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Hi Ray,
     This is Daryl and Amy Bryant from northern NC, we got a puppy from you some time ago out of the Rambo II bloodline. He sure does look a lot like Sammy to me. He's 19 months old now and hunting hard, he's a lot of fun to hunt with. Here's a pic of him.

Hi Ray;
This is a photo of our puppy, Dixie Blue Dancer, at about 11 weeks old at the time, on her first exposure to the air boat. She has not yet been out in the swamp as she is still too small to handle the ride, and the excitement not to mention the noise.
Dixie rode home with me from your place to Miami, without a fuss or a single problem. She eased into the house as if she was born here.  What an excellent dog! She is bright, active, inquisitive about her surroundings, agile and growing by the second. What a voice, she loves to go out into the woods behind out house and sing in the morning, I guess just to announce that she is awake and ready to play. You have done an absolute wonderful job breeding such pups. Thank you. ~ Norm & Allison N

Hi Ray; We sent this off to some friends, thought you may take some pride in your daughter Dixie Blue Dancer, as she has brought us so much enjoyment, even in her misdeeds.

It was the night before Christmas when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse.
When all of a sudden there arose such a clatter
We sprung from our beds to see what was the matter.

And there in the living room what did we see
It was Dixie Blue Dancer wrapped up in our Christmas tree. 
All tangled in tinsel and strung up in lights
The sight was shocker, had she been there all night?

Her bright eyes both glisten in the sparkling scene
In her mouth was a candy cane, stripped red and green.    
What a bad little puppy, what a bad little hound
But what she really wanted was to be get all unwound.

So we tugged at the branches and pulled at the tree
And soon she was scampering off, finally free
In the blink of an eye she dashed off in the night
Leaving us in the clutter of the trees sparkling light.  

To the back yard she ran with the prize that she had
She is really so good, at being so bad.

Norm & Allison ~ State of Florida 

State of Virginia - Dear Ray,  I wanted to touch base with you.  We got Tess from you last year in October.  She is a year old now and she is absolutely the best dog we have ever owned.  We adore her.  Hope all is well with you.  I am going to have my husband e-mail you some pictures of her.  Thanks, Linda Reagan

Hello Ray!
Smokie is doing well.  She is learning things really fast.  She now weights 16 pounds and growing like a weed!  She now has her 3rd set of shots.  The vet said she is very healthy puppy
and said you did a great job with her!  Thanks!
Candy - Ohio

They never made a peep the whole way home.  My brother is puppy sitting till x-mas and he is already attached.  They are being spoiled.  My kids won't get them till x-mas morning, they are going to love them.  I believe that a dogs start is very important in how they turn out as adults.  It was well worth the drive, and easy to tell that all your dogs are well cared for.  Thanks again and I’ll keep in touch ~~~~Catherine - Florida

Hello Ray
The pup is out of your blue Sammy an Bobbie ann. He is around 3 1/2 months old. He shows alot of interest in the woods but he is still a pup. I'm almost positive that hunting him with my hammer dog or even what training I can give him he will be a great coon dog. He is so alert about everything. I plan on taking them tonight and let him get to chew on another one. Thanks so much for everything; I could not have found a better pup. I will keep you posted on his progress, and i have enclosed a photo of my hammer dog which I hope to breed Odus to one day.
Thanks again Jason from Tennessee

Hi Ray:

Well, it is January 2, and Dixie is just 12 days short of 8 months old, still growing and loving life to the max. As this photo also shows, she still likes to sing in the morning. We started her hunting, and she took to it like a natural, which of course she is. What a nose, cold or hot trail makes little difference. Once on scent she bawls until I fall over with joy at the sound of her voice, and she knows I like it too. When she opens on the track, I can hardly contain myself, what a dog. Everyone who sees her recognizes what spectacular breeding she is the product of, even when they know nothing about dogs, she is that special. Thanks again.

Allison and I, and of course Dixie Blue Dancer all wish you a happy and prosperous new year, and the best of hunting.  Stay safe Norm  

Norm & Allison

Ray,

Hope the holiday season was good to you and your family.   I just wanted to give you an update on the pup.  She is doing very well.  She stands about 24” and weighs 52 lbs.  I am very pleased with her progress in the bird hunting area.  She has lots of natural ability and definitely lots of interest in hunting.  In fact, she shows more interest than a lot of the labs I have had and she seems like she could go forever in terms of stamina.  She is retrieving ducks, geese and pheasants in kind of a canned situation there at the house after we have came home from a hunt.  Because these can get pretty aggressive when wounded, I have not let her retrieve any of these live yet.  She is soft-mouthed and I want to keep that way at least while she is learning.   I wanted to get some pictures for you of her retrieving a duck in the water but unfortunately, I did not get her going well enough early to get her out and actually fetch one out of the water before things began to ice up.  She does like water.  I have taken her out and shot around her so she has been exposed to all the components of a hunt and I need to get her and have her see the whole picture.  I have really tried to keep everything very positive and took lots of extra time teaching her what is expected.  She has been a great fit with the family.  She has really taken ownership to the family (especially my daughter) and is a pretty good watch dog.  She is not terrible aggressive in this area which is good but if she thinks something is not quite right, she will let us know with her baying.  Some friends of ours got a Bluetick pup out of South Dakota and it is about the same age as our pup but theirs will not bay.  They did not get the pup till it was about 4 months old but they are trying to figure out a way to get it to start baying.  Any ideas?  Thanks again and I will get some pictures sent your way in the near future.  Jeff - State of Nebraska