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I have shipped registered English Shepherd pups to every state in the U. S. A. I haven’t ever had enough pups and trained dogs to fill all of my orders, and the demand got so great for these black and tan English Shepherd dogs that I decided to organize the English Shepherd Club of America. I first wrote Mr. Frederick Preston Search about organizing, and he was so interested in the club that he wrote me a letter every and even offered to put up the cash to pay the expenses of getting started. On the 22nd day of August, 1950, Professor Joseph Fox was here breeding a female. While he was here, the mail came, and I received a letter from Mr. Search wanting to organize the club. I asked Prof. Fox if he would help out, and he said he would help all he could, but he couldn't be secretary because his schoolwork took too much of his time. Prof. Fox asked me to be secretary and Mr. Search president. Professor Fox acted as Texas state board member.

That was the day I put the first name in the book of membership of the ESCOA. What made everything get started in good shape was Mr. Search’s outline of just what he would like to see done. He refused to be secretary and asked me to take the job because I knew so many English Shepherd breeders. Then what really got the ball to rolling on that very same day, 22nd day of August, 1950, I wrote a letter to Captain J. Ursery. (he is Major J. Ursery now). I asked him to join the English Shepherd Club of America, and, as he lives in Arkansas, I asked him to be State board member for his state.  I received a check from Major J. Ursery for $5 for his membership to the English Shepherd Club of America.  I also received a $100 post office money order from Major J. Ursery for a female pup. When I sold that pup for $100 cash and got $5 cash for membership to the ESCOA, I went to work in earnest, and I got 16 members the first week. Of all the things I have ever done in my entire life, organizing the English Shepherd Club of America has been the easiest thing I have ever done. It seems that everyone has had a good sale for their pups.

As soon as we organized the ESCOA, we began to get letters from people wanting to know if we registered English Shepherds. In June 1950 before we organized the ESCOA, I received a letter from Will Judy, editor of “Dog World”, wanting a copy of the English Shepherd Standard. I kept putting it off. Then he wired me, so I wrote the “English Shepherd Standard” one Sunday, and I had to mail it in that day Air Mail in order to get it printed. In fact, this was May but was for the June “Dog World". Up until this time, I hadn’t ever seen a standard for English Shepherds. I just made the standard as near like my best English Shepherd that I possible could. My ad in that issue of “Dog World” cost me $85., but I sold a number of pups for $100 each before I ever saw that issue of “Dog World". From that day until this I haven’t ever got caught up with answering all the letters I should write to people about English Shepherds.