Spoon stirs the pot~

Days are slow on Galla!

Days go by at a slow pace on Galla in the
summer. My homemade rod holder is
keeping the rod in the water and the little
bell reminds me when a fish is tryin' my bait.
Astrid, Ingrid or Sigrid often bring me a
cool drink by the water. We are blessed on
Galla with family, dogs, squirrels and give
praise to the Lord above for these slow days
when we can ponder creation and why we were
put here on the earth. Surely, the Lord wants
us to squirrel hunt in the winter, fish on
warmer days, and cherish those dear to us daily!
I praise his name today!

Gone Fishin'

Gone fishin' on the Galla....dog is surely
not a Feist!

Two Socks Grandmother!

This is Beeks' Carmel, Two Socks' Grandmother.
She is also related to Belle. She was born in Yell
County, AR. Notice she had those stand up ears.

Our Two Socks!

Socks is so black that he looks red. We are
going to paper name him--Midnight Rider.

Looking Back At You!

I found this picture in an old folder. It is Tia's
pups, the sire was Romeo. Astrid was pretending
to take photos as I snapped ones of her and the
puppies. It was 3 summers past. Time flies.
We keep a file now where all the Galla pups go.
But I remember the little black/white pup went
to a game warden in Florida, her name was Sallie.

Hey, Jude!

Here are the England children and Galla Creek Judas
the day they picked him up. We are wondering about
all the Jim E Sue pups and how they are doing in their
new homes. Jude is mostly white with a few spots on
his head and tail. We wonder--Hey, Jude, how are you
doing?

Bark N Ark Su-Su

This is Bill Hardin's Su-Su. She is marked
with a colored circle around each eye--very
unusual looking but really neat! She and
Spud are having a litter of pups due in July.

Feist 1954

Wayne Hawkins shared this picture with us.
It shows his Uncles in 1954 with their prized
Feists. They lived in East Tennessee. Thanks
for sharing the old picture, Wayne!

Rocso Treed!

Stole this photo off Matt Howell's blog.
Rosco treed his first squirrel with
plenty of splendor. Both boys look
pretty proud. Rosco is out of Spook/
Peanut and is 7 months old.

Tia/Radio Pups

Radio put his mark on these pups. They are
selling two and keeping three of the five in
the litter. One was black and white like Tia
and the others colored like Opal,who is out of
Radio!

Tia Treed~June 07!

The Wright of Ohio sent this photo of Tia Treed.
She has pups from Radio Flyer--5 of them. They are
selling two and keeping three.They let her out to
exercise and have a break from the pups and she
rounded up this squirrel and treed it.

Jim E Sue's Mother

This is Ruby--mother of Jim E Sue.

Forever Friends!!

Jeanne moved to AR and from TX. That alone
shows how special she is. She knows that bigger
is not always better. She and her husband met
a good friend in John Henry Harrison. John lost
his female Feist. She was old and also had a
thyroid problem. Jeanne found Galla Creek
on the internet and contacted us about getting
a new girl for John and a new treeing friend for
his other male Feist, Petey. Yesterday John
met Annie. He had borrowed a pet carrier from
Jeanne for Annie to ride home in...Annie took her
place on the seat next to John. The pet carrier
stayed in the back of his truck. John & Annie--
Forever Friends!

Galla Creek Opal

Opal has drive--she has hunting on her mind.
Opal has a great disposition--calm, cool, collected.
Opal has looks--she is a balanced, beautiful Feist.
Opal is out of Radio Flyer and Spook--she has the
blood!

Feist from 1950s

Bench Legged Feist from North Carolina 1950s.

Great Grandpa Renfroe & his Feist!

Taken about 1910.

Galla Creek Dan

Tom Leubner from New York ...drove and drove and

drove...to get Galla Creek Dan. The hard part of selling a

pup to Tom was explaining to the 3 children that they

could not each have one. Matthew, Eli, and Leah

Leubner loved the Feists and all wanted their own.

They are calling Dan--Rocket. The first pup on the

left is Dan, then Rueben and Annie!

Bonnie Sue Parker!

Since we rescued Bonnie Sue Parker--with the help

of Roark in LA, we have noticed she's slowly

coming out of a shell. Life was bleak living on a chain

with little shelter--not able to roam free and tree

squirrels in the woods. So we have let her roam and

the old Bonnie Sue is coming back. Yesterday, she

treed 3 times. We want to let her stay out of a kennel

a little longer so she can come to know and trust us,

but she is going to be a dandy. She and Radio Flyer

will make a good cross.

Bonnie Sue--where are you?

On Galla Creek

And lovin' it, too!

Galla Creek Two Socks

Two Socks is growing into a very pretty dog.
Hope he will do good in the woods this fall. He
is the dog I got up in MO from the Howard
Beek's line.

Zeb and JP Powers

Jim E Sue pup, Zeb, with his owner JP Powers.
They live in Texas. JP is getting Zeb started on
a squirrel tail. You can see that Zeb is studying
it and thinking about what he is to do!

Best Babysitter

Sq. Champ, Pretty Boy Floyd is the best baby
sitter. He is a full brother to Spud, Sparky, and
Bonnie Sue Parker. He takes his job seriously
but may nap on duty once and awhile!

Owners and picture sharers: Dean and Barb
Wright of Ohio!

Texas Tenna!

Bobby Crutcher shared new photos of Tenna

(Carolina/Spud) from Texas. He said she was

adjusting to her home and was settling in great.

We plan to bred Carolina to Spud next time so

hopefully we can keep a pup. How many pups

a female has is an inheritied trait. Carolina only

has 4 to 5 pups. Spook's line 5 to 6. The Old

Rowdy line has 7 to 8 in a litter. The male a dog

is bred to does not seem to change the number of

pups a female has. How many eggs she produces

sets the number of offspring!

Jim E Sue Pups

Jim E Sue's 8 pups are weaned. They are a handful--

movers and shakers! The 3 black and white males

are Dan, Gad, and Reuben. The female is Anchor

Annie. The two red males are Simeon and Asher.

The white male with black and red is Zebulon. The

mostly white male with red trim is Judah!

Bonnie Sue Parker

Bonnie Sue Parker is home on Galla Creek.
She acted like she remembered beinghere.
We sold her to a couple in LA when she was
less than a year old. They split up and Bonnie
was shifted from place to place. She ended up
where they had too many dogs and too little
time. We are glad to have her home again.
Bonnie is a full sister same litter to Nelson
and Floyd. She is a sister to Spud and Sparky
but an earlier litter. Bonnie turned 3 in May.
Thanks to Steve Roark for helping her come
home.

Two Socks!

We took Two Socks and Slew over to Galla

Meadow to run and play. Three friends

showed up in their night gowns! Astrid

is giving Two the lemon left over from my

sweet tea.

This is Nogo Red

Nogo Red and Nell are sisters. We owned
Red for only about a week. But got a pup
named Fizz from her. A guy here locally
begged for us to sell her and we did. But
as always wished we had not...as she was
a good dog!

Galla Creek Hazel!

Galla Creek Tanner is going home to AL. and

her new name is Hazel. We have always liked

that name and even thought of naming a pup

with that tag. Our pups are registered NKC

and new owners can change their names. They

keep the same reg. number so it does nothing to

their registration.

Hazel is a half sister to our little Brown Sugar.

I know she is going to have a good home and good

friends with the Robert Clark family. The Clarks

have owned Feists before. I am hoping this will be

the best one Mr. Clark has ever had. He said he

had Feists growing up and loves the breed.

Tia ~ Radio Flyer Pups

These are Dean Wright's pups from Tia and our Radio
Flyer. They are miracle pups. Dean and Barb took
Tia to the vet and had her xrayed to see if they were
going to have pups. Dean was concerned after driving
from Ohio to Arkansas and only doing one breeding.
Well, sadly the vet said no pups. So Barb cut back Tia's
food and took her off her vitamin supplement as she
kept gaining weight. When her due date came, she had
5 pups. Radio put his white mark on them. His litter of
pups with Spook produced all white pups and here he
has 4 white ones with only one marked like Tia. Tia has
a natural bob tail which is a recessive trait, but some of
the pups were born without a tail. Barb names the pups
after a theme. This time they chose trees. Their names
are: Hickory, Sugar Maple, Ohio Buckeye, Elmer and
Sycamore!

I wanted to post a photo of Bonnie Sue Parker, but can't
locate one so that will have to wait!

Sharing Pictures!

Jacob shared two new pictures of Toby. Toby

has a real good home. We wonder about our

former dogs and love getting the new pictures.

Recently, Steve Roark, owner of Nogo Nell and

Pretty Pearl, went to a dog broker in LA and

bought a former Galla Creek Dog for us. She

was in a place with lots of dogs. She is Bonnie

Sue Parker. We are so excited to get her home

again. I will post an old picture of her tomorrow.

Thanks to all of you who let us peek into the lives

of Galla Creek Feists.

Also, would like to say that we cherish all our

squirrel dog families!