Sorry I didn't see your reply to this thread, SRS!

The breeder of Ariel is the person who helped us get Ariel out of a lousy kennel situation in Tennessee last year. Ariel wasn't abused. More that she was treated like livestock. Ariel isn't livestock. She's a live wire. Too intelligent and inquisitive and, mostly, too loving to be stuck in a cage for the rest of her life.

Anyway, the breeder who helped us get Ariel has Ariel's sister and that dog's son. She bred the son and his offspring is now our "Breeze" (or B.Z.). Ariel has taken to him like her own.