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Tracey Owens, 201 Simstown Rd, Evening Shade, Arkansas, 72532 870-847-5715. Note: There are 3 Evening Shades in Arkansas, map us online using our zip code only and always ask for directions, don't rely on the inaccurate online directions.
ABOVE: "FLASH" (INT CH S R VAL-HI FLASHY MOTION DETECTOR), new AKC BOB winner and International champion!!. Son of AKC CH Promenade Top Ace Of Val-Hi. Go to the show page to see Flash's wins to date. Go to the breed pages to view all our dogs. Click on the gallery pages to see some of the pups and dogs produced here at Strawberry River, and click on the Puppies page to view all available puppies! ABOUT US: Dennis and I, have been married 16 years. Between us we have four kids and six grandkids! Two of our kids are military and have seen several tours of duty each in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc... serving our country. We're very proud of them! I'd raised dogs in a very small way off and on for over 25 years while holding down several jobs in factories, offices, local banks, etc.. I have been raising Westies for about 9 years. Papillons for about 6. We've had a breeding pair of Norwich terriers for over two years. Our other pets include a nine year old neutered rottweiler, five spayed outside cats, a shih tzu, and a half grown neutered American Bulldog/English Mastiff cross. The two large dogs and shih tzu are housedogs/watchdogs. The papillons have their own room in the back of the house (a large converted walk in closet). On pretty days they can go outside. The westies are housed on crushed granite or pea gravel, in roomy pens in the backyard. Our dogs are all AKC registered and all have champion pedigrees, some are finished champions, a few are currently showing. Pedigrees emailed upon request. We specialize in smaller then average westies, 10-16 lb range. Our papillons are all in the 5-8 lb range, throwing pups in all sizes. None of our westies leave until 9 weeks of age so that they've had at least two puppy shots prior to going to their new homes (papillons stay until at least 10 weeks). WE DO NOT SELL TO BREEDERS THAT DON'T SHOW EXCEPT A FEW CLOSE REPUTABLE FRIENDS, NOR DO WE SELL TO PET SHOPS, DOG BROKERS, ETC.... OUR PUPS SELL MAINLY TO PET HOMES with an ocassional show home. We proudly support and donate pups to service dog organizations. See the Working Dogs page for a few pics of some of our dogs in their new working roles! GENETIC TESTING: Our dogs have patella's vet checked prior to breeding. Our stud males are all DNA tested by 2 years of age. Rueben has had eyes & patellas certified. Any dog found to have any serious heriditary defect is immediately retired from our breeding program!
OUR DOGS AND PUPS ARE ON DIAMOND NATURALS DOG FOOD, (ADULTS ARE ON CHICKEN & RICE, PUPS ARE ON SMALL BREED PUPPY). GO TO http://www.diamondpet.com/ TO FIND A DISTRIBUTOR NEAR YOU! FOR WONDERFUL ARTICLES ON TRAINING (HOUSEBREAKING, ETC) GO TO NEXTDAYPETS.COM AND PEDIGREE.COM AND GET ON THEIR EMAIL LIST! We live on 30 wooded acres in the Ozark Foothills, our house overloooks the scenic Strawberry River valley. We're in Northeastern/Northcentral Arkansas within easy driving distance of Little Rock, Springfield MO, Memphis TN, St Louis...Always map us online by zip code, not town name. There are several Evening Shades in Arkansas. OUR GROWN DOGS ARE NOT HOUSED IN CAGES! I prefer to let dogs be dogs and run as much as possible on solid ground. Most of the time they stay in large chain link pens on pea gravel, but they also often run loose on our thirty acres when not in heat. Most of our dogs are NOT kept in show coats, I groom them for function, not show. My handler is the one that keeps or ocassional show dog in proper coat. We don't do much showing, generally having only one dog showing at any given time. We don't enjoy showing ourselves, the papillon show breeders can be a vicious crowd and the show scene can often be extremely political. So we either hire a professional handler or my friend Leona (pictured at the top of the page with Flash) does our show training and handling for us. She gives conformation and obedience classes too, and shows her dogs in obedience as well as conformation. Her email is nonies_igs@hotmail.com , check with her if you need your dog shown or trained! ALL our puppies are born and raised in the house. All expectant westie mothers are brought into the house three weeks prior to delivery and stay inside until the puppies are weaned. Because of this, our grown westies have adjusted very well when retired to pet homes. Our papillons are mostly kept in the house. We give our own shots (using vet recommended Progard 5 by Intervet), at 6, 9, 12 weeks. If your puppy must have shots through a certified vet, you'll need to request that in advance and pay for it yourself. Anything over 3 months of age will have their rabies through our vet before shipping though.
We're inspected by AKC on at least a bi-yearly basis, last inspection by John Thomas was 3/20/09, we have always been found in complete compliance in all areas. If you need to check on us, I'm sure Mr Thomas would be glad to answer your questions about our dogs and facilities. His email is jmt@akc.org. WE SELL MAINLY TO PET HOMES. WE NO LONGER SELL WITH FULL OPEN REGISTRATION AND BREEDING RIGHTS TO ANYONE THAT IS NOT ACTIVELY SHOWING THEIR DOGS, AND OF COURSE WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO SELL TO ANYONE THAT WE'RE UNSURE OF, AND WE WILL ASK YOU FOR PROOF THAT YOU SHOW ACTIVELY IN AKC. 
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**TO THE RIGHT IS OZZIE, GRANDSON OF AN AKC CHAMPION AND THE SIRE OF MOST OF OUR PUPPIES SO FAR. ZACH IS READY TO TRY HIS HAND AT BEING A FATHER THOUGH, SO LOOK FOR PUPS OUT OF ZACH IN THE WINTER OF '09! **
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