Below are a few of the types of letters we enjoy receiving at Stockley Kennels. We won't publish them all, but hope they will help with your decision of purchasing or training at our kennel.

Cheyenne,WY.

Dear Neil,

It was a pleasure meeting you and of course shooting quail over your outstanding dog. I hope we get a chance to meet again and perhaps hunt together in the near future.

Enclosed is one of my companies last years catalogs. If it is alright with you I will mail you a new catalog as soon as we get them back from the printer.

Have a great Field Trial season.

Sincerely,

Fred C. Mau
Fred Mau's
Outdoor Adventures
Barrington Hills, Il.

Dear Neil,

Just thought I'd drop you a note to say that Rebel is doing fine. He's a great dog. Hank, has turned out to be exactly what we wanted for the Pheasant Hunters Unlimited Trials. He's retrieving pheasants like a champ. You sure do know how to instill that great desire in force breaking them. Hank's first trial got him the runner-up championship in the doubles division, between the trial pay-out and the Calcutta we took home $2,200. The next week we ran him in The Wisconsin Partridge Championship and we took the Championship. He's making a big name for himself in the Midwest.

These are pretty good sized trials with over 60 dogs in the pheasant trial and over 50 in the partridge championship. We are at the same time waiting for the shoot to retrieve trials to start here, and wait to see how they will perform then. Talk to you soon.

Sincerely,

Barry
Orlando, Fl.

Dear Neil,

Enclosed is a picture of Abby on point at eight months. She is a real bird finding machine and so light on her feet she seems to just glide through the fields when hunting. We really love her, and she is a tribute to her daddy, Mac.

I also enclosed a write up of her only field trial competition thus far. I was pretty happy with the results and may run her in some "shooting" or "derby" stakes. She really can run with most pointers, and beets the crap out of them on style. Since, I am a hunter, first and foremost, I probably won't run her enough to title her, but you can be proud of knowing that this seed didn't fall far from Mac's tree.

Very truly yours,

Cliff
Bassett, Va.

Dear Neil,

Thank you very much for a terrific quail hunt. It's really a pleasure to see a professional practice his art as you and your dog did last Tuesday afternoon.

If you are ever in southwest Virginia, please put Bassett on your schedule. Thank you again.

Very truly yours,

Bob
Toms River, N. J.

Dear Neil,

A note to thank you and your family for putting up with me last week. I enjoyed the company and the fine dinner.

The trip home was hot and Jock demanded the air conditioner.

I took him to our 600 acre hunting area at daylight this morning and worked him on 10 snappy pigeons. I put them out, let them build up a little ground scent, and then ran him on them. It was hot so I shot two birds over a pond and he did the water retrieve perfectly. I am going to work him every day for a couple of reminder retrieves on the dead pigeons. I think you got him over the hump. The most amazing part of the entire training was that he has not barked once since he has been home and he seems to have settled down. I think you did a great job with him and I appreciate your time and effort.

Best regards,

Pete
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Neil Lessard
Stockley Kennels
P.O. Box 298
Eastville, Va. 23347-0298
(757) 678-0966 or FAX (757) 678-0039