Sunday, October 17, 2010

Sunset at Windy River Ranch

An especially nice picture of our Great Pyrenees "Bear"

Proud Dad and Mom - "Is it time to eat yet?"

Litter Mates at 18 days - seven bundles of joy!

#3 Boy - 18 days old - This "little" guy is the biggest of the puppies and has always had more than his share of "chow"!

#2 Boy - 18 days old - all the puppies have white tips on their tails and white paws. This little guy was the smallest but it is hard to tell now with the way he eats!

#1 Boy - 18 days old - We are starting to call him Blaze for the double blaze on his chest, brown on white and white on brown! He is already walking and snarling and growling and biting ears of fellow litter mates. It is in these formative days when puppies learn how hard they can bite!

#4 - female - 18 days old - rolly polly cuteness!

#3 - female - 18 days old - "I am looking at the camera"

Another sweet "Bearina" - female - 18 days old - she looks just like my stuffed white bear!

Bear"ina" #1 - female - 18 days old - Oh how we would love to name them but that is for her new owners!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Piglets - This is what Dandelion, the boar, and Marigold and Sweet Pea, gilts looked like roaming around their home pasture.

Anna and Bear - We have raised Anatolian/Great Pyr's from 8 week old puppies over the last 4 years and we love them. Our dogs were fearless defenders of our off-the-grid home in NE Washington and encountered cougar, coyote, bear, and yes, skunk...We are not sure who won there! BUT they would sit for hours while little children petted and loved on them. That is why when we returned to NW Oregon, we decided we wanted to raise these canine cross-bred livestock guardians. We have had three in all before acquiring our breeding pair and all have exhibited these same qualities of loyalty, love, and fearlessness. Our female and male hail from different geographical locations. Anna, almost three, comes from Sandy, Oregon and is guarding goats, cattle, chickens, hogs, and as a puppy, sheep. She will deliver her first litter any day now! Bear, our Great Pyr, is originally from Georgia. He is just over a year old and is guarding goats, chickens, hogs and cattle. These dogs are known as livestock guardians or "Bear Dogs" in Montana and are saving ranchers there time and money. Do your own research and when the pups are ready by the 1st of December, we'd love to hear from you!

We have raised Anatolian/Great Pyr's from 8 week old puppies over the last 4 years and we love them.  Our dogs were fearless defenders of our off-the-grid home in NE Washington and encountered cougar, coyote, bear, and yes, skunk!  (We are not sure who won there.)  But they would sit for hours while little children petted and loved on them.  That is why we decided we wanted to raise this cross breed.  We have had three in all before acquiring our breeding pair and all have exhibited these same qualities of loyalty, love, and fearlessness.  Our female and male hail from different geographical locations.  Anna, almost three, comes from Cascade Meadows Farm in Sandy, Oregon and is guarding goats, cattle, chickens, hogs, and as a puppy, sheep.  She will deliver her first litter next month.  Bear, our Great Pyr, is originally from Georgia.  He is just over a year old and is guarding goats, chickens, hogs and cattle. These dogs are known as "Bear Dogs" in Montana and are saving ranchers there time and money.  Do your own research and when the pups are ready in a couple of months, we'd love to hear from you!