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Echo posing for her picture...
Echo getting her exercise...
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We
purchased Echo from Janet Christensen in October of 2005. Echo
is the result of a frozen semen breeding Janet did with the late
NFC/AFC Greenbriar Raider and Malverndale Lane. When Raider was
alive I bred my old Rosie dog to him (Keluke's Wild Rose). Out of
that litter I kept a female pup, Stonebroke's Wildrose Sadie. Out
of Sadie I got my old "Beeter" dog (Stonebroke's King Keluke).
Confusing, right? : Anyway, having first hand experience with dogs
from Raider's lineage I was very excited to get Echo. Her dam,
"Malverndale Lane , is a dog Janet imported from Great Britain.
She has a win and points toward her AFC and may already have earned
her Field Championship.
Echo is an extremely birdy dog. I would have been very surprised
to see anything otherwise given her breeding. She is very bold to
cover, loves the water, etc. She is one of the best marking dogs
I've owned. She displayed this ability from a very early age.
She is also very persistent when searching for a downed bird. She
just never gives up. Retrieving is one of her strongpoints. She
has retrieved to hand reliably since day one.
Physically Echo is a very well proportioned dog. She is white and
liver (mostly white). She has nice legs, moves well, and is very
quick. She weighs 38 pounds. Her eyes are CERF certified clear
and her Pennhip evaluation showed that her hips are in the 90th
percentile for the breed. That's as good as it gets… In a nutshell,
her hips are perfect.
Echo is pretty much a carbon copy of my other Springers as far as
temperament and personality are concerned. She's just a very gentle,
affectionate type of dog that loves attention. Like my other
Springers, she's somewhat soft so a gentle touch is required during
training sessions.
We feel very fortunate to have Echo as part of our family. We have
great expectations for her. I have no doubt that she will live up
to those expectations!
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