Kota - Sire~Vanilla Bean

Sorry for not responding in a while things have been hectic. We love our new puppy Kota (son of Vashti and Vanilla Bean). He was 50 pounds last time we took him to the vet. He is so adorable and funny. Every time we walk him he gets complimented on his huge ears. He has been a wonderful dog house training was a snap and so was obedience training...

Thank you, the Holasek’s”
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“Karen,

Here is an updated picture of our Kota . He is now around 70 pounds and still growing. Kota has been just wonderful to have around the house. He is wonderful with kids too. Recently I had my niece and nephew over for a couple days and Kota did wonderful. He allowed them to pet him and play with him all they wanted he didn’t growl or show aggression in any way. Sibercaans are definitely amazing dogs.

Neela ~ Sire-Vanilla Bean

We named our pup Neela (daughter of Vashti and Vanilla Bean) she has been incredible thus far.  We have arrived to our destination we had to stop overnight in a pet friendly hotel.  We were somewhat concerned about how she would do, but she was great.  She even whined to let us now she needed to go out.  Also she has been an excellent traveler, she gets very unsettled when she needs to go to the bathroom, (no accidents though) but the remainder of the time she just sleeps.  Every once in a while she will play with a chew toy but she has been very laid back which we are happy about. We were a little concerned about her eating since she wasn't very interested in the dry kibble, only eating a few pieces every so often.  But when we got home we went to the grocery store and got some chicken 1/4's and French vanilla ice cream (we know you said she was used to that) and she chowed on the chicken and later in the evening we gave her a little bit of ice cream and she loved it.  We can't seem to get her to like any particular treat though.   We have tried a few and she hasn't been interested. Only reason is we would like to do reward based training so if you have any ideas on what she may like that would be great.  Overall we are very happy and grateful we have such an intelligent pup.  Thanks for inventing such a wonderful breed.

Niko - Sire~Vanilla Bean 

We've named our guy Niko and as you can see he looks like his mama.  He has been so amazing!  We have never owned a dog and he has been so quick to learn many commands and potty training was a breeze.  Niko is so gentle and sweet with our three kids (ages 7,4,1).  He is hilarious when we take him the vet, he tries to lick and love every single person there, They all think he is just so sweet and handsome.  He really is beautiful, we don't go anywhere and not have people comment on how gorgeous he is. He truly is remarkable!  Thank you so much for all the hard work you put in to create these amazing pups.  We promise to keep you updated.

Take care and god bless,

Shaw - Sire~Vanilla Bean

Shaw is the companion dog that I had hoped for.  It has been a year and I wanted to send you some pictures.  My boy has spent the past year traveling between mountain ranch and our home in town.  He has a large extended family including his "sister" a  shepard on the ranch, other dog playmates and people young and old.  He displays different personality for different people.  He really just loves me the best, secondly my mom is some special attachment and he will literally crawl in her lap if we would let him.  He only likes to sit with the men around the fire pit to watch the moon come up over the peak.  He gets into mischief with my busy 5 year old son and will  tolerate any and all pretend play with our 4 year old daughter.  She bosses him and he just loves her.  His favorite pass time is taking me on walks and hikes on the mountain and to our amazement he is trying to learn to knit.  Those wooden knitting needles are pretty much a one time use in his grasp but we are working on the winding of the ball.  He is a lofty hunter of moles, potato bugs and all crawling critters.  He is amazingly gentle with those teeth when he brings me a grub for a gift.

You are welcome to use any of his pictures on your web page.  I think his color outcome is an example of uncertain change.  He started out a blue pup and he is now that shinny vanilla bean ice cream color with a patch of gray on his tail.  I love his color and he looks so much like Vanilla Bean.  I am wondering if VB was light as a pup?  My boy is weighing in at about 70 lb and he thinks he is big so we are not telling him that his brother on the web page is a whopping 120 pounder.

We love our Shaw dog and have many stories to tell, but that is enough of my rambling for now.

Many Thanks,

Wiley - Sire~Vanilla Bean

I just thought I'd send you a  picture and an update on Wiley, my Sibercaan male son of Vashti and Vanilla Bean born Nov. 27, 07. He is such a wonderful puppy, very curious and sweet. He has a great disposition and everywhere we go people have to come pet him and tell me how handsome he is. He's about 45lbs of pure puppy love and so smart. House training was a snap, and we started obedience this week, so far so good! Thank you very much, he's wonderful and I just love him to pieces. Hope all is well over there in Michigan  and that Vashti has made a full recovery :-)   Roxanne”  
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“Hi Karen
 Wiley, my Sibercaan, son of M.V.'s Vanilla Bean(Sibercaan) and son of M.V.'s Vashti (NAID) is awesome!!

He has proven to be the most cunning of escape artists, defying all the 'Invisible Fence' tricks and tatics, laughing at his 5 1/2 foot fence and he has even learned how to open doors! His new favorite thing is to escape, go next door, open the front door and let the little neighbor dogs out to play. He never runs away, it seems like he just wants to prove that he can get out. We are almost done with obedience training, he's been very good at that also. In addition, I had plans of training him to become a Wilderness Search and Rescue dog and although he does not seem even the least bit interested in that game (maybe you have an idea on getting him motivated for that?), he does seem to excel in therapy dog guidelines; I've been taking him to my grandmother's nursing home and he walks around there letting everyone pet him and love him like it's his job. We also have been asked to visit with special needs adults. I'm hoping to have him be a certified therapy dog this summer. He is the most gentle soul ever. He has also proven to be a natural supermodel. About 3 weeks ago while training with him, a professional wildlife photographer approached us and asked if he could take pictures of Wiley, I let him and have attached some of the pictures...The photographer took about 300 pictures in all. He is the most wonderful dog, thanks again.

Roxanne”
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“Season Greetings!!!

Mr. Wiley is a very happy and silly boy. The snow here in Seattle has made him the happiest and craziest dog around, he is so excited about it. He is now famous at the dog park and around the neighborhood and people are starting to actually remember what breed he is! We had to wait until he was 1 year old to take our Therapy dog test, and now I'm just waiting until after the new year, when life goes back to normal and chaos rests for awhile. My grandmother's nursing home said they'd write a recommendation for us to the Delta Society if we wanted, because he's so amazing with the elders (just have to work on getting him to stop focusing so hard on those darn tennis balls on the bottom of the walkers, hahaha!). Although he can't escape at home, he did learn how to open the car door from the inside, so we have to be extra sure to lock it. He's only done this once, but was waiting oh-so-patiently outside 7-11 for us, haha. He weighs about 120lbs now. And is such an excellent excellent animal. I'm not sure how I managed without his silly face, even with other dogs around, life must have been empty. I hope you and your pack are well.   

Thanks 

Roxanne”  
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“Hey Karen, 

Just thought I'd send you a pic. of the boys! :-) They are like two peas in pod!!  Atlas, (Siberian Indian dog: sire Petaga, dam Whya Timber) is just what Wiley, (Sibercaan: sire Vanilla Bean, dam, Vashti) needed, and thus far Wiley has proven to be a dedicated babysitter and patient chew toy and Atlas has proven to be a very brave and curious little monster!!! Thank you so much!! We love our doggies!  

Willow - Sire~Vanilla Bean

I just gave Willow a bath tonight and his coat is gorgeous!  He has taken the landing on our stairs as his throne room for where he watches his family and chews on the pile of bone toys that he hoards there.  What a dear he is, he must get it from his mom.