Thank you Vicki for these great pictures of Tucker and for the delightful pictures!
Dear Kim and Mollie,
I have to tell you how much we enjoy Tucker. He has fit into our family beautifully. When we set out to find a mild mannered dog we also knew that we wanted a dog with a lot of personality. Tucker is anything but dull. He has a very endearing and fun personality and is also very gentle. We have access to miles of off-leash areas from the back of our property and Tucker just loves going for long walks. When he meets other dogs his size or smaller he always engages them in play. Although he is usually a bit apprehensive when he meets someone bigger than he is, he has found some larger dogs that he can really enjoy a good romp with. He came into our lives at the perfect time. My husband had a major heart attack in June and Tucker has really gotten him going.
Over the Christmas holidays we spent some time at our cottage at Lake Windermere. It was beautiful because there were skating paths and cross country ski trails made all around the lake. We skiied on the lake and Tucker had a blast going with us. Of course there were a lot of other dogs out for him to play with. Everywhere we go people stop and ask what kind of dog he his and where did we get him. Believe it or not, we’ve even had a few people ask if we dye his coat that color. His color and coat are just luxurious. Thankfully, he really loves to be brushed. He’s a bit of a burr magnet but they always come out very easily. He is always so gentle with children (what a relief; our first dog wasn’t). One little girl who stopped on the lake with her family had so much fun playing with him and exchanging “high fives”. No matter how excited he is to be playing with other people or dogs, whenever we call him and start to go he makes a bee-line for us immediately.
House training has gone very well with Tucker. He doesn’t ask to go out but we let him out regularly and he always waits and then always goes on command. He is always very patient and calm when waiting for anything. When we prepare his food or when we are getting ready for walks he sits patiently and just watches.
Crate training has worked great. We don’t use the crate at all during the day but at night Tucker always sleeps in his crate and sometimes, he even retreats to it on his own. Although lately, he loves to sneak up onto our bed in the evening. (He’s like a baby; he’s usually done for the day by 8:30.) We ended up getting a collapsible soft sided crate so that it could easily go back and forth to the lake.
Tucker loves his toys and half the fun is digging them out of his toy basket. Getting him to not chew shoes and toilet paper is still a work in progress. In the fall he had a great time running and rolling in and sniffing the grass. But nothing can compare to how much he loves running and jumping through deep snow. We can hardly wait to get him out to the lake in the summer time and play with him in the water.
Tucker is stealing hearts everywhere we go and we’re always passing your name along. We are so happy we found Manor Lake!
Thank you, I’m sending some recent pictures of Tucker. Hope you enjoy them.
Regards,
Vicki, Canada
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