Living the Country Life

Hope is Marty's daughter.  She was born 11-01-1999.  She takes after him in the being able to warn me before I go into anaphylaxis shock.   Hope was trained, but did not become a registered service dog for a few years.  She worked at home but Marty went out every where.  as Marty got older Hope started sharing his out side of the home work.  Marty still went out he loved to go to crowded places, while Hope does not do as well in crowds.  She is over protective.

Hope is the only dog working for me at this time.  Hope has only one litter of puppies before I fixed her.  It was to hard on me to watch her give birth.  Alex will be taking over some of her work when he is done training.  Medical alert dogs never stop working until they are called home to God.

Here are some pictures of hope:

I will share more pictures of her when I load more.

Marty was born 1-17-1995 he past away on 11-07-2008.

Marty was a service dog for anaphylaxis for my self.  He also warned my daughter before her asthma got to bad.   Marty was 12 weeks old by the time I figured out what he was trying to tell me.  after I did I trained him to be a service dog.  He passed his test at 11 months old.   Marty fathered over 100 puppies in his life time.  Our top breeding dam had very large litters.  Her biggest was 17 puppies.   We also studded Marty out to approved females.  They had to have at least 4 generations of no health problems and have the right type of owner.   We were going to freeze Marty's sperm , but we then decide against it.  We ended Marty's line.  There will be no more dogs from his line unless we decide to breed his granddaughter.

Marty was a well love dog by many.  His favorite place to go was Disneyland.  He love to go on the rides and see his favorite workers. The employees at Disneyland gave him treats , always had to come see him.  When there was a ride he could not go on he went with the employees to be spoiled while we rode at ride.

Marty has been on t.v. and in a few magazines and made the front page of the paper.  He saved my life many times and our daughters also.  He made the front page by fighting a German shepherd who jumped our 5 foot fence and held our youngest daughter by the neck and would not let go. Our daughter was 4 at the time.  Marty was not even 2 years old.

Here is pictures of Marty:

As soon as I heard about this here on-line Monday, I started to look into it. By yesterday, I know the best thing to do was contact a tv station in Memphis, Tenn. who is known for getting to the bottom of things.

The reporter called me this morning to ask me a few questions. He let me know that he was already starting to look in to this and would be reporting what he could find out this evening.

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If you follow to this link:

http://www.wmctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9641384

You will see what else he had to add after the commission came out with this update after his report.

The reporter then called me back this evening, to make sure I had heard and read the report. I will post about anything new that comes with this. The reporter has my phone # and will stay in touch with me.

Thank you for your interest in owning one of our "Golden Blessings".

We offer high quality puppies from high quality parents.

Our dam Gracie is a registered service dog for medical alert.

Our sire Alex is almost done with his training to be a medical alert dog. He comes from a champion line. 

For their first litter we are offering these pups at a lower cost than what the next litters will be.  

We have a litter of 4 females and 3 males.

Females are offered for $550.00 limited registration, $650.00 full registration.

Males are offered for $500.00 limited registration ,  $550.00 full registration.

One pup is already sold, but we do not know what sex yet as the puppy is yet to pick out the special needs child yet.   We are letting the puppy pick him out.  This puppy will be trained by us to be a service dog to this young boy.

All puppies come with:

A health guaranty, Akc papers, Current vaccines, Puppy care package, Vet checks, Health certificates, Micro chipping, Dewclaws removed.

Shipping is an option if it is needed at a cost of $300.00. A crate is included in this cost.

If you are interested in buying one of our puppies please message me.

The puppies are 3 weeks old today.   They are so cute.  They are coming out of their shells now and are trying to play and they wag their tails now.  It is so cute! 

They have started eating baby food.  We are watching to see who has a strong early service dog way.  So far we have Josph and Hanna who are showing it the most.   Their mother is a service dog  and their dad has to finish up some of his training to become a regestired service dog. 

One of the future owners is coming over to see the little bugers next week.  We can not wait for this day.  Their son will be receiving the one who show the service dog type and we will be training it for just him. 

God Bless, mj

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I last blogged.  Our family Christmas was warm and wonderful.  It was such a blessing, and so good to have my three sons home for several weeks over the holidays.  My dear oldest son is in college; and unfortunately, we can only see him at Christmas and over the summer break.

Although all the Christmas decorations and goodies have been put away, out little cottage is warm and cozy and it still looks like a winter wonderland outside.  Snow is falling gently right now, and there is a thick blanket of snow on the ground.  Although the ocean looks dark and cold, the shorebirds look content.  The temperature is about 19 degrees.

Last night, I fixed one of my favorite comfort foods for dinner - macaroni and cheese.  I use the recipe from The Tasha Tudor Cookbook, Recipes and Reminiscences from Corgi Cottage.  It is so yummy!

This is a lovely cookbook, and one of my favorites.  It has many delicious recipes, and is sprinkled with many of Tasha Tudor's beautiful illustrations of children, animals, and home.

Until next time ~

Wishing you warm and beautiful new year blessings, Kim  

Hubby has a date tonight and it is NOT with me, LOL.  Tonight is the night be make the long drive to my parents house (they live 13 houses away)  to watch college football with them.   Tight the Sooners(ou) play.  Hubby loves the Sooners(ou) and just to be ornery daddy is rooting for the other team .   Mom get to cook the chili dogs for dinner and enjoy her boys have fun watching football with them.  We girls are going to have a quite dinner at home of ??? we do not know what we are having yet??  If it was 2008 and we were not trying to keep a food budget I would take the girls out to Black Angus for dinner.   But I am trying real hard to be good so we will make dinner at home.

Shayna will be leaving in a few days to go see my best friend Janet's house for a few days.  Shayna is 18 years old and Janet is her one of her other moms, that is what the girls call her.  Janet daughter Mya is not a cousin but their sister.  My other great friend Karen is their other mommy and her children her their siblings.   God gives us friends that become family.

Anyway Shayna is going  to see them in Texas and I am still worried.  Do we ever stop worrying about our babies??  Michelle is different we did worry when she was 1st out on her own.  But now we do not worry as much as we used too. But yes we still worry.    It is funny how we mom's are.  I tell my girls I could be 100 years old sitting in a rocking chair with them sitting in their own rocking chair next to me them being 80 years old and I would still worry and want to protect them.    I know God is in charge and loves them more than I ever could.  But he gave me a job to do and he never told me when I was done or when I got off work!

God Bless, mj

Happy 21st birthday to my wonderful answer to prayer ... Jasper!!  I treasure you and it has been my joy and priviledge to be your momma and to have homeschooled you during your school years. 

Remember that you are the apple of God's eye and that you are created with a purpose for His Kingdom.  Happy 21st birthday, Baby, and many, MANY more!

Love and blessings to you, Mommy<><

WAHOO! I got up and got laundry going, mopped and worked out. Then I dusted, cleaned the bathrooms and my sister called and I managed to vacuum while talking to her. We hadn't 'talked' in a while it seems since she hasn't felt well so that was nice.

I also booked two HS tours. I've done them both, but many others haven't and they are local and free.;) 

So all the laundry is done, Joey finished his Arthur book (I was glad cuz it's 1st-3rd grades and subtracting 3 digit numbers from 3 digit numbers w/carrying was a bit of a challenge those last couple of pages!LOL) and Mat's almost done w/school. They are both running around in their roller blades......I'm praying no one gets hurt!LOL

The whipping cream is good so sausage gravy and biscuits is slated for supper. I got several books at hte library yesterday and my secret sister gave me the biggest mug I've ever seen in my life, Swiss Miss milk chocolate hot chocolate, a giant chocolate sucker and a throw. Sounds like a nice way to read a book.;)