Regarding Brier:

"Last spring I purchased my German Shorthair Pointer pup from Pretty Prairie Kennels near Helena Montana.  Both Stephan and Rae were very straightforward and helpful in my assessment and selection of a pup.  They were clear and honest in their observations and opinions on the various pups in the litter and paid particular attention to the qualities I was looking for. 

Brier is a bright, energetic and biddable pup and he is showing a lot of natural talent. his conformation, endurance, and prey drive are excellent.  Stephan and Rae emphasize socialization and exposure to live birds with their litters and their hard work certainly shows. 

I had no problems with Brier on housebreaking, basic obedience and exposure to gun fire. He gets along well with our other dogs and is starting to get the picture on livestock.  He is doing well with whistle commands and visual signals in the field.  He does a pretty good job adjusting his range to cover conditions and checks back frequently in thick cover.   I got him on several coveys of sharptails and some ringnecks on his first hunt this fall.  he located birds well and was obviously using both air and ground scent with running birds in a huge CRP field.  he pointed, relocated, and pointed again on moving birds; and marked and retrieved to hand his first sharptail.  All in all it was a good season for such a young pup. 

I am very happy with Brier and he is meeting my expectations.  I would unhesitatingly recommend Pretty Prairie Kennels to anyone looking for a top GSP prospect and a great hunting buddy.

 

Mike Beckes

Stevensville, Montana"

 

Regarding Lucy & Chloe:

"Hi Rae
 
The puppies went to the vet today and all is well.  Chloe weighed in at 17 pounds and Lucy was 16 - they both gained 5 pounds in the last 3 weeks.  They are loving the warm weather over here, as they spend more time outside.  I am loving it, because they are sleeping in later in the morning.
 
They have both learned to sit on command and will do it 95% of the time as long as they aren't distracted.
 
I have sent some new pictures."

 

Regarding Jessie:

Hi Rae, got the AKC papers, thanks.
Jessie is doing fine, we should have named her 'turbo', the way she races around the kitchen, she goes full speed jumps on the wall and tries to grab the curtains (they end about 28 inches from the floor) we are working on her not doing that.
She is getting better responding to clicker training (or maybe I'm getting better at my timing with the clicker). It seems like just in the past week she has changed -I would say settling down a bit. staying closer to me while out in the field, before she would take off, be at the end of her lead not caring if I was there or not, now she runs around comes back to me to check on me ever so often.
Here are those pictures -- one on her favorite dirt pile and the other --the two sleeping while watching t.v.