"Miss Twinkle" from Minneapolis, Minnesota~

Hi Sue! How are you and Mike? Happy New Year! God is good!!

Just wanted you to have a picture of my wonderful Twinkle! She is the most beautiful dog I have ever had!! She is so intelligent and loving! We purchased a black male cocker from Florida last spring. We named him Teddy. Twinkle is so cute the way she comes to get Tim or I to tell us what Teddy is doing. She comes to get us, we follow her, and she just sits down right by Teddy and whatever mess he's made and looks up at us as if to say: What do you think about that? He's done it again, and he's in big trouble!!
Twinkle runs the house! I wouldn't know half of what's going on around here if it weren't for her, seriously!!

Is it really, really true that you don't have one single female dog in your line that can be bred to produce another Twinkle one day?
Tim and I were talking about that over coffee this morning, and we were just wondering if it's possible that perhaps one of your dogs somewhere is still able to be bred.

Also, I don't know if I ever received Twinkle's AKC papers from you. Would you please check on that for us?
I think you were waiting for her to be spayed, and that was done long ago. I don't know if I provided you with that information or not.

Well, I hope you are both well and happy and Praising the Lord!! I just looked on your portal and noticed that you have some more grandchildren coming! God is so good to us! We think of you often and pray for you and your family! I will be looking forward to an e-mail from you!

Stay blessed!


Lovingly,
Tim, Rebecca, Twinkle and Teddy

Note from Sue: AKC paperwork was always sent with the puppies. Looks like the airline lost the folder, but I will see that Rebecca gets a duplicate copy.

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Words of Wisdom and Reflection for Christmas~

Merry Christmas from Mama Sue~

I want to take a moment to wish everyone in my High Calling Cocker Family the merriest and most blessed Christmas!  May the joy of the Christ Child ever reign in your hearts, as He has in mine.

I finished frosting the Christmas cookies and have been wrapping gifts,so thankful that this year none of my boys are deployed.  We will spend Christmas together.   Our daughter Jeffie (Jennifer) and her husband and newborn son, Wyatt, are in Louisville.  Sad that we haven't had the chance to visit our new grand-baby as yet....but looking forward to that day.

Another son, Kevin and his wife are expecting a baby girl in June.  And we had the blessing of hearing that our daughter Katie is expecting a baby in August of 2016.  She and Jon live in Hawaii, and we had already planned to go there next August.  Mike and I were married there 50 years ago on August 18th, so it is perfect timing for us to go back for our golden anniversary, right when the baby is due.

I'm a little down because I had planned to get Mike a special Christmas gift.  It looks like it won't get here in time for the holiday, so that's sad for me.  I will say a little prayer for a Christmas miracle.

May the good Lord shine His light down on you all this Christmas...and every day throughout the new year.

And please give my cocker furry kids a hug and kiss from Mama Sue.  I always hold them close in my heart.

Much love,

Mama Sue

Merry Christmas from Chloe and Daisy, Lancaster, New York~

Merry Christmas from Miss Ladybug!!!

Shelby and her new friend, Josie, from Clearwater, Florida~

Shelby and Josie

Shelby Age 8

Hi Sue,

How are you? I was reading your blog and looking at all of the pictures. You look and sound so happy and I am so glad. Especially glad that Mike is doing better. Your new little puppy is just so cute. I bet it is really nice having a cocker spaniel again. Your family is just growing and growing and I love the quilts that you are making.

Mike and I are doing well. He retired a year ago, but went back as a contractor and will probably only work for another year. We are planning on getting an RV and tour the US a little at a time. This is Mike's dream and I am sure we will have a great time especially since we will have the dogs. I have attached two pictures for you to see Shelby and our newest one, Josie. Can't believe that Shelby is 8 years old now. She is truly the sweetest dog I have ever known. As our groomer always says, she is the best dog in the whole world. LOL She loves Josie, but sometimes Josie can be very aggravating to her. Big difference between an 8 yr old and a 1 yr. old. Josie is a much smaller dog than Shelby weighing in at 22 lbs. full grown. But she thinks she is the boss.

It is so good to still see the puppies and their owners on your blog. Everyone seems so happy. Where did you get your new puppy from? We got Josie from C&M Cockers. None of the websites even compared to yours when you were breeding.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and I hope you enjoy the pictures of Shelby.

Take care.

Hugs,

Sue

"Merry Christmas from Sasha", Toronto, Ontario, Canada~

To our knowledge, Sasha had never come in contact with a real Santa-like beard. She was hesitant but, as you can see, he won her over.


Wishing you and your family a very Happy Christmas and heavenly Blessings for all.

Pat & Ron & Sasha

Miss Bailey Glory from Buffalo, New York~

Happy All Saints Day, Sue! And a happy belated Halloween! This year Curley
went as Eeyore and Miss Bailey Glory went as a bee. They were so adorable.


At almost three and a half, Bailey continues to be an absolute delight to
have. She is wonderful with her special needs big brother and helps us keep him
safe. As you may remember, he came to us deaf and blind in his left eye and at
thirteen, is now losing the sight in his right eye as well. When we go to the
park she helps us corral him and when we come home, she wakes him up to tell
him. If he's sleeping and we leave the room, she brings him to us when he wakes
up so he's not wandering around looking for us.

Last weekend I made an
unexpected trip to Albany, then on NH with my Dad to help him get the dock out
of the lake. Alex and I already had plans to come down again this weekend so I
could get my snow tires on and Dad could take Alex fly fishing. Of course,
Bailey didn't know she wasn't being left behind again, so she set about ensuring
that she got to go by stowing away in my suitcase. She's too cute, Sue!


She's been so good at Grandma and Grandpa's! She did get me up at 4:20 this
morning, but only because it felt like our usual rising time of 5:15 with the
clocks going back last night. My seven year old niece and five year old nephew
came over today and even though they were running around and playing she hardly
did more than watch them. This is great progress over last Christmas! She's
just not used to being around kids- we live a very quiet and sedate life- so for
her to be around these two adorable kids and hardly bark was wonderful!


Tomorrow it's back to Buffalo for us! Next weekend I'll put away the
Halloween decorations and begin my cleaning in preparation for the holidays. I
get it from Mom. She calls it her Advent because when she's doing these
physically demanding, but mind wandering tasks, she reflects on memories from
our childhood, blessings from the past year, what the season truly means, and
what she hopes for all of the family in the coming year.

I hope all
continues to go well with you and that Mike continues to recover. I so enjoy
seeing all of your quilts. You do such beautiful work, Sue, and I'm sure they
will be treasured by each recipient. I'm currently cross-stitching stockings
for Mom and Dad for next Christmas. Mom knot stockings for me, my brother and
my sister, but never made any for her and Dad, so I'm going to and once I'm done
with those, I'll start on the ones for my brother's family and then my
sister's.

Have a wonderful November, Sue! We'll be in touch at the end of
the month after the kids have their annual visit to see Santa!

Love,
Sarah &
Bailey Glory

Note from Mama Sue~

Oh my goodness!  I just noticed the word "draft" after your post...that means it was never published!  I am soooo sorry!   Please forgive me!
Love you,

Sue