Rosie was slightly marked. The tan was barely visible but I was so pleased and she was such a loving friend and great mother! I bred her to a liver and white male, not understanding the recessive nature of the tri genes, and got only L/W and B/W puppies.

After my first failure at breeding tri color puppies , I saw an ad for a B/W/Tan colored male. This was Applejack and the beginnings of our tri colored lines!

Applejack was a loving and gentle children's companion. He would climb ladders and even jump on the trampoline with my children.

Rosie and Applejack had many beautiful litters of B/W/T puppies. I was the only breeder in the area at that time breeding for these colors.

They were the perfect family companions and many times I have said that I wished we could have a chance at another puppy from them.

We made a thrilling discovery! Our Claudia, Iris and Dove are great great grand-daughters and great grand-daughters of our first tri colored pair of ESS!

When I got Claudia's pedigree I didn't realize that Flint Hills Billy Ray was out of our original lines. This became apparent when Iris and Dove's pedigree's arrived. Our original dogs, Rosie and Applejack were there! We never imagined that our current dogs were their off spring!

Between the time of Rosie and Applejack and this past year, life circumstances prevented me from raising our beloved springers. I consider it a true gift that someone else carried on our line. Those lines have come full circle and home to me!