Our Facility
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In 2024, Wes and I built our dream "shouse" on the farm. We went with this style of house so that we could have plenty of space for our pack of dogs!
Our retired girls live in the house. The rest of the pack also rotates in the house in small groups. Our kennels are located in the shop which is attached to the shop part of our "shouse". Our girls enjoy each other's company and prefer to stay in groups (rather than alone in individual kennels) so we made the kennels huge and spacious (10'x20' with an outdoor run) to accommodate a few dogs in each. Each dog has their own Kuranda bed, but they tend to prefer to pile up all on one bed because they are snugglers. We also have a living room in the shop with couches and a TV, where the dogs love to curl up and chew on a bone at night. There is plenty of open space for shenanigans in the shop, so the dogs/puppies can play even if the weather is bad. Our place is licensed and inspected annually by the Iowa Department of Ag/Animal Welfare. (Iowa Animal Welfare license #12543). Outside, we have a 10-acre yard plus lots of pasture and crop ground for the dogs to roam, as well as a ravine with a small creek right next to our house where they love to hunt and play every single day. It is a little slice of heaven in the middle of nowhere; we wouldn't want to live anywhere else! |
View of our "shouse" from the field
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The dog couch - we might need to add another one in the near future! :P
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