Puppies are here!!!! Oodles and oodles of them! Jr's Prelude had 8 Swahili Eile* pups born on Wednesday. Dance of Dreams had 8 Maryville Rumble* pups born on Friday and Dolly Madison had 6 Maryville Rumble* pups born on Saturday. All born whilst I was away....of course! Congrats to Henry Howe on his two Rumble litters. Chris and Jaime Stivers own one of the Eile pups as well as webmaster, Brian Carpenter! Congrats to then on their new hopefuls.

Packerbacker won at Orange Park for Henry Howe and I this weekend and Danica Driver ran 3rd in her first B grade race. She behaved herself this time!

I had a nice time with Linda Russi this weekend and we had fun working for Tim Cahill at the Meet. Linda got to experience more behind the scenes and I think she really enjoyed learning. Although Saturday brought chilly temps and wind gusts we still had fun catching pups for Tim. Thanks to Bob Crossland for that hot chocolate!

There was a Rumble pup in a main stake that went to the lead and was caught at the wire. But...it was caught by a pup that was purchased 2 days prior for $27,000 and considered to be the prize of the meet. So I was extremely pleased with what the 3 Rumble pups did at the Meet. All made the final day and made good showings. None were offered for sale. The next Meet should be chock full of Rumble pups.

Hometown Boy was not brought up this weekend. The hauler had some mechanical issues and hopes to have him here mid-week. Thanks to everyone who has already enquired about him. I have several people confirmed to breed to him.

Just a quick update before I leave for the Nationals. After Monday's first round TWO of the three Maryville Rumble pups had wins. One dominating by ten lengths!!! The third pup had a 3rd place finish! This speaks volumes about the ability that Rumble throws into his pups. These pups are not for sale and the owners are not connected with us in anyway! They had no reason to showcase these pups other than they are proud of their ability! Rumble is bar none the best value at stud today.

Jr's Prelude is going into labor now so it will be a long night before I get on the plane.

Pictured is Deco Deano. "Dale" is here for a rest and to be collected and frozen. He is owned by Henry Howe and runs for the B&J Kennel in Jacksonville. What a beautiful creature he is! I will have semen available on him right after the Nationals. He is an Awesome Assasin x Deco Hexagram.

Danica Driver won for me today although the fast little witch got a "bore in"......again. She makes money almost every start and has been very good lately about keeping her head straight until today. If she turns her head again we will most likely send her to Flagler. I plan on breeding her to Hometown Boy when she retires. If you look at the pedigree of Ozzie The Man....it makes perfect sense.

Oneco McDreamy was 2nd in his race today for Linda Russi. He is getting better and stronger every start and should make a very nice grade A at Palm Beach.

Hometown Boy is scheduled to arrive on Wed. We will let him settle in the remainder of the week while I am out at the Nationals and collect him when I get back. His sire number is in hand so he is all set. If you have a brood in season and he is your guy....call me immediately and I will get semen out for your bitch.

Red Thunder's pups.....Thundering Sam and Thundering Dude are set to run the National oval in the AM. These are Thunder's very first babies. They are in the youngest age group and we anxiously await the results from Abilene.

Surprise, surprise....Maryville Rumble* also has several pups running tomorrow as well! We had no idea anyone had Rumblers out there. We are also anxious to see what they do!

Doug Allen had another win out of his Rumble litter....Amarillo Highway had a come from behind win at Tri-State for the McMillon Kennel!

Toxic Rocket had several pups in this weekend as well. As soon as I hear results from Dom I will update all of you.

BB Becool will also be making a return visit for collection. Call Patti Cooley if you are wanting to breed to her Wheeling champ! Semen is already available at Dr. Laws and KB's Greyhound Farm.

We have a very busy week coming up with new studs coming in, three bitches ready to whelp and me leaving for Nationals. I will update the news page as soon as I can. Brett, Chris and Jamie will all be here in my absence.

Pictured is Doug Allen with Hey Say May aka "Tank" in the McMillon Kennel at Tri-State. Tank won his very first maiden start. He is a Maryville Rumble* x To Shy To Say. Congrats to Doug!

"Cue Ball" is home. Thanks to all of you who asked and called about him. He is doing remarkably well and is walking some on the bad leg.

Hometown Boy will be here this Saturday!!! I will let him rest and settle in and will collect him prior to me leaving for Nationals just to evaluate his semen. When I return his sire number should be in hand and I will proceed with freezing his semen. First shipment will be sent to Dr. Law. We feel that Hometown Boy will be a very special stud here and will be well utilized.

Red Thunder has two pups going 'round the National track. Keep your eyes peeled for these youngsters. They are in the absolute youngest age group out at Nationals and will not be offered for sale.

Next week will be VERY busy as we have three bitches to whelp. I will keep you updated as to the litter size etc. Jr's Prelude is due Tuesday and she is big as a house!

Pictured is the Duchess Of Eile. One of Swahili Eile*'s firstborn. She is co-owned by Doug Allen and myself.

Puppies galore...that is what we will have here in the coming weeks. First up JR's Prelude with her belly of Swahili Eile* pups. Followed by Dolly Madison and Dance Of Dreams....both due with Maryville Rumble* pups. Followed a few weeks later with Hanks Cool Cat* and a litter of Fine Silver* pups....add JT's Petey Girl with a litter of Maryville Rumble* pups on the way and a possible Wheeliecool with little Rumblers and we have the makings for a full farm! And if that wasn't enough....we have a litter of Flying Hydrogen pups being shipped in from Texas this next week! To say the very least everyone is pretty fired up about all the new pups coming! With our first litters of Rumble's now at the track and the word on them is very positive. Word from veteran trainer, Pat McMillon is that Doug Allen owns one that just might turn out to be special. His name is Furnace Fan (Maryville Rumble* x PA's Shawnee Gal). Keep your eyes on the Tri-State results for this youngster!

I will be heading to Abilene for the Nationals on the 23rd and hope to see many of you out there! I will have Brookside Bear* DVD's to hand out to those of you who are interested. It is looking grim that we will have the Hometown Boy DVD done in time. But if you want one see my at Nationals and I will write down your name and mail you one!

Pictured is Toxic Rocket. We are now representing Toxic Rocket for his connections. Please check out his sire page and take a look at his race lines! He is the picture of consistency! We look forward to working with Dom Espisito and his crew on Rocket's bright stud career!

Park Top whelped a healthy litter of six for Team D'Arcy this AM. She was showing signs of going into labor yesterday AM but chose the wee hours of this morning to bring her new kids into the world. All are doing extremely well. Mom had an easy time of it and all the kids are big and healthy! Congrats to the D'Arcys on their new litter of future champions!

Hanks Cool Cat* and Its A Symphony were both bred to Fine Silver* this weekend. Silver's pups are looking fantastic here on the gig and we wish everyone luck with their Silver babies! Pictured is a pictures of Jim Jackson's Silver pups at Buddy Scitern's farm in Texas. Thanks to Jim and Buddy for the fantastic photos!

I just want to once again applaud Jade Alleway on her accomplishments. She won the Kennel Asst. of the Year Award out of 100 entrants! Her proud father, Colin, is recuprating from a very bad auto wreck....but his pride beamed right through the computer. I would recommend Jade as a TRAINER for any kennel. I have personally watched her interact with the dogs and go over dogs. She would put a few trainers to shame with her thoroughness in looking over a racer!

I am making definate plans to fly over to England and go with Jade (and friends) to Clonmel in February. I hope to meet up with Chris Cronin whilst in the UK and meet some of my Irish internet buddies as well as old friends I have met before!

JR's Prelude is definately in whelp to Swahili Eile*. As are Dolly Madison and Dance Of Dreams to Maryville Rumble*. All litters are due towards the end of this month.