This pup is a terrific thinker with his dad's sense of humor. He has the temperament and biddability that I love and he is everything I want in an ES.
Kep is solid and confident, but knows he is littler than the other pups- he patiently waits his turn and when it is his turn he leaps joyfully into my arms. His physical abilities, (he can jump over the baby gate), intelligence and biddability will make him a terrific asset in his new home where he will be in charge of Holstein cows and has a family with two small children!
March 25, 2004
Erin,
We are having a great time with our new puppy Kep. He is so cute and sweet.
By the end of the day I was already his pal. Thanks for your help in finding
him and please thank your mom and share this note with her.
So far Kep is scared of the barn so I have to carry him in but I don't think that will last for long. He had never seen a cow before and the barn has a lot of noisy equipment too. However, I was out walking with him yesterday when we passed the area where our heifers are fenced near a pond. They all came running at us because they were curious. Of course Kep didn't know there was a fence so it was interesting to see him react. Even thought he is still scared of cows he looked as fierce as a cute little puppy can and stood his ground and barked like he was telling them “Hey, stop that.”
Kep seems to love his new dog house and settled right in like it was home. Even though we cleaned out the old straw and filled it with new it may smell like our old dog so that may help. He seems to be adjusting to being outside just fine but he isn't very hungry but he will probably eat better after he has a little more time to adjust.
Susan Kes
I thought you might like a six month photo of Kep to put on your web site. This picture was taken this June. Please let me know if you need it in another format.
Kep is doing great. He has such a sweet personality. I have heard of strong willed and compliant children and if there is such a thing with dogs then Kep sure seems compliant. That is a change for us because I would say our other English Shepherds were strong willed. So far he has no interest in cars which makes me happy beyond words. I can't tell you how I tried to break our last dogs bad habits of chasing which started when they were very young. Our last dog was smart and knew not to let me see him do it but he was like a drug addict that couldn't quite give it up.
I hope things are going good for you and I will keep in touch later.
Susan Kes
October 5, 2004
Kep is doing good. I will send a picture the next time I get our film developed. We still do it the old fashion way. Kep is still a good dog but our neighbors had a dog go into heat and he went crazy. More than our other dogs use to but I think it is because it was his first experience. After a few days we could let him loose again and he returned to running the farm. He is great with the children and loves running in the fields when I walk him and playing fetch. He still is quite the jumper. He looks like he has some jack rabbit in him. He has tried to bite the tractor tires but will stop when I yell at him. However, I don't always see him and he won't always listen to others. He loves to play with the cats who like him but the ones who don't treat him just right are in for harassment. Do you have any ideas to help with the tire biting? With our other dogs it seemed like it was worse when they are young but I don't want him to get bad habits.
Farm life is going OK. It is always very busy this time of year. The cool weather was hard on our crops but Sept. was beautiful so that helped. I am busy with our children. We started home schooling this year and I also teach Sunday school, a Wed. night children's class and teach in a homeschool coop. That along with the farm seem to keep me very busy. Well, at least the freezing and canning from the garden is almost done for another year.
Thanks for the note.
Susan Kes