About Us
To tell a little about ourselves, we are a family of 8 two legged people, 3 cats, 2 horses and our special family members of dogs and puppies. All have names, are special and know how much they are loved.
Our oldest daughter Shae will turn 16 this summer and is trying to log as much time driving so she can get her driver's licence. She is on the honor role at school and is very involved in school sports and activities. Shae joined the High School Rodeo Association this past spring and has spent a lot of time training - both herself and her horse - for Barrel Racing. She spends her free time working at the local Reddi Mart, babysitting and working at the local hockey arena in the concession. She has three dogs of her own named Roxy, a black pomeranian, and her new puppies Phoenix (Cockapoo) and Kiki (Yorkie) who are most spoiled and cherished. Shae also is very involved in photography, both taking and editing pictures.
Ty and Cole, our first set of identical twin boys, are 13 now. They are also on the honor role at school, spend all winter playing hockey - their team qualified to play in the Provincial Tournament this year - and love all sports. They have bought themselves dirtbikes which take up most of their time, energy and money during the summer. They have both recently gotten jobs as referees as the Weekend Warriors, a paintball course in Olds. They both have their own dogs too, Ty has Taz (chihuahua) and Zoey (Cockalier) and Cole has Fudge (chihuahua) and Jenga (Cockapoo).
Lexi is our 12 year old daughter. Her life is the dogs. She spends countless hours playing with them and socializing them. She enjoys the initial time when they are only 3 weeks old and not sure about human contact, making sure they love being touched and cuddled. She also loves teaching the older puppies tricks and making sure they have learned their manners. She has one dog, Spice, a Cavalier King Charles girl who thinks Lexi is the sun and the moon. She kept her favourite puppy from Spice's last litter and named her Beetle. When not with the dogs, she loves soccer, swimming and talking on the phone. She recently took a riding class and with her confidance much improved, plans on spending a lot of time this summer with our horses. She is also looking forward to going to camp again this summer.
Rydyr and Kenzy are our second set of identical twins. They are almost 2 years old and are into everything. They too, love the dogs - they will abandon all toys to play with the puppies and will sit nicely on the floor and let them cuddle. Keemo and Tundra outside are their constant companions and special babysitters. We are teaching them how to be gentle with puppies and at the same time, the puppies learn how to be gentle with little ones.
Darren and I met in Sept of 2005, shortly after the kids and I moved here from Sask. We were married in June of 2008 in a small ceremony of family and friends on the acreage. Darren is a farmer / trucker who is currently starting up his own business under Esperanza Hauling. He has a stock trailer and flat deck and does custom hauling. I have been breeding dogs for 14 years, full time except for the first 3 years that we lived here in Alberta. I am happy to be back full time at the kennels with my dogs again. Growing up, all I wanted was to be a vet and have lots of dogs and horses. As my sister and I were both allergic to animals, we were never allowed a pet but one of my earliest memories is my parents telling me that when I had my own home, I could have as many dogs as I wanted. Because of not being able to have a dog due to allergies, I now tend to breed a lot of non shedding, non allergenic dogs so that even those people with allergies can have the joy of sharing a life with a dog. I have found that my allergies are very mild now due to constant exposure and even the allergenic puppies in the house no longer bother me.
