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Hi
Jim,
Exciting to hear that you are interested
in getting a lab from Audry! My wife
and I were very pleased with the entire
process...from finding her online,
contact, to receiving our puppy. She
was very professional, yet personal with
helping us. She knew we had two small
children and was sure that our puppy was
a perfect fit. Melina (our dog) was the
last of the litter and Audry spoke very
highly of her and her disposition. From
our experience we could not say enough
about our dog! We received Melina at 9
weeks old and she has been so well
mannered and a pleasure to have around
since the beginning. To answer your
question about why we chose Audry....Melina
was available as soon as we wanted and I
knew I had to act fast before my wife
changed her mind. To this day I think
my wife is the happiest one in the house
with the decision!!
We live in the Chicagoland area, so
Melina had to fly to us. We attached
pictures of her arrival just because it
went so well. If you are close enough
to pick her up you are lucky, but the
flight worked just great if you are
not. Today Melina is about 8 months old
and doing great. Our children are
almost 3 and 5 and she is so good with
them. We did take her to
obedience training which she did
phenomenal...youngest one there and
probably one of the best. Obviously
labs are smart dogs to begin with, but
she just has a great disposition all
around.
We have attached pictures of Melina when
we received her and also of her
today......We hope you decide to go with
Audry, you will be happy!
Thanks for emailing,
Joe and Marcie Bonanno
Chicago
Mia x
Gus
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Audrey-
I
can't tell you how much we love Jack.
I'm not sure what you were feeding Rita
while she was pregnant, but I think it
had some sort of IQ booster in it.
Seriously, we didn't have to potty
train the guy. From the first day he
came home he let us know that he
needs to go outside. Its amazing.
The first time I told him to sit, he
sat. I don't know what you did to
this puppy...but I sure am glad that
he came home with us.
He
only chews his toys. Hasn't had a
single instance chewing anything he
isn't supposed to, well, except for
his weak spot...my grill. But that
is acceptable considering the breed.
I
literally could write you story upon
story of how myself, my wife, and
any visitors to the house we have
had are blown away at how calm,
obedient and intelligent Jack is.
Just this weekend we took him on a
walk OFF LEASH! He never once tried
to wander off. Stayed right next to
me the entire time.
He
is probably the most calm puppy I
have ever seen. If he isn't sleeping
he is just sitting by your side
waiting for you to play with him,
looking for nothing more than to
make you happy.
I've linked a set of images of Jack.
Feel free to download them and post
them on your site if you'd like. If
you want hi-res print quality
versions of any of them let me know.
And I've got hundreds more of the
little guy and will have hundreds
more in the future, especially with
the holidays coming up.
If
I can be of any help giving a
testimonial or a reference, let me
know. I will send anyone and
everyone that I know of looking for
a Lab to only one breeder from now
on.
_____________________________
Mark Reese
Senorita x Olly
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Audry,
We received Achilles
Cornelius Burtis
(Cornelius) from you
coming up on 3 years
now. He was from Gus
ATCHAFALAYA MANDIGO and
Sillwaters LIL Lady born
on 07/30/2007.
I can not begin to
thank you for him. He is
such a wonder
full dog with this
family. The kids now 7,
10 and 13 have played
with him so much and he
has never once ever
growled ever. He is such
a majestic loving
animal. Of course we
spoil him he is allowed
to sleep on the bed with
me and my wife, he
sleeps in between us and
loves to use the
pillows. We got a
stray dog 2
months after we got
Achilles, she was
at a local Post Office
for a week without food
and water so we decided
to take her in. Those
two are the best of
friends. She is the
guard dog as Achilles is
just a big wuss. We have
had Racoons come in from
the cat door and at
least he alerted us of
it as he came jumping up
in the bed to hide LOL.
My wife loves cats and
we have had a few
Kittens since we got
Achilles. As you can see
in the pictures attached
I think he is alright
with them.
I wish I could send you
all the pictures of him
but that would take
forever. I hope you
enjoy the pictures of
him. Again I can not
thank you enough for the
precious gift you gave
to our family. God bless
you, your family and all
the precious animals you
have:))
Thanks,
Michael and Jennifer
Burtis and kids
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John,
Thank you for contacting us in
regards to Audry and her amazing
puppies! I apologize about the
late reply, we took a week off
to spend time with our new
addition and I've been away from
my computer.
We
first met Audry almost three
years ago when we started the
process of looking for the
perfect puppy. My fiancee
started doing some research into
local breeders and happened to
stumble onto Blackfork's name
which kept popping up as one of
the best. From the initial
contact, Audry always kept us up
to date with the weights and
growth of the liter along with
each puppies personality and
awesome pictures! We knew that
when it was our turn to pick, we
had the perfect one. When our
girl finally came home it was
love at first lick. Kuloc (a
Hungarian pastry, my fiancee is
a chef) was such a joy to have.
Her personality was laid back
and she got along with everyone
(especially our oldest lab,
Bacsi) and was not afraid of
anything. Andrew's family has
always had Labradors and he has
been so amazed at how well she
has behaved at such a young
age. Normally with labs, they
don't grow out of their puppy
stage for quite some time but
Kuloc has been the exception.
We
were a happy family until last
summer when we lost Bacsi to
cancer. The loss definitely hit
our family hard, especially
Kuloc. Bacsi and Kuloc were the
best of friends and you could
always find them together
whether they were playing or
snoring. So we knew that
in order to get Kuloc back to
her old self again we would
need to find her a new brother
and our choice was easy, we
would go back to Audry. Over
the last years, even when we
weren't looking, we would
always check the Blackfork
website to see the new liters
and the adorable puppy
pictures. So when we saw the
planned breeding of Dunbar and
Blaze we knew that we
wanted our new guy to come from
them. Anticipation is always
the killer, but as soon as the
liter was born Audry let us know
immediately and we got to see
our boy!
All
of Andrew's family is of
Hungarian ancestry and it has
been a family tradition to name
all of their labs with a
Hungarian name. Bacsi (Bach.e)
meant "the eldest/wise old man
of the village" and Kuloc (Kul.o.ch)
(we later found out that we
spelled it wrong, but hey, it
works) is a Hungarian pasty. So
to keep with the family
tradition we decided to go with
Voros which is the Hungarian
word for "red".
From the
moment we met him, Voros,
or V, has filled our hearts and
our house with joy! Kuloc and
him have gotten along great from
the very beginning and they love
to play! It is so funny to see
Voros follow Kuloc around and
try to do everything his big
sister does. He's not afraid of
anything, get's along great with
Kuloc, loves to meet new people
and is extremely smart. He has
already learned how to come and
to sit! The very first night we
had him and put him in his crate
for bed he whimpered three
times, laid down and went to
sleep. That was the only time
he ever objected to being in his
crate. With Kuloc, we thought
that we had just gotten lucky to
have gotten a pup who was so
well behaved with a great
temperament and amazing
character. But, after seeing
how Voros has behaved after just
this short time, we are
convinced that it is due to
Audry and the love and care she
takes for her pups.
Each time we picked up our new
pup, Audry made sure that they
were riding safe and
comfortable. Kuloc was the only
pup Audry had with her when we
picked her up but for Voros she
had an entire van full. All of
the pups were riding in separate
crates with their litter mates
to make them feel comfortable
and she had her friend with her
to help her out. None of the
dogs seemed distressed or that
they even minded being in the
crate or car, they were just
having a good time playing. We
also brought Kuloc with us when
we picked up Voros so Audry
could see her again. Audry was
very excited to see her; that
made us feel even better about
working with Audry. When you
are buying from a breeder there
is always a concern that they
are doing it just for the money;
but, when we saw how much Audry
cares for all of her pups we
knew her intentions were good.
I
hope that I didn't bore you and
that I was able to answer your
questions and hopefully sway you
towards Blackfork. All dogs are
different but I can guarantee
you that you will never regret
your decision if you buy a pup
from Audry. If you have any
other questions for us, please
don't hesitate to give us a
shout! I have attached some
pictures of our pups, we hope
you like them!
Take care and good luck!!!
Andrew, Kris, Kuloc and Voros
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