Meet the Farm Dogs!
The farm dogs are intelligent, extremely active, and love their life on the farm.
Koda
Koda is a Shetland Sheepdog, also known as a Sheltie. He was born on October 3, 2023 and joined our family on December 6, 2023. He’s an adorably energetic, lovable teddy bear. He’s sweet, timid towards strangers, and loves to run around the farm. We adopted Koda from someone who would eventually like to get into breeding Shelties but wasn’t quite ready to when Koda’s (surprise) litter came along. The person wanted to rehome the puppies as quickly as possible. Tabby had been wanting a Sheltie forever, so she jumped on the opportunity without any hesitation. Koda’s favorite word is “shenanigan”. If you say his word, he stops what he’s doing (or wakes up from a deep sleep) and jumps up and down, spins around, and barks. It’s the most exicting word he’s ever heard!
Bandit
Bandit is a miniature Australian Shepherd, also known as an Aussie. He was born on August 17, 2024, and joined our family on October 26, 2024. Like Koda, he was a surprise litter who had to be rehomed as soon as he was old enough to leave his mom. We learned about his need for a home and immediately made arrangements to adopt him. Bandit. Is. Wild!! If we could bottle his energy, we’d be living like royalty. He’s fearless, curious, and loves to run and play. Did I mention he’s a bit energetic? He runs circles around the other dogs. He loves Koda as much as he loves running. He’s starting to learn how to herd the chickens and ducks into the coop at night, but we have to be careful because he gets overzealous and takes his job a bit too serious.
Meet the Dachshunds!
Meet the Dachshund pack! Chili, Kirby, Chloe, and Katie! Each pup is unique from the others, not just in age and fur color, but also in personality.
Chili
Chili is a miniature Dachshund who was born in Texas on June 13, 2019. When he came home to us on August 9, 2019, he weighed under three pounds. We call him “The Law”. He’s always right there when we have to remind the cats to get off the countertops or the t.v., and he keeps the other dogs in line. Although there’s a big age difference between him and Chloe and Katie, he knows how to adjust the roughness of his playing and is really gentle with them.
Chili loves playing fetch with his favorite ball named Chomp. He’ll play fetch with Chomp for hours at a time. We have to hide Chomp just so he stops running and takes a break.
Kirby
Until Katie and Chloe came along, Kirby was the baby of the Dachshund pack. He’s a miniature long-haired Dachshund. He was born on December 15, 2019, and we brought him home on February 8, 2020 when he weighed only three pounds. He had severe separation anxiety when we first brought him home. It was to the point that we weren’t sure if his little heart could handle the anxiety. Tabitha started leaving classical music on for him whenever he was in his playpen, and the severity of his anxiety improved. Kirby is a love bug! He loves sitting on our laps and snuggling over anything else.
Chloe and Katie
Chloe and Katie are the babies of the miniature dachshund pack. The girls were born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 13, 2025 and joined our family on August 5, 2025. We were only going to adopt Katie, but when we found out nobody wanted Chloe, we decided to adopt her too.
Katie is shy, sweet, and loves to snuggle. She’s also very vocal. She always has something to say and says it loud enough for everyone to hear.
Chloe is fearless, head-strong, mischievous, and outgoing. She gets in the middle of the farm dogs when they’re wrestling and never backs down.
We left Colorado on a Sunday morning, drove 10 hours to Tulsa, spent the night, picked up the girls Monday morning, and were back home Monday night. It was a quick trip! The girls did amazing on the ride. There was no crying, potty accidents, or boredom the entire way home. We stopped every hour so they could get out of the car and run around which helped.
Cassie
Cassie joined our family on February 5, 2020. We held her little paw as she crossed Rainbow Bridge on April 13, 2024.
We think Cassie was born around 2010. Someone found her all alone, roaming the plains in eastern Colorado and took her to the Humane Society. After Tabitha saw her profile online, Doug rushed over to the shelter and put a deposit/hold on her just in case her family didn’t claim her. When she arrived at the shelter, she was missing five teeth. Because of her bad teeth and jaw, the day before we brought her home, the shelter pulled twenty-six teeth. She was in a lot of pain after the surgery, but she recovered well and was able to eat without any problems. Although she played with Chili and Kirby, her favorite thing to do was curl up on a blanket on the couch and snuggle with us.
Annie
Annie found us on November 13, 2021. Our sweet little Annie crossed Rainbow Bridge on October 11, 2022. She was a long-haired Dachshund. Her veterinarian thought she was around thirteen years old when she found us. This is her extraordinary story.
Only Indoors
The dogs are indoor dogs. They get bathroom time and closely supervised playtime outside. We have to be extra careful about watching them outside because we have a lot of predators on the property such as owls, hawks, eagles, and coyotes that don’t make great companions with small dogs.
Food
We feed the dogs a raw diet that is supplemented with dry kibble and canned wet food. They also get treats during training time.
