Puppies 2 weeks

Nov 27 - So the puppies are now 2 weeks old and it is amazing how fast they grow. They have been so fun to watch squirm around and how fast they can now move when they smell mommy. Yesterday their eyes have started opening. Tulip (the pink girl) is now starting to walk but then she lands on her face. Both of her eyes are slowly opening. Turquois has one open eye and one closed eye and is also starting to walk. We just moved them into the kitchen area so that we could give them a little more room for when they are walking around. This is also giving them a potty/play area. This week we expect them to change quite a bit it should be fun to watch!

Fall Riding Lessons are Finished Winter begins Dec 4th

I just wanted to thank everyone that was involved in the fall lessons. I hope everyone had a great time during lessons and that you all felt like your riding abilities increased during this 12 week session. I know Maximus might have been a little difficult for his riders to adjust to him and I appreciate your patience with him while he adapted to our ranch. Due to popular demand, we have decided to start a winter lessons session starting Dec 3rd. There were just some students who couldn't bare the thought of not riding for 3 months. Even though it will be cold hopefully we can enjoy it. I will be the instructor for this session since we have not filled up the 4 classes needed to hire Kailey. But hopefully it will still be fun! Love you all and hope to see you back in the spring!

Puppies are 1 week old!

So the puppies all made it safely to one week old. They are still sleeping a lot but starting to move around a bit more while they are awake. Daisy is such a good mom. She is starting to give them a little more alone time yet keeps a very close eye on them. She has her bed right next to theirs so she can watch them but then gets in their whelping box to feed them when they need it. She is eating a ton and drinking so much to keep all 9 fed.



They have all mostly doubled their weight which is a great sign. I have dewclawed them all and they recovered very quickly. We all love on them and I haven't left them for more then 2 hours without a babysitter. We are all just really excited for the day they open their eyes, and ears so they can see what this world is all about. I am going to start working on a house for them in the mud room with a doggie door to the outside kennel. This will be their next move once they are too big for the whelping box.

Missy Lou - Adoption is Final

Nov 21, 2013 - So this is Missy Lou is a bay quarter horse born in Idaho on May 25, 2005. Her paper name is Taylors Dottie but that just didn't seem to fit her. Missy is a super gentle horse with a lot of get up and go. She is quick and light on her feet. She does not like to be bridled with her halter on. She has not been ridden much the last few months so right now she is strictly a Townsend Family Horse. But one day she might be advanced to a lesson horse.

Missy Lou is kinda funny though, she likes to dig holes in her paddocks and she likes her back end rubbed... I know it sounds silly but if you go in with her and she is comfortable with you she will put her back end to you and push against you until you rub her. CRAZY GIRL. Her and Sally are quickly becoming friends of course Missy Lou is so loveable. We love her already!

The Puppies are Here!!!

So we waited 63 long days wondering if Daisy was going to have any puppies or not. She was getting bigger but not by much and we could feel them moving around in there. So we took guesses at how many we thought she would have and when. Treg and Alysa got the closest to when she would have them. And I got the closest to how many there were at 8. She had 9 puppies!!! We all thought that since this was her first litter she wouldn't have very many but she showed us with 9 all black beautiful babies. She started to have them on Nov 13th at 8:30 and the last one was born at 12:09. We were all there to witness most of it. We all missed the 1st even though Treg and Tia were on puppy watch and were in the same room just playing they didn't notice Daisy had her because she was so quite about it. Then I made them all go to bed at puppy number 7 at 11:15pm.

Why Labradoodles? I grew up on a ranch in Lehi, it was a goat dairy ranch, then a mink ranch, then we had foxes, you name it we had it. But we always had a dog right until the day I moved out onto my own. We had labs, dobermans, german shepards, great danes, muts, whatever we just had lots of dogs and they were great. But when I got our first house I really didn't want all that fur all over. So I started having kids then I didn't want my kids in danger of a dog. I had excuses even though I still loved dogs I just really didn't want one. Until about 5&1/2 years ago Terry's sweet sister Tonia passed away. She was a dear friend of mine and super special sister to Terry who has always loved dogs well she loved all the animals. The week she passed away Terry's other sister Tammie came into town for the funeral and they brought their dog Zorro who was a labradoodle. The kids fell in love with him instantly because he was so sweet, fun, gentle and SMART! The day they went home was the day we adopted our sweet Dash! It was the first time we even considered having a dog but we knew right away we wanted a labradoodle so I got on KSL and just 5 minutes before I looked Dash was posted. We went out right away to visit him and we brought him home. We soon after found out we didn't just bring home a dog like I had growing up. We had brought home the next member to our family. He goes everywhere with us except to basketball (which he doesn't like basketball season) and everyone would always come ask us what breed he was and if they could pet him. Dash has always loved the attention. Even when I was teaching preschool he would wait at the top of the stairs wanting so bad to be invited to come play with the kids. His favorite day of preschool was the day we learned about the letter D (Daisy the dog says ddd) and the day we learned about caring for our pets. I love that he doesn't shed, that he knows my emotions before I do (sometimes that is not good), I love him being my running buddy (he is always in the mood), I love that he cares about us and always wants to please us by doing what we have trained him to do. So yes, Dash is special, he is my boy, my buddy, my shadow that keeps me company when everyone leaves for work and school. That is why we will only have labradoodles from here on out. Of all the dogs I have owned growing up both Dash and Daisy have been the most like a true member of the family.

So back to the puppies, yes they are expensive but I tell you what I have never one day regretted owning our labradoodles. Daisy had 5 girls and 4 boys all black. Some have straight coats some are curly, some are bigger and some are smaller but all black so far. The stud we bred Daisy to is named Gus and he is a miniature standard poodle. He is super smart and sweet and he is only 19lbs so we are hoping their puppies will be about the size of Dash when they are full grown. With both of their dispositions the will be some great dogs and make some families so happy with their new family members. This is Tregs business he decided he wanted to bred Daisy and sell the puppies to earn money for college.

He is asking $1,000 for girls and $900 for boys which is a great price for the medium size F1B labradoodles. The F1B means they are 3/4 poodle and 1/4 lab so there is almost NO shedding at all, easy coat to maintain, and super smart sensitive dogs. We bred them to be just like Dash since he can not have puppies of his own. They will be ready to go home on Christmas Eve with their first set of shots, dewclaws, and vet checks. We are taking reservations now so if you know of anyone looking for a perfect Christmas Surprise please give them our information.