Tara Wyatt (March 5, 2005):

Hope all is well with you, goats and dogs. Konya is now 37 lbs and just returned from getting her rabies vaccination. She is a wonderful dog! Absolutely beautiful and at home wherever we put her. She loves the doberman and the border collies. She completely subdues herself to the sheep and goes "on guard" whenever placed in the pasture with them. She plays some with the lambs and we have not left her unsupervised yet. Whether or not she becomes the perfect guard dog remains to be seen. Still, she is destined to become my favorite dog of all time, and I have raised/owned many fine dogs. Thanks so much for saving her for me and for raising such fine dogs.

Hope to see you soon,

Tara

Kristin and Scott (February 21, 2005)

Hey, Danny! We just wanted you to know that we absolutely love Griffey! He is about 40 pounds now, and is the cutest thing we have ever seen. In fact, we are sad that we got just one. You don't by chance have any left do you?
Just a shot in the dark. He is an absolute joy!
Kristin & Scott
Phoenix, AZ

This was sent to us from Bill Carter on April 25, 2004 in reference to his 2 pups:

"They are doing great!! They definitely feel at home and [are] growing like crazy. I set them up in a barn stall, but they have a paddock area they can run in for a while. They like to follow me around while I do chores, but the weather was to hot for them the other day and wanted to run back to their stall & the shade. They are now named Freya (the fawn pup) & Heidi (the white pup).

I have been taking them into the pasture with the goats on short intervals. The first time in the pups wanted to play and the goats went the other way trying to figure out what these little things were [doing] in the field. Instead of separating out a couple of young goats, I plan on taking them into the pasture on increased intervals until both of them relax and I can leave the pups there all the time. It will be a lengthly process but I believe it will be worth it.

I have taken them to our Vet and she says they are the best Anatolian pups she has seen. She was very excited they had come from Working Stock instead of AKC pets. "

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Here are Freya and Heidi almost 1 year later

Linda & Don Berry (April 17, 2007)

Hello Bobbie & Danny,

I wanted to let you both know how excited I am about how HoneyDew is turning out. She has been preferring to stay outside with the sheep the last few months. She often comes in at night and sleeps in my father's chair. Dad use to love that chair too!

This last Wednesday, April 12th, '06, I got a frantic call from my husband as soon as I arrived at work. Our sheep had been attacked and it looked like we were going to lose the youngest ewe who had lambed a week before. I rushed home to help save the ewe.

It was a long day. We had other ranchers with us, Fish & Game and a tracker who handles the local area. THERE IS NO DOUBT TO ANY OF US THAT OUR EWE WOULD HAVE BEEN FINISHED OFF AND HER LAMB WOULD HAVE BEEN A TASTY SNACK FOR A YOUNG MOUNTAIN LION HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HoneyDew!

I usually leave HoneyDew inside in the early morning for Don to let out. He is usually right behind me when I leave for work, going out to feed the sheep. For some reason this morning I decided that even though it was barely light it would be good to leave HoneyDew in the yard with the gate to the pasture open. She had been showing such progress with the flock, especially since the baby lamb, a little girl had been birthed. They were all getting on well and I decided to let her learn more about her job since she seemed to be so content with her duties.

Don & I are forever grateful for that decision. She ran off the lion. As the ewe lay bleeding she took the lamb and watched over it, carrying it in her mouth when she couldn't get it to cooperate. The lion got a swing in at the other ewe who was expecting. Our ram remained untouched.

We found the tracks but it was too late once the tracker got there. The constant rain/snow had faded the track. Besides I live IN TOWN in this small rural valley. We are a town of 2,000 and are completely surrounded by wilderness, Federal & State Parks and BLM lands. I couldn't be given a permit to shoot the lion because the property is zoned residential. The tracker couldn't track the lion outside of my yard in the wilderness about a 100yds away because of the way the law is written!

We now have an enclosed sheep shed inside the pasture thanks to the good hearts of my neighbors and surrounding sheep ranchers. It went up in 24 hours. The first night I kept the ewe and her lamb in the house by the heater, tending to her. I also rearranged our shed which holds feed and tools. I placed the ram and our less injured ewe inside the shed, Brandy was now full on into labor.

I was not about to leave Brandy outside so that when the lion came back in the early light of morning he'd have a new snack. Since I didn't want to break the law, I secured the ram and ewe in the shed and put HoneyDew out to keep watch. Watch she did and the ewe gave birth to our second lamb, a male.

The mountain lion was sighted two days before the attack by the neighbor behind me. He went outside to quiet his dogs and saw the lion walking down the middle of the road!

HoneyDew is only 7 1/2 months old and she was a natural. We are so proud of her, giving her dog treats throughout the day as we love on her and praise her. Our new flock has survived. I feel confident that I can now purchase more lambs this summer from the ranch where these originated. We have enough land to support them and I have HoneyDew 'the Protector.'

I remember our emails as I decided to purchase HoneyDew. What a blessing she is! She has great breeding and is of correct temperament and confirmation for the show ring. She is huge and growing daily. The night before the attack we were grooming her in our house, loving on her and telling each other what a truly wonderful dog she was turning into. She has learned so much over these months and continues to be a real joy. Our daughter and 17 month old grandson had just come for a week to visit.
Daniel just loves HoneyDew who has visited him in mommy & daddy's apartment.
Daniel litterly pulled on her whiskers and lip and she never flinched, growled or retreated. Instead she was calm, silent and patient. Daniel even laid on her as his pillow when she laid in front of the wood stove to warm herself.

I look forward to watching HoneyDew grow and develop into an adult.
Eventually I will show her as I planned, and am so pleased that she will be a true Anatolian with the right heart and temperament for family and work!
My dreams have more than come true and she's been with me less than a year!
Someday she will be a wonderful mom herself and I can be confident that her pups will be true Anatolians with all the heart, beauty and stature they were meant to possess!

I wanted you to know what an exceptional dog she is and how very grateful and overjoyed I am to have her as a member of our family. I'll try again to send you a couple of pics we took of her about 3 weeks ago. She's even bigger now!

Sincerely,
Linda & Don Berry
Hayfork, CA

Another satisfied customer. Brenda and Gary Keller drove all the way from Columbus Junction, Iowa with their two sons to pick up their male pup.

Danny I can't tell you how great a dog Yurik is.  It took the BC puppy about a day and a half to figure out that Yurik wasn't going to hurt him...so we have this 10lb Border Collie chasing around this 100lb Anatolian.  It is adorable.  We haven't seen a coyote in ages and Yurik is very protective of "his" cats.  Yet, he loves the UPS guy, the power guy and the mail lady.  He has socialized wonderfully.  You did a great job of raising him...he's never once had to get in trouble for growling at us over anything.  The vet's office just loves him.  I hope you continue to breed and some day, we can get another from you with similar bloodlines.

Hi Danny and Bobbie,

Barrett is doing GREAT. The photo was taken at 9 weeks. He has settled in really well with the 3 Corgis, horses and the 2 goats.  He likes the goats the best..they just aren't quite sure about him yet. He was so happy to see them the first day here.something familiar.  He was house trained in 3 days!  So much faster than most dogs I've had.  He comes when called.most of the time (I always carry treats). He knows sit but stay is not yet in his vocabulary. He stays right with me when I'm out around the farm and stays in the fenced back yard with my male corgi at night. 

I think he is going to be perfect.  We really love him.   Thanks again.  I'll send updated pictures.  He grows about an inch each night!!  I hope all of your other puppies have settle into their new homes well.

Take care,

Jeannie and Mark Miesfeldt