TESTIMONIALS

Sunshine Kate Token of Grace  "KATIE"

8 weeks old

Sunshine Token's Sophie CGC  "SOPHIE"

Hello Susan and Steven

Just wanted you to know the Katie is doing fine. She had her shots on Friday and weighs 11.5 lbs.  Dr. Keller said she looks great!!  She is really alot of fun and I think quite smart.  She knows her name and sits.  And she sits very pretty.

I have had her on the leash and she walked into the vet clinic like a princess.  She sleeps all night and is pretty good about going in the kennel crate.  She is beautiful and we love her.  Sophie is doing pretty well.  She still doesn't want her in her face but they play really nice in the yard and I think they will be pals.  They are the happiest part of my day.

Thanks for sending the new email adress.  Everything is going great here.  I'm off today so we were out visiting at the hospital. I have the nicest dogs.

Thank you both again.
Lisa and Dave Olson

"Goldy"

Sunshine Princess Goldy

Susan and Steven

Sunshine Princess Goldy (aka Goldy) is doing very well and still is full of puppy at 16 months old.  She was from the 7-23-06 litter and really resembles her dad when we compared pix on the website.  So far as her personality, she is both very gentle with our two daughters but also very playful and loves to rough-house with my husband.  She picks up commands quickly and has the characteristic eagerness to please.  While we live in the suburbs of Chicago, I think she likes to pretend she is out hunting in the wilderness as she gives the squirrels around here a run for their money.
Hope you have a wonderful holiday season and we look forward to your further updates!

                                                                      Sincerely,
                                                                          Jeanne Smith

<>Sunshine Riviera Maya

Hello Susan!

Sunshine Riviera Maya (Yukon and Vanna litter last January) is doing great!  She seems to have topped out at 55 lbs, which is great because I can carry a muddy pup straight to the bath tub!  We just dropped her off at Greg Schreiner's place for a month of bird training.  We are hoping to get her some more experience with pheasants since Tim and I didn't seem to run across many when we went out this fall.   Greg told us that he had trained Shuga and Baby II (I think), and that one time one of them seemed more excited to see Greg than she was to see you....I'm hoping Maya still wants to come home with us after that month!  I'm sure she'll love the birds and other dogs around.

I saw the picture of Sunshine Victoria's Rusty on your website--so that is one of Maya's brothers?  That is fun to see!    Well, just wanted to let you know of the new plans for training.  I hope all is well and your dogs are treating you good.

Mandy and Tim Jacobson

Sunshine Scarlett Rose IV

Hello Susan and Steve

 Ivy (Sunshine Scarlet Rose IV) is doing just great.  We keep her busy taking different classes and we are sure that she will start collecting some titles in 2008. She has been through CGC training and should pass the test this February. She in now about half way through a novice rally course. For being rather young, she is doing great. The instructor tells us that most of the issues that she has are with the handler, not Ivy. She seems to really like rally and I think that we will continue with it in 2008. In spring, we plan to start agility training. I think that she will do well there also. She learns very quickly.

I am attaching a couple of recent photos so you can see what a good looking girl she is. Thank you for uniting us with Ivy. She is everything (and more) that we hoped for. Best wishes,

 Bill and Sharon Holmstrom

Sunshine Fletcher�s Broken Arrow, CGC
Yukon/Baby II pup � 1/26/2007

Susan & Steve,

Fletcher�s been doing great!  We�ve taken a break from training for the holidays and will pick it back up in January.  We�re going to pursue a TDI this winter and hope to make our first run at TD this spring.  We�ve been working with a tracking trainer here in Waukesha County and LOVING it!

Fletcher is terrific!  He�s 55 pounds now and just an affectionate teddy bear.  Recently he�s been put to work on �room clearing� - scaring away would-be monsters from the closets and under-the-beds of my five and two-year-old sons!  lol   This little guy is a BIG hit wherever we go.  My office has �bring your dog to work� day every other Friday and Fletch has developed a bit of a fan club!  As soon as we hit the parking lot on our ride in, his tail starts WHIPPING as he knows his day will be full of praises, treats, and belly rubs!  I�m complimented on his attentive and affectionate disposition all the time.  You really have a special bloodline there at Sunshine Goldens!

Hope you enjoy the photos.   For grins and giggles I tried to take some shots of him posing as his sire and dam are posed on your site.   He sure LOOKS like Yukon and BabyII !!!!

Todd Economy

P.S.   Would LOVE to attend a summer picnic!  Please keep me posted! 

"Sophie"

Sunshine Sophie Golden Girl

Hello Steven and Susan

Here are a couple pictures of Sophie, she is an offspring of Shuga & Flyer. Her birthday is March 18, 2005.

She is a great family pet and an excellent gun dog.

Thanks much,

Michael Fries

Sunshine Golden Honey Bear CGC
"Cubby"

Erickson's "Cubby" celebrating his first Halloween

Sunshine Abby's Morning Ray CD TDX JH WC    "Abby"

ABBY and Becky Johnson training for their VST (Variable Surface Tracking) test.

Sunshine Neeko

Hi Susan and Steven

Hi Steve and Susan, here are a few pics we took recently of Neeko. Thought you might enjoy seeing him all grown up!  He was born from Tokens Whirlwind/Counterpoints Captain on 3/4/2002.  We can't say enough about what a complete joy he is to our family, and we get endless compliments on how well he is bred. Our vet has commented that he is the best bred Golden he has seen in many years!  When the time comes, I hope we can get our next puppy from you SUNSHINE GOLDENS. Neeko is adjusting to losing his companion, Animosh, just after Christmas, so we thought we would give him some time to adjust, get some very focused solo attention, and grieve.  For now, Sam and Kendra (4.5 and 3) are keeping him plenty busy!  We woud love to get our next dog while Neeko is still in his prime, so will see what the coming year brings.

Neeko is registered as Sunshine Neeko (number SR003609/03), and that is the full name.  Glad to hear things are going so well!  We will continue to keep in touch!  Neeko is getting excited for hunting season...I think he can smell the change in the air!

We are in the process of adopting a Baby Girl from China, so want to get her home and settled before taking on another member of the family!  Take care!

Dan and Ali Schmitz

Hi Susan and Steve

Thanks for the update on Cubby's sister, Katie.  That's right we decided on the name Cubby.  He just looks like a Cubby.  A cubby little bear.   Nothing to do with the Chicago Cubs either I might add. :)  Cubby is doing REALLY well.  Catching onto housetraining very well.  And enjoying playing with Cody and chewing on his leg or tail from time to time.  Cody is handling this really well too.  He's coming around a little more every day.

Will send you some pictures soon.  Thanks again Susan!  Cubby is a doll!!

Hope everyone liked your Packer cap on Sunday! :-)

Diane

September 2007

Susan and Steven

Our puppy has been a real treat. "Rusty" is registered with the AKC as "Sunshine Victoria’s Rusty" as our youngest daughter Victoria chose the name. He is already 64 lbs and as strong and healthy as can be. He is very smart and learns quickly. While we didn't plan to do any field or hunting work, he loves nothing better than swimming in the lake behind our house and crashing through the wetlands behind the lake. His natural instincts are a joy to watch. He's highly social with other dogs and loves to be around children.

We will keep you posted on Rusty's progress and thanks for a wonderful addition to our family.

Donna and Bill Zimmerman
Palatine, Illinois
 
 

Dear Susan and Steven

Fire season has more or less come to an end in Montana so I headed back to Oregon for some well deserved time off.  Hunting season is just around the corner and Timber and I are pretty excited for it.   His training has been going very well.  Sarah really stepped up to the plate this summer training when I was busy, and his obedience is  excellent.  For the last month I've been working diligently on his Trained Retrieve and he is delivering to hand at this point and fetching from a pile.  Hopefully I can track down some birds during the next month before the season really gets started so we can do some walking fetch with the real thing.  I've also had him in the fields everyday and he's starting to quarter well and surprised me  when he flushed a half dozen hens the other day in an area where I didn't think they existed.

Jon, Sara and Timber

TIMBER UPDATE:

Susan and Steve,

Couldn't pass on sending you this pheasant photo.  It's a little better than  the last one I sent you.  Looks like all your pups are doing very well, Congrats.  Timber's starting to hunt like an old pro and is bird crazy.  Two weeks til ducks!

 Thanks

 Jon

August 8, 2007

Dear Susan and Steven,

Thanks to you at Sunshine Goldens , my brother John Graf and his wife Mary, we have a wonderful extension to our family.  Not knowing what to expect, we have ventured into a new era.  This Little Guy has amazed us and continues to do so each and every day.  He is one Beautiful Dog.

We took him up to see his dad “Yukon”, this would be only about the fifth time we have taken “RED” swimming and at four months old, you can see he has no fear of the water.  If that wasn’t all, it was a little later that evening we wanted to get a good picture of him jumping into the pond.  So we got RED over to the bank of some grasses and were trying to get him to jump off shore when RED saw a huge boulder and ran for it without stopping and flew off it retrieving his dummy.  It was a few days after this when we knew we had to name him “Sunshine’s Fearless Red”.

RED has an incredible sense of smell, no matter what the cover, he always has the will to find his Favorite Retrieving Dummy.  He never comes back until he has found it.

If you don’t see him, you can usually find him by the backdoor staring up at his dummy waiting for you to grab it and go out and do some retrieve training.

We have come to love this little guy and are looking forward to having him as my hunting companion.

Scherbers, again we Thank you!!!

"Timber"

Is it a Bird, a Bunny....?????

No, Its Timber the Wonder Dog!!!

July 17, 2007
Susan/Steve

Fire season certainly is upon us here in Montana.  Missoula hit the highest recorded temperature ever the other day at 107.  It'll be a long, hot summer but what can you do....Sarah, Timber and I are all great (Sarah and I are engaged now) and getting married this December.  Neither of us can remember what it was like not having Timber around.   He's such a great addition to the family.

His obedience is coming along very well.  We're polishing him up on his "finish" when he comes, but other than that he's really solid.  Heeling perfectly even with distractions, and coming to whistle and voice as long as there aren't any kids or dogs around....and his sit/stay and remote sit are upwards of a couple of minutes.  He's flushed a couple of grouse while out in the woods and I've been working him on some dead birds.  We did take a time out with retrieving while his teeth were coming in, he was just fumbling his dummy too much.  Now that they're in we'll start working where we left off on some simple doubles.

Hope all is well and your enjoying your summer.

Jon/Sarah

June 15, 2007

Thanks for the AKC and UKC papers. My son named her Goldie she is doing great, she has even done a couple of double retrieves. I also had her swiming a couple of times. I just went to my first HRC practice. It was great. She shined there and she got on her first live pigeon. Looks like she going to be a retrieveing machine, hoping to take her to her first hunt test in Sept. if everything looks good.

Thanks for a great pup.
A.G.

UPDATE: July 10, 2007

  We are shooting for our first hunt test in August. (At 7 MONTHS)
Thanks again for a great pup.
A.G.

Sunshine Jer-Z Girl

 Baby II /Yukon born January 26, 2007

Dear Susan and Steven

 Well “Sunshine Jer-Z Cowgirl” AKA Jer-Z is doing very well.  She is so adorable (especially with her dark red pin stripe down her nose) and she just can’t get enough attention.  She has not made it to “veterinarian truck dog” status yet mostly because she finds it very fun to lick mom’s ear pieces on her stethoscope that hangs from the rear view mirror of the vet truck.  She has been such a pleasure since the day we picked her up.  She is very active and loves to play, especially running through the tall grass at the state park by our home.

She has attended some private obedience sessions with a trainer that is also one of the small animal clients at our clinic.  She did very well and also really excelled in agility stunts.  Jer-Z is the love of our life.  She and my husband spend everyday together doing yard work and running errands – they are definitely the best of friends and she is definitely part of the family.  She has such a great personality and gets along great with people and other animals.  The cat really is not sure what to think of her, but she surely does not like when the 40-pound dog comes running full force at her.

Well, my cell phone just rang and I have to go to a down cow with milk fever, but I just wanted to update you on my Jer-Z girl.  Have a Happy Fourth of July!!

Sincerely,
Joshua Happe and Jennifer Happe DVM

Sunshine Fletcher's Broken Arrow

January 26 2007
Baby II / Yukon

Fletcher is TERRIFIC!  What a WELCOME addition to our family!  This little tiger was sitting at the door letting us know he needed to go out within days of his arrival.   He crates enthusiastically and whined only the first two nights.  He picks up on new commands and challenges so quickly we’re amazed!  I’m often flagged down by neighbors when we go for walks.  They are just tickled at how attentive, social, and well-trained he is.  Training him is almost effortless as he is so eager to please and to interact!  He goes EVERYWHERE with me and does well with children, adults, and other dogs.   He’s very playful and affectionate and LOVES to have his belly rubbed!   Our vet is very complimentary of him and his progress.  I wanted to let you know that he is on the Heart guard heart worm prevention program.

As you can see from the attached photos, he’s becoming a very handsome young man who can’t get enough of the water!   He retrieves in the water more enthusiastically than the back yard!

Next week we start Adult Beginner classes at puppy school.    This weekend Fletcher and his “human siblings” have an outing planned for Elkhart Lake.  I can’t tell you how Fletcher has really brought the family closer together.    We’re spending more time in the back yard, parks, and family walks than ever before, and we are loving every minute of it!

THANK YOU for this exceptionally bright and remarkably affectionate puppy!

Todd Economy
New Berlin