Dickens - Elise/Marsi 2016

Dickens with new stuffed toy (its warm and has a heartbeat!)

Dear Rhonda and Stephanie!

There are no words to say thank you for all you put in to these precious Snitker Golden babies!

We brought our sweet Dickens home to Texas this week.  The care and imprinting and time and love that you put in to these puppies pays off for the new families in unbelievable ways!

On Monday, Our little man, at 8 weeks old, left the security of your beautiful dairy farm and all of you, his siblings, his parents, the beautiful facilities you have, and got in a car with us. Two strangers. We drove over to Wisconsin and he was a perfect angel in the car. We arrived at our very pet friendly hotel to be greeted with so many happy faces when they took one look at our handsome boy. He went with me for a short walk on his very lightweight leash (important) and pranced right in to the park and immediately did everything he was supposed to do!  We took him to our hotel room where we had tons of toys that we brought for him to play with, and he did. He played and played, never showing any stress or upset thanks to the imprinting I'm sure!  He ate supper. Went out again. Played some more, went out just before bed then crawled on his own, onto his little bed and went straight to sleep. I checked on him all through the night and he slept soundly and no accidents!

We got up early to catch a flight to Chicago then Texas. He happily bounded along through the hotel with me and we were greeted by a beautiful blanket of snow!  He went right out, did his business and then we warned up and headed out.

He slept all the way on two flights and was the rock star of the airports!

Since arriving home in Texas, he has followed the very same patterns. He and our two older goldens are warming up to each other and he is totally enthusiastic about every detail of his new life!  He has had a couple of accidents but both times it was our fault not his!  He tried to tell us and we thought he was just being cute!  Once I was preoccupied after he drank a lot of water and didn't take him out quickly enough!

He already comes when we say his name!  Such a smart boy. He's loving, VERY inquisitive as you told us, and just all around perfect. I don't don't if we will ever stop smiling. We love him and we are so very grateful for this precious gift from God via Snitker Goldens!

In less than a week now, he will make another journey with us and our other dogs and cats!  This time a two day trip by car to our second home in NC. We will be there until fall so he will have more new experiences all the time.

Our vet is also in love with him and says we have a real jewel!

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!

All our love,

Billie, Carolanne, Luna, Samantha and DICKENS Hanks!

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