Tim & Barbie,
We cannot thank you all enough for the joy we continue to receive every day from our Maddie Girl! When I contacted you back in August, we had recently lost our 2.5 year old golden retriever to meningitis and our entire family was very sad…. Our Gracie had been a challenge in her early days,but provided us much pleasure later on, and my husband and I were not quite ready to take on a new puppy just yet.. Barbie, you spent endless hours talking with me and sending me pictures of various puppies you currently had in training – but, each time you kept coming back to “Madonna”. As you know, with a house of 3 big boys, a princess with the name of Madonna was never going to work for us!! After many discussions, we all agreed, that she would be the chosen one…. From the minute I picked her up at the Dallas airport, and everyone that had any contact with her along the journey had fallen for her, I knew she was the perfect choice!!
She curled up in the back seat and slept on the way home and has been a pure delight ever since. We have had several dogs over our adult lives, but none even come close to Maddie’s personality. (Yes, we immediately changed her name to Maddie!) She did not skip a beat when joining our family along with our other dog, Brady, a 4 year old Goldendoodle. As my husband says, she is quite the city girl to look at and the way she behaves, but then when we load up the truck and head to our ranch in East Texas, she is ready to go. As we make the trip, she becomes the country girl, ready to run and swim in the lakes and find every mud puddle within miles! She truly knows how to enjoy life to the fullest, whether it is accompanying Brady and me on our 4 miles walk every morning, running wild in the country, or stretching out by me with her head in my lap watching tv or reading.
Barbie was always available to answer any question I had regarding Maddie or her training, no matter how big or small. Usually, we have started with new puppies and had to work through the challenges that go along with that. With getting a 7 month old pup, we only got the rewards and truly appreciate and recognize the hours of work put into the training. Maddie was and continues to be a star student! Not only does she look the part, but she behaves extremely well in all situations, with the family and other dogs as well.
All of our friends are dog people and we have a number of their dogs at the ranch, but none of them have experienced any such as Maddie!! They continue to comment on her and her personality and behavior… A dear friend of mine that trains dogs and boards them in her home calls and begs me to let her keep my dogs…. She keeps a couple of male Irish Creams, and she now has her favorite female, Maddie, or more
fondly known as “Princess”!!!
A smile has returned to our faces and we thank you all everyday for sending Maddie Girl our way! She is the perfect companion for us and is a great addition to our family!!
Sincerely,
Kim and Doug Hutt
Dallas, Texas
