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Being born and raised in Montana lead to a life of good horses, cattle and dogs. Our first interest in horses were Quarter Horses. Our family started raising them in the 70's and 80's until job moves made it hard to maintain a breeding program. From there the foal crop went to a foal a year. The focus of our Quarter Horse program was on a good all round using horse for work and play. Horses that went to the show ring and also had to do a good days work on the ranch. Leanne showed and judged horses as a youth and college student. She now peruses a small business in riding instruction, judging, wagon services and designing equine publications for print. She just received her certification from the American Riding Instructor's Association (ARIA) in Level II Western and Level I Hunt Seat. Brett worked as a college student for an outfitter in Ennis Montana. He learned the value of strong, sound and healthy horses with good minds and a forgiving heart.
We became interested in Shire Horses in 2000 with
the purchase of Big Sky Kellie. We were looking for a driving horse to use for
pleasure driving.
We found an add in the local classifieds-- went and looked at the mare and
purchased her. A year latter we used her in our wedding. Since then we
have enjoyed showing her.
We entered into the Aussie business in the fall of 2001 when our friends gave us a male and female as pets and stock dogs. Little did we know that we would be raising a litter a year for placement into families as pets and working dogs. As a girl growing up Leanne and her family had many Aussie cross and Registered Aussie dogs for 4-H projects. It just seemed to fit when we were asked if we wanted our male and female. Our goal is to raise a high quality horse or dog that will meet the needs of our customers and provide years of use and enjoyment. "The Tradition Continues"
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