Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team-Burnsed family

Monday, September 17, 2012

Success is Sweet

Hi Jimmy.....This is a belated thank you for the great time we had with you
in July. For my grandson, Stephen (yellow shirt), and his friend Casey,
pulling in a 100 plus 1b. 7 ft. bull shark, couldn't have been more fun.
Stephen, who's been to Sanibel many times with us, told me that it was "his
best trip ever." You not only know where the fish are, you know exactly how
to make a fishing trip fun for young and old guys alike. When our friends
saw these pictures, even though the red fish wasn't a bad one, they made it
clear that they knew "who the best fishermen were," and it wasn't grandpa.
We'll certainly be calling you again. Lowell Beck.
You have been sent 5 pictures.

September Pictures

The Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team, feel like we are on vacation. We do not see many visitors during late summer. School is in session and Florida is not on many minds.

We look forward to October.

A few weeks back, Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team , shared the story of 4 year old Reagan Dollar daughter of Capt. Bryan Dollar, and her battle with childhood diabetes. I was touched by the many friends that contacted Santiva wanting to help the Dollar family with the adoption fee needed for Reagan to have Cash a black lab trained to be a life saving companion for Reagan .

If we donate $5.00 for each healthy child in our lives, we could re name "Cash" "Zero" by the end of 2012 .

I believe !!!!!

Capital Bank
Attn: Roxanne, head teller
2209 Santa Barbara Blvd
Suite 101
Cape Coral, FL 33991

or mail to

Reagan Dollar
333 SW 25th Place
Cape Coral, FL 33991

All checks please make payable to Reagan Dollar.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Even in Paradise

Crissy, Reagan and Cash

The Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team is happy to have added Capt. Brian Dollar to our list of "The Best" in 2012. Not only does Brian bring professional fishing expertize. He has the other Santiva qualifications. He is a loving father and husband , high moral standards and a love for God and country.

When adding to our family of guides, I sometime want to share with our customers important issues. Even in "Paradise" our family confront the same day to day issues that other family face

Capt. Brian and family

Reagan was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on April 20, 2011 when she was 3 yrs old. Type 1 Diabetes is also known as Juvenile Diabetes. T1D is an auto immune disease & her body can no longer produce insulin. Some of the warning signs of Type 1 Diabetes are extreme thirst, extreme weight loss, extreme hunger, excessive urination, extreme fatigue & irritable, to name a few. Cash is a diabetic alert dog that we are fundraising for thru Guardian Angel Service Dogs, Inc's 501c3. He is scent imprinted at birth & began his training at 7 wks old. He is a black lab & is now 4 months old. We received him on August 17th. Guardian Angel Service Dogs, Inc. is located in Virginia & they provide service dogs for all invisible diseases. As far as I know, GASD is the only company that will allow a child under the age of 12 to receive an alert dog for T1D. And they are the only company that places puppies! The reason they place the puppies with the children at such a young age is the bonding....it is so important for that bond to be instilled between the dog & child! Cash came off the airplane & alerted within the first hour & has been alerting ever since! Our training with Cash will be every 90 days over the next 2 years. Our trainer will fly down & stay for 2 to 5 days depending on how much training needs to be done. The trainers are the best of the best & truly love these kids & dogs!!! Once Cash is fully trained he will be able to call 911, retrieve Reagan's test kit, retrieve Reagan's juice or glucose tabs, alert for a high blood sugar by giving us a "high 5" by pawing, nudging his nose against us for a low blood sugar & also alerting to someone other than Reagan if she is unresponsive or if she is not listening to him....he will also come to wake up myself or Bryan or even Cameron in the middle of the night for a high or low blood sugar!! More information about Type 1 Diabetes can be found at www.jdrf.org & more information about Guardian Angel Service Dogs, Inc can be found atwww.guardianangelservicedogs.org.

Thank You Crissy for allowing us to share this beautiful meeting !!!!

Thursday, August 16, 2012

My son and I had the pleasure of fishing with Rob again this week. Once again it was great fishing, great scenery and wonderful company. I have fished with many guides in the past 25 years but Rob is hands down the most easy going captain I have shared a boat with. We are hoping to make it four years in a row next August.

Thanks

Howard and JR Bauer

Capt Rob is a nice guy and a great son in law.