Knapp Creek Acres, LLC - Best of Yorkie Breeders

Breeding quality Yorkshire Terrier puppies to be happy, healthy family pets!

*Amana, Iowa USA*	*Joe & Connie Gerst and family*
Contact us at 319-310-8683 or knappcreek@southslope.net

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Pugs Breeds from Knapp Creek in their new homes...

I bought Cash from you on 06/07/03. He is doing wonderful and is a real momma's boy. He brings joy to me everyday.

Thanks.

Greetings from Muscatine. I thought I would take a few minutes to share a few photos of Josie with you. She is now nearly 9 months old and gorgeous as ever. I tell everyone she is pure sugar! We could not have asked for a better pet! I am attaching 3 photos, the first 2 days after we brought her home, 1 recent taken last week on a walk, and 1 yesterday going for her first swim. Enjoy and feel free to post on the website. We sure wish you all were still breeding pugs...I'd get a second one in a heartbeat!

Apollo likes to admire himself in the mirror. We think he’s quite handsome too.

Cathy, Bruce, Marcus, Apollo

Hi, here is a picture of Zoie & Baxter. They love each other & get along great. Don't know what we would do without them.

Thanks for the pug. We got him in Dec, of 2003. He was born on October 15, 2003. We named him Pugsly. He is so great with our children. We love him so much. Thanks again for the great pug.

Here's some seasonal photos of Romper, our second Pug from Knapp Creek Acres. He is wonderful! We got him in January, 2006, and he's approaching the big one year old mark next month. He loves playing in the leaves, and even tried to help "daddy" out with raking them! He couldn't be more precious! We always know that a dog from Knapp Creek is going to be a well-adjusted, good quality dog, coming from good breeders. Thanks!

We got the pug puppy and the bulldog a week before Christmas. We named the pug Payton and the bulldog Domino. They are the best dogs I've ever been around and they can't get enough of each other...our older pug is not the greatest fan of them, but puts up with them. Domino likes to do laps in the pool and hang out on the raft (I forced the pugs on)! I'm moving back to California soon with Payton and I think she will miss her new friends...may have to visit you again for another!!!

Hi Joe and family,

It's been awhile, but I wanted to send you a picture of our two pugs that we purchased from your families. Frank (fawn) and Sammy will be turning two years old soon. They are both healthy and still full of energy. I'm really glad we bought a buddy for Frank because these two get along great. They love to eat and snuggle together. It looks like owning one of each color is becoming a trend by looking at the website. :) I hope you enjoy their picture.

Dear Knappcreek,

Gary is the greatest dog ever. He is so playful and sweet. We love him so MUCH! Gary was born on December 26, 2004, and we got him on March 8, 2005. His dad is Ty and his mom is Florrie. When we went to pick him up from the airport we saw him in the cage and he was so cute and happy and he still is. In the car he was jumping around wagging his tail and playing so much. He couldn't even go down and up the stairs but now he can. We are so grateful that we have him. He is ADORABLE! We love him very much!

Thank you very much!!

Hello Connie and Joe...here are a couple of pictures we wanted to share with you of Zoey Bellah. She is so precious! She and Alex have fallen for each other! But she and Barkley (our shih tzu)...well that may take some time. From the minute we held her at the airport we have been so in love with her. Thanks for breeding such a beautiful puppy! You are more than welcome to put these pictures on your website. Thanks again for everything.

Hi Joe and Family-

We hope this holiday season finds your family well. We took this "family" photo for Christmas and wanted to share it with you. Tater Tot (the pug) and Belle (the yorkie) are learning what it is like to pose in the Christmas photo. Howie (the big dog) is an old hat at it now and very tolerable of the outfits.

We love our dogs, spoil them rotten and enjoy all the crazy playing, running, and most of all, napping. We are off to Illinois for the family Christmas with 3 dogs in tow. They went on our big vacation this year...over 3500 miles of driving and they did fabulous. Lots of new places to explore and dogs to meet along the way. Take care, thanks again for raising such wonderful dogs! Feel free to post the photo on your website.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hello!
Here is a picture of our Pug Jack that we got from your family about two years ago. He is such a wonderful Pug! I don't know what we ever did before we had Jacky. Thank you so much for a great family addition!

Joe,

We can't say how much we love Hazel. In one week she has made herself a member of the family (as you can see). She is such a little clown. I cannot believe how smart she is! She goes to the door when she wants or needs out and as soon as she gets out of her crate she goes right to the sink to wait for a meal or a drink. At first Missy, our teacup Chihuahua, didn't know what to make of her but now they romp through the house like they grew up together. She is just priceless. Everyone in our neighborhood has been over to see her so now she thinks any company we have is here for her. Again, I'm so happy that we found you guys and got such a wonderful little treasure.

Hello! I purchased a pug from you in January, 2004. His name is Buddy, and he is just wonderful. He's our "baby!" Attached are some photos, so you can see how he's grown. He's Sylvia and Andy's puppy. He's so handsome! Everyone that comes into contact with him adores him.

Hi Joe-

I wanted to send you a picture of 'our boys' for your Paws for Pictures. Between the two of them Paulie (fawn) is the inquisitive one, Primo is much more layed back. My husband says he feels like he's sleeping with the Three Stooges these days; Primo weezes, Paulie snores and I snore louder. We're really enjoying them and wish we had known how great Pugs are sooner; we would have owned one years ago.

Joe and Family,
I just wanted to say hello and thanks for giving us such a wonderful female pug. Her name is Lady May and she was 6 months old on the 22nd of June. She is such a wonderful little pug who is full of so much energy. Her older brother loves playing with her and of course she likes getting herself into little mischievous acts. But she's only a baby still. I have sent along a picture of her so you guys can see how big she is getting. She already weighs almost 6.5 pounds.

Hey Joe, just thought we would email you a picture of Chopper. He is very sweet and already has his own personality. He has many toys and is a big part of our family. He even sleeps in our bed with us. He can't sleep unless he is next to one of us. Please feel free to use this picture for your website. Thanks again.

We love this picture of Moe -please feel free to post it on your website. He's a wonderful pug and loves to play with the kids. He's eating well and growing fast (about 7 pounds now) considering he was the smallest of the puppies. Thanks.

HI!
Sorry I've not gotten an updated picture of Bubba to you, life sure has been hectic with a puppy in the house! He's doing great, is very well mannered, and loves to go for walks! He especially likes to bark at the joggers, and wants to run after them as well! Bubba sure has been a joy, thank you for bringing him into our lives!

Joe,
Hi. You're welcome to use the attached pictures on the website if you'd like. Max, our black pug, is enjoying his first Thanksgiving. He loved the turkey leg but panicked when he dropped it. Also, his first birthday was on 12/27/04 and he enjoyed the cake. Bandit, our fawn pug, also enjoyed the cake and wants one for his birthday in March too! The little guys are great. We really enjoy having two pugs. Two-packs are much more fun than one!!

Joe, I am hoping I have learned to send you a picture of Yachtzee. He was helping me drive the car when we were on vacation.

Hi Joe and Family!

It seems like only yesterday we brought home Belle, the Yorkie and Tater Tot the pug to join our family. They have grown so much (relatively speaking) and are such a blast to have around. After the initial “when are they going back” period wore off for my big dog, he is quite enamored by them. They play hard with each other- thinking we will have the toughest Yorkie in town-but are inseparable. The Yorkie, Belle, adores my big dog Howie, and Howie is fascinated by the pug, Tater. It is one big happy family. Health wise they are doing awesome......We love our newest family members- so glad we came home with two (most days anyway!) Thanks for breeding and rearing such great animals. I have told all of Ames and a few people in Minnesota and Illinois about you and your family business. You have a lot to be proud of and I know a former professor, now fellow colleague just purchased an English Bulldog from you and is very pleased (Dr. Merkley). Take care, have a wonderful holiday season and keep up the good work. I know where we will come for our dogs from now on! We are moving to an acreage west of Ames and will have more dogs someday…the three we have will love to run and play in the big yard!

Attached is a picture of Nester for the Paws page. He is now 10 months and doing wonderfully. We cannot help but smile every time we look at his cute face! I have never seen a pug with so much energy-- he certainly keeps us on our toes. Thanks again for this wonderful gift. We look forward to getting a sibling for Nester in the future!

Hello Joe and family,

We have had Daisy now for a few months, and we are so in love with her!! She is the biggest part of our family!! She has made the adjustment to California life, and it has made our adjusting a lot easier also!! Thanks so much

Hi!

We just wanted to send you a few pictures, and tell you again how much we
just LOVE our little pug! She is the absolute sweetest. She even sleeps
under the covers with us! And now with her weighing a whopping 5 pounds,
she can finally beat up her big brother (who weighs 7 pounds)! Here are a
couple photos taken last week, and thanks again for such a little sweetie!

Joe,

This is a picture of Bandit when he was just over 4 months old. He is the greatest little guy! We haven't gotten him and Max to sit still next to each other long enough to snap a picture but they do love to play together.

Here is a updated picture of Tasha Rose. She is now 5 months old and finally potty trained. We sure enjoy her. I have told many people about Knapp Creek.

Hi Joe,
Here is a picture of Eli you can post to your website (his registered name is Prince Eli Puglicksalot). He is a great addition to our family! Thank you so much for all your help and such a great puppy! I will highly recommend you guys to anyone looking for a puppy.

Hi Joe and Connie,
Just wanted to email you some pictures of Skipper for the Paws website. He is doing great! He is a beautiful pug and is growing a pound each month. He really seems to like the cat's kibble better than his own. The cat, Lucy, is none too thrilled with our new family member. We had to literally show her that she could jump out of his reach. She still tends to run and hiss at him instead of getting out of the way. He is so funny when he takes off running with one of the baby's toys, a sock, whatever. He's running with his head up high and oftentimes can't see where he is going.

The great thing is that he slept through the night on the third night we had him. He is doing much better than our 13 month old baby, who still gets up every night.

We love him. We hope to get a black pug next year! Thanks for a wonderful dog!

Joe,

Max has been such a wonderful addition to our family! We've had him for six weeks now and he fits in just perfectly with our other dogs. His best buddy is our 100-pound Golden Retriever. We've gotten great reports at all of Max's vet visits. He has a great personality and is quite comical. I definitely want to add another one of your pugs to our family in the future.

Hello Joe, Connie and Family,

Sorry it's taken so long for us to get this to you, but we just wanted to let you know how great our pugs (Gomez and Morticia, Ticia for short) are getting along. They love to play with each other (sometimes a little too much) and they love sleeping on each other. They are really starting to fall into place in our home and are becoming more loving everyday. Two pugs are definitely better than one!!! Thank you for providing such great companions!!!

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