Subject: Bella

Date: February 9, 2013

Dear Julia,

I’m writing to give you an update on our charming “Bella” on her 8th month birthday. Bella has blossomed into an extraordinary teen pup. She has entered our life bringing such joy and entertainment, as well as sweet love, companionship, and amazing intelligence. From her arrival, at 9 weeks old she has made herself at home, worked her way into all of our hearts (including our twelve year old senior citizen shih tzu- Songi), and has never even gone to the bathroom in the house. In fact she has much more discipline in that department then Songi. About two months ago I happened to see Bella taking Songi by the ear and dragging her out the back door where Songi proceeded to pee. Thinking this was accidental Bella has since repeated this procedure on several more occasions. Now, however, Songi (tired of being dragged out the door) is now barking to be let out! Who said an old dog can’t learn new tricks? Of course Bella was the teacher in this case!

I’ll keep you posted on Bella’s progress. It is clear that her nurturing nature, luminous soft and wavy apricot coat, and intuitive attentiveness to her environment will make her a great mother. Thank you again for being responsible for this priceless addition to our active life. Bella loves our daily walks, meeting new people and pups, playing with children, hanging with the elderly, and participating in all our family gatherings. As you can tell we are just smitten with our lil’ Bella.

Warmest Wishes, Marilyn and Joe - Seattle, Wa

June 18, 2009

Dear Julia,

My how time as flown by! Luci is just over 6 months old and we cannot tell you how many times per day we look at her and comment how wonderful she is and how lucky we were to find Aladdin Labradoodles. It's really a family affair with yourself and Gordon and even your wonderful granddaughter, and the dogs also show just how wonderful this experience is. We never expected to fall in love so quickly! Our experience of searching for breeders and trying to figure out exactly what size Labradoodle we desired was limited. What set you apart were not only your gorgeous and friendly dogs, but your knowledge and caring as to where the puppies were raised. In addition, Luci has the wonderful red color of Maya and Scully that we simply adore and did not find anywhere else.

Working with you through the waiting period was such a treat. Getting your regular updates and allowing us to visit prior to Luci joining our family made us so comfortable with our decision. I remember being concerned about our upcoming home purchase and impending move within 10 days after picking up our puppy. You were so right in educating us on how she would adjust to us and not our home.

Luci immediately showed her ability to please as the 2 hour drive home she sat with such poise in our arms. The first night she barely whimpered and with one correction was fast asleep. By the second evening she went right into the crate and continued to sleep with the door closed for the first 4 months without an incident. She bell trained to go outside very quickly and just about a month ago we trained her to ring another bell to come inside.

At just over, 3 months she actually got her flight wings and no one on both flights (Transfer x 2 ) ever knew our Luci was at my feet. We took her on skiing trips where she stayed in her crate anxiously awaiting the romp in the snow. She regularly goes on long road trips and even makes appearances in our local wine valleys. We have now left her at home for up to four hours and she has never shown the least bit of distress.

At puppy school she was a hit as she had mastered sit by 3 weeks in our home and socialized well enough to be with the timid mild mannered or the rambunctious as she can run REALLY fast. You know you made the right choice in a puppy when other owners of puppies can't stay away from yours. We must add 30 minutes to every excursion, whether it is a walk or a trip to the store, as she gains so much attention.

Julia, you were right, she is a very smart dog and has not challenged us with the hard things like Crate training, Leash training or coming to give me something she shouldn't have though she does have a personality and will at times show she is not happy with her huffs (large exhalations), the grunting and when she flops down like she is a big dog just bothered by life.

As I am sure you can tell we are enamored by our wonderful addition to our home. Words cannot explain how happy we are with this breed and her appearance, nature, and her love to just please us with her playfulness and kindness. Everyday is like the first with our Luci!! Thank you Julia, you're the best!

Tony, Chris & Luci
Seattle, Wa.

Dear Julia,

I write to you with complete heartfelt enthusiasm and gratitude. Our beautiful Chocolate Labradoodle, "Cody-Bear" is now a little more than 18 months old. From the very moment we welcomed him into our family, we have felt an abundance of love, affection, humor and joy in our home. We have never doubted our decision of adopting an Australian Labradoodle - because quite frankly this is the PERFECT breed. These dogs literally do not shed, bark, dig, chew up the house or become unmanageable sizes, all things I had lived my life believing came with dog ownership until met you. We get so much attention from people who see Cody and most often they just have to touch him. Cody is a social boy who loves to be with us and who is so smart. He is the easiest fella to train. He made a smashing debut at puppy class having learned 6 tricks in a very short amount of time! No matter where we are, we'll likely find him right beneath us, as he loves to be included in all we do. He enjoys the car, the boat, walks, and play dates. Never in a million years did I think I would actually plan our family vacations around places who welcome pets. We hate to leave him home. We were on your wait list to adopt Cody and so this gave us the opportunity to create that list of "Dog House Rules". You know the ones .. "no dogs on the bed", "no dogs on the furniture", "no feeding the dog at the table", etc. Well, let me tell you -- Cody melted our hearts and we find ourselves breaking all those rules because these dogs are too cute and too sweet to enforce rules upon. Rules for dogs cannot apply to Australian Labradoodles. Cody is never naughty. To this day, we feel such thankfulness to you, as you are a breeder who is wonderful at what you do. We so appreciate that you always have time to answer our questions. We fully believe you filled our puppy "order" to perfection. Theres no doubt that it takes a special, dedicated breeder to be as good at their job as you are Julia! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for our sweet Cody Bear!

Fondly,

The Harrison Family in Gig Harbor, WA

Jeff, Kim, Sarah, Lauren and Alex

December 1, 2008

Hello Julia,

I have been meaning to send you a Robie update for some time now and thank you again for allowing us to have this dear little fellow in our lives. Robie is an extraordinary puppy and we are thankful every day to have him with us. He is definately part of the family. Robie has gone through puppy class and private lessons. The trainers love him and are so impressed by his intelligence. He is definately intelligent! I bought him a toy to stuff with treats to keep him busy when we have to leave him at home alone. He soon figured out that he could wait until I came home, and then bounce the toy down the stairs and extract all treats at the same time. In addition, he has learned that he is not to touch my books and so now has started deftly pulling my bookmarks out when I am not paying close attention. He thinks it's great fun to watch me try to find the my place again :)

Robie has become our hiking and camping companion. He loves to travel and explore new places with us. He has even gone snowshoeing! He LOVES water. Chasing sprinklers is his favorite treat after a training session in the summer. He sticks his face point blank in the sprinkler as close to the sprinkler head as he can get and then runs around chasing the water for as long as we will let him. He even adores being bathed! He just doesn't like the drying bit afterward:) His favorite toy is a stuff monkey named Art. Robie sleeps with him, plays with him, travels with him. He is currently on Art the 2nd. Art the 3rd and 4th are in the closet waiting their turn. We buy one and stockpile it whenever we find one.

Robie fell ill about 6 weeks ago. While he is back to himself, it took several veternary visits (including two er visits) to figure out what was wrong and how to treat him. Even the ER vets loved him. The only reason the nurses had any problem getting his vital signs was because he wouldn't stop kissing them. When we took him to his regular vet following an ER visit, the vet had to take blood from an artery in Robie's neck. Robie wagged his tail the entire time. When the vet left the room, Robie sat at the door and whined until the vet returned. Robie didn't want out, he just wanted the doctor to come back!

This summer we visited my mother in the Bellingham area several times. I hope that half of the people who asked us for your name have contacted you. Robie had his picture taken, received hugs, and was a great ambassador for Aladdin Labradoodles.

My husband adores Robie and they have become fast friends. During Robie's illness it was wonderful to watch my husband comfort him. Robie fits perfectly in the crook of my husband's arm and is often content to lean against my husband's chest with his head on his shoulder.

We've started talking about getting Robie a little sister. As one person told us in Bellingham, Australian Labradoodles are just like potatoes chips. It's difficult to have just one:) I think we're addicted. ... I've attached two pictures. One is of Robie on a recent hiking trip. The other is of Robie on a snowshoeing trip. His paws were icing up, so Dan put him in his backpack.

I hope you are well and all of your furry family is happy and enjoying life.

Sincerely,

Kelly Burns

Indy Saves The Day

I received a call one morning, in December 2005, from a person that had purchased a puppy from me. She asked if I could guess what had just happened that morning at 3-4am? Then went on to tell me, apparently her Australian Labradoodle "Aladdin's Indigo" had just saved her life and she was eternally grateful. She had been broken into at four in the morning and Indy, her beloved dog that slept on their bed, stood up and began barking. She told Indy to lay down and be quiet! Indy obeyed for a very short time and got up and began barking again. Now, concerned, she got up and opened her bedroom door, Indy flew down the stairs, barking like a maniac and chased the intruder out the door. She was following as fast as she could, undoubtedly, frightened for her family and her dog. Indy came right back and would not leave her side. When the police came, Indy wouldn't let them near her.

She had to keep telling Indy that these policemen were OK.

No-one was hurt, thankfully due to their Indy, nor was anything taken, apparently Indy had spooked the intruder almost immediately.

After the fact (2 months) I spoke with my puppy buyers and they told me they were OK, but Indy was quite shaken and jumpy, so they were going to seek help for him as best they could. They absolutely adore him and he absolutely adores them, and as his breeder, I am so grateful to them for giving Indy such a love filled home and taking such wonderful care of their Australian Labradoodle.

Indy's folks had mused about what Indy would do if they were ever threatened, funny thing is ... they thought he would lick an intruder and welcome him into their home ... quite the contrary!

Indy was born June 4th 2004. He is a black miniature Australian Labradoodle male. Indy is out of Primetime's Alexandra + Canadoodle Primetimes Cimmaron and was bred by Julia W Wilson of Aladdin Labradoodles.