About Us

My dogs are my full-time “job”, but really, I enjoy it too much to call it that. 

Ok, I admit it I LOVE to take pictures of cute puppies and though I may be biased, I think my pups are the CUTEST! If you can’t handle frequent cuteness overloads, you might want to rethink and go with a less obsessed puppy breeder.

I grew up around dogs and breeding for the best of the best. My parents raised and successfully exhibited (showed) standard collies (and quarter horses) my entire childhood and teenage years. My first “very own” dog growing up was the niece of the famous tv star Lassie. Brilliant dog, but oh the hair! I swore when I grew up I would never again own such a fluffy, long-haired dog.

Growing up in a family that was heavy into showing, I learned to recognize and judge for proper conformation, but after I started having children of my own, I decided that spending quality time with my family and dogs was more important than the politics and stress that go along with the world of showing. My children have had the opportunity to experience the excitement of showing, but more for the fun and life lessons than the fevered pace I experienced.

Despite my many years of experience, I still do not consider myself an expert and am by no means perfect. I strive to learn new and better ways to raise healthy puppies constantly. The advent of DNA health testing has made amazing advancements and become more readily available as a tool to help breeders take some of the guesswork out of the genetic equation.

I spend every spare moment comparing notes with other reputable breeders, as well as researching health and genetics that would make most people's heads spin. It’s almost unfathomable how much has changed for breeders and the breed over the last 20 years. 

 

A Little History

I fell in love with Great Danes kind of by accident. I have always been a lover of spotted and painted animals from chickens to horses.

While trying to create my own website I began to notice the lack of good website template options for breeders and ranchers. So I dug deep and started learning how to write HTML (Aka. website gibberish) from scratch.

Along the way I offered my services to a few other breeders, which is how I met my first great dane breeder. He needed a large website, and I was already smitten by his dogs, so I offered to trade my services for a pair of puppies.

Over the next 10 years my Dane addiction grew and expanded to showing and breeding them myself as well. My kids grew up running wild with the danes on our ranch in Southern Utah.

 

That is until we had to give up the ranch and move into town. I was unable to keep all my Danes due to city regulations, so I offered them back to the breeder from which I had gotten them, with the hopes someday I could once again have a puppy from their bloodlines.

Over the next 15 years I focused instead on my Miniature Dachshunds and watching my children grow up and move on to their own lives.

While visiting my long-time friend in Washington State the fall of 2024, I was offered the incredible opportunity to take over his Ranch and Great Danes when he retired. The very bloodlines I had loved so many years ago.

 

 

Spring of 2025

Has been a new beginning for us with a spacious new ranch to call home and many new adventures that come with taking over a ranch full of XL dogs, milk cows, chickens, wild bunnies, and a large conspiracy of Ravens. 

 

 

 

Going forward, the adult Danes will be retiring, and only a select few young ones will be retained for breeding based on personality, breed type, and genetic/health testing to ensure we only produce the healthiest pups possible, so litters will be limited.

 

Some would say breeding is unethical, or that breeders are just money-hungry. For me, at the end of the day, especially the hard or heartbreaking ones, it is the unbiased love I get in return from my dogs and the families who adopt my puppies. I live for the updates of pups from their loving families. I have also been accused of being a birthing junkie I love being hands-on with every aspect of my litters. My vet has told me multiple times that I probably know more than he does about the hands-on parts of breeding, birthing, and raising healthy animals maybe I should consider getting a veterinary degree.

While my whelping schedule is quite often all night or hectic, I think a vet’s life is much more time-consuming and heartbreaking. I find my joy in producing healthy animals rather than constantly treating sick or dying ones.  😉 Breeding satisfies my strong mothering instinct,s and the best part is I don’t have to deal with teenagers!

There is so much more that goes into being a dedicated breeder than just playing with cute puppies all day. It is not about the money either, because any breeder who takes proper care of their breeding stock, puppies, and customers as well as invests in healthy genetics and constantly strives to improve their breed is not making much extra money.

I love to talk Dogs, so feel free to contact us (at any reasonable hour), no question is too stupid for us. I would much rather you ask so I know my babies are going to families who want the best for them, just like I do.