Our Veterinarian's testimonial to Lakehills bred dogs....

ACACIA VETERINARY HOSPITAL
(530) 345-1338
479 East Avenue
Chico, California 9592610/21/05

 

To Whom It May Concern:

This letter is in reference to Lisa Renville and her dogs. I have been Lisa's veterinarian for about ten years. It has always been my experience that Lisa adheres to the highest standards of husbandry and medical care for all of her animals. As a breeder she does an exemplary job of screening her dogs for possible congenital or breed related problems in order to maintain and improve the Australian Shepherd breed. In addition to being healthy, her dogs are as sweet and as well socialized as any I see. In fact, Lisa and her dogs are always among the favorite appointments for the staff here.

When one of Lisa's dogs has had a serious medical problem she has always sought the best and most compassionate care without regard for expense or effort on her part. I have always found Ms. Renville to be kind, intelligent and very conscientious in the management of her dogs.

Sincerely,

Jim Esh, D.V.M. Diplomate A.B.V.P.

Notes from some of our "puppy" owners:

December 15, 2010 Here are a few updated photos of Memphis. She is the daughter of Lilly and Chase born 2/12/09. She is such a great member of the family. The Bright Family Victor, Sara and Ava

Friday, October 29, 2010 7:47 AM

Hi Lisa;

I hope this short note finds you, Allen and the fur kids well.

I thought I would check in with Booker's progress (he now has his AKC Open Jumpers title) and also let you know that we are still working on his ASCA titles.

This is proving to be somewhat difficult as there are very few ASCA trials in southern California.  In fact, the next one doesn't take place until February 2011. 

Along those lines, I was wondering if there were any ASCA trials slated for your neck of the woods over the Thanksgiving weekend. If there are, I was thinking it might be fun to sign Booker up and we would head north in the motor home. I did check the ASCA website, but didn't find any agility trials in CA for November or December.

I am also including a few new pictures of Booker for you. Hope you like them.

Take care,
Bambi & Billy

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Aussie Lure Coursing?

Hi Lisa,

A few weekends ago, I was up in the Bay Area helping some friends out at their flyball tournament and the Friday night before the tournament, just for fun, they had a lure coursing field set up. I let Tag have a go at it and she sure had some fun. Maybe not as good as those terriers, but, to see her little Aussie fur fly out to herd it up was pretty fun to watch. At one point she spotted the cameraman and posed (mid-flight mind you) for him...she was having a good hair day, so why not?! Don't know if you have ever seen an Aussie on a lure course, so here are a few pictures to share!

Peace and Aussies,
Carla and Tag

Running for the lure...

sheer joy...

Flying!

October 05, 2010
Subject: Katie gets to R.E.A.D.!

Hi Lisa,

I hope you all are doing well! I wanted to share some pictures of Katie - as she works! She has been back visiting patients at Mercy Hospital here in Redding. It's part of the Prescription Pets organization in Redding. She is a social butterfly and really like visiting. This spring we started in the R.E.A.D program. R.E.A.D = Reading Education Assistant Dogs. We initially introduced the program into the Redding library and have since expanded into the Shasta County School system. The program is designed to help students that have difficulty with reading skills. The student reads to the dog- there is no teasing, peer pressure etc for the student. We started the program at Bella Vista elementary school and work with all the kids in the 4th and 5th grades. All are excellent readers and the school uses it as a reward for the children...and many are happy to give up recess to read to the dogs. I must tell you that the little girls LOVE Katie...and Katie thrives on the attention. I wanted to share that she has really found her niche. She is slowing down and not racing anymore, but runs around the house when it is time to go to school.

  
Katie, going to school to read & visiting the hospital!

Einie is doing great! He is still my clown and brings a smile to my face every day. He is a bit nervous around shiny surfaces so he is not able to pass the exam to work as a therapy dog...so he plays here at the house, exercises the squirrels that dare to cross the back fence and is all around great company for me!

I hope you are enjoying the fall and that all your animals are doing well.

Take care,
Cathy, Katie and Ernie

   

August 23, 2010

Hi Lisa. Here are some new pictures of our boy Maverick. We can’t believe he will be a year in a few weeks! He is such a ham – he loves posing for cameras. He will just sit there and look at the camera. Most dogs will just get antsy but not our Maverick!

Sarah & Jeff Lange
  

Hi Lisa.   Bandit is SOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!! These picture do not do him justice!   He is SOOOOO light and agile on his feet, and SO sweet, and obedient.  We have been doing Obedience training for 6 months now and he is SO well behaved, and has been SO Responsive. We are starting to do tracking, and continuing with obedience, but we think he needs more...we want to start agility training....he is so eager, loves to run and go on hikes, and catch the frisbee. He is in great shape, very strong, and just so light on his feet!!!

 THANK YOU for bringing him into our lives!!!!

 

Hope all is well with you. You have brought incredible aussies into this world!!!!!

 

   

August 16, 2010

Dr. Amanda wrote: "Wanted to let you know that our Summit is now a Beach Dog! We moved to the San Diego area a few months ago and he and our son, Balian, are just a hoot together. No one can believe he's not even a year old! Please use our name/photos etc. as a reference anytime."

 

Beach time!

C'mon-We're only a little wet...

Miles & Amanda
Chula Vista CA

   

July 30, 2010

 

Hey Guys!

 

We got our Black Tri, Jazz, from the litter of Chase and Lilly last summer and we just wanted to let you guys know that He is the best dog ever. The cutest most playful lively puppy! We love him dearly and he is a wonderful companion to our 12 year old aussie, Blue. We run him everyday and he loves to come inside and watch movies with us and play with his favorite toy, The Giraffe! Here are some pics of Jazz, hope you guys like them! And thanks again for giving us this amazing gift!

 

the Booth Family

   

July 29, 2010

 

Hi Lisa,

 

Hope all is well with you.

 

Well, Ronde is a year old...tomorrow.

 

We took a couple of photos this weekend so thought you might like to see him.

 

He's just a love! And Jumper, our 17 + yr old seems to enjoy his company and puppyness as well.

 

I got him registered w/ both AKC and ASCA: "Perrodise Rendevous".

 

We go to agility training 1X/wk which is right around the corner from our home. Luanne Cox is the trainer...and he seems to do well...for a puppy. Learning the basics, low jumps, tunnels, A-frame, teeter totter, cat walk, weave. I am definitely learning as well and I think make more mistakes than him! Ha Ha

 

It's fun.

 

Well, I hope you like the photos. He such a handsome puppy; we love him.

 

Take care. Happy Summer.

Patty, Tom and Madisyn

      

   

July 15, 2010

 

Hi Lisa,

 

Hope all is well with you and yours. just an update on Eddy. She was spayed a month or so ago. Everything went perfectly. She's all healed up and back to her puppy madness. We were up in the mountains a week or so after her operation and she discovered swimming, which makes me so happy. Now it's all she wants to do. On our hikes and trail runs now we go up to our local lakes and she just wades in and swims around! so stinkin' cute.

 

Anyway we just couldn't love her any more than we do. She is so well behaved. her only issue now is barking at people walking passed our (her!) front yard...but we're breaking her of it. She is better than we'd imagined and far and away the most beautiful aussie we've ever seen. We meet so many on our travels and none are remotely as elegant and gorgeous.

Take care

 

Griff

From: Carla carla2670@comcast.net
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 8:31 PM
Subject: Happy Birthday Sadie!

Hi Lisa

Tag and I wanted to wish her sister Sadie a Happy 2nd Birthday and send an annual update. We hope you are well, we check your website often to see what's up with the pups and all looks great.

We are busy busy busy! We went through all levels of obedience with Tag's trainer, Melody Daggs and in her advanced class, Melody saw how much Tag enjoyed doing her tricks, so asked us to join her performance group, Paws for Fun. It is a local group of people, very informal and comprised of her students throughout the years, they go to retirement homes, elder care facilities, children's hospitals, schools and have routines/skits that showcase some of their tricks and skills. The group routines are contests like, putting your toys away and how fast you can do it and the kids get a kick out of cheering their favorite dog on.  We also do basketball where whoever dunks the most basketballs, wins; then there is go to bed and they roll themselves up in a blanket. They also have individual tricks and solos. Tag has a little volleyball routine she does with me that we just started using a beach ball. The group like it so much we are adding a beach party routine to it and incorporating fun things dogs do at the beach. All this to surfer music if you can believe that. Its nice to give the folks at the retirement home something to laugh about and they just get a kick out of those dogs!

We also started training in flyball and she was in her first tournament last April in a singles heat. Our goal was to go down and back without any errors and she did it. It was indoor on mats and that was all very new to her and the lights, judges, people and noise were great experience for her. We are working on team passing so she can get comfortable with those dynamics and someday be on a team, but so far she is really enjoying it. The club, Mutts in Motion, is a fun group of people, very into training their dogs but having fun doing it.

We also took a beginner agility class and she loved it. I am directionally challenged but she loves the equipment and I can't keep up with her. One of my old flyball teammates who only competes in agility now, has her own training yard and all the competition level equipment, so we go out there a few time a month to keep up on things and continue our work on handler/dog focus and communication, an always ongoing fundamental skill we never get tired of. I am signing up in the fall for another level of agility as I am not sure where to go next and am need of some guidance there. She shows no fear of the equipment, loves to jump, tunnel, A frame and tire, teeter too, I just have to slow her to get the contact but we are having fun.

Tell Sagee and Kole hello, we were happy to see Kole still out there competing! Maybe in a few years, I will be ready to add another Aussie to my pack, I have my heart set on a high drive red tri this time!

Keep your site updated on any competitions you are going to .I still would like to see you and the pups, maybe in Turlock sometime. Until then, I will send this with a few pictures and follow up with a separate email that has a quicktime movie of her first flyball tournament separately.

Peace and Aussies,
Carla and Tag Aguirre