heart break and didn't care. In 7 years Storm cost us approx. $4000 and I would have paid more to save him, but there was nothing money could do for him.
When we met with you for the first time I was so relieved to see that there are still people out there who care for the breed and want to breed healthy Labradors who will hunt and are wonderful pets at the same time. Sam is beautiful, smart, a great hunter and a little oafy..lol. Although nobody can fill the void I have from losing Storm, Sam is doing a pretty good job of dulling the pain. He was worth every penny of the $$ and we hope that when we are ready to add another Labrador to our family you will be so kind and consider us for another one of your puppies. We love Sam and I think he loves us too, at least is says so in his eyes.
I have attached some pictures of Sam and his adopted "siblings" (Junior the America Bulldog and Moxi the Shih-Tzu-Jack Russel mix). Keep up the great work you do with these animals and your wonderful family.
Sincerely,
Eveline Hecklinger
Rebound Rescue
517-254-4380
