About Us

The Puppies Are Born!
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     Vickie and I have been raising dogs together for nine years. Both of us have grown up with a multitude of different breeds which has fostered a love of all animals in each of us. We began our life together with Poe our long-haired, male, Akita and things grew from there. We never would have thought we would become breeders until Shauna of Castleguard Cane Corso sent us our first Cane Corso, Tuco. He was so magnificent that we knew this was for us. Tuco led us to the protection training field and excelled at the work; we dove in after him and have had so much fun with this breed ever since.

     Although we both have full time jobs that pay the bills, we both also have a full time second job as well. Raising our dogs in a responsible manner is quite a lot of work. Outside of our jobs, these guys are our life! We pour incredible amounts of time and effort, not to mention money, into making sure our animals are all well cared for both physically and mentally. And our dogs aren't the only ones, we train the dogs of our friends and family so that they can realize the harmony that we do with our own dogs. We donate to charity and organize charitable events whenever it is possible. The duel with Guido, shown on our videos page, raised over $600 dollars for Cane Corso rescue. We are also members of the Breeder's Guild for the Cane Corso Association of America (CCAA), this means health testing, contractual guarantees, temperament titles, microchipping, and client-club memberships.

     I, that's me up there on the left, am deeply passionate about the Cane Corso breed and we are moving forward every day to advance our involvement, enhance our knowledge and skills, and hopefully, better the breed through our efforts.

     These are our other, off-breed doggies:

Poe is our male, long-haired Akita. He is one of the sweetest dogs on the face of the earth. He breaks free of the stigma given to male Akitas. We call him the Golden Retriever of Akitas. He likes everyone and everything. We certainly didn't expect it! His only claims to life are: love of mommy and daddy, and lazing about the house and yard. Well, of course, God forbid you break the leash out, or say, “Poe, you ready to…go hiking…go camping…go to the store…?”

Nina is our female Akita. Most people mistake her for a male upon meeting her. She is large and in charge, LOL! Perfect in almost every respect, she is the light of our lives. She is our stress breaker. Upon coming home from a bad day, her greeting on the other side of the front door washes it all away. She has a smile that just makes everything bad disappear. We wish a dog like Nina upon everyone at least once in their lives.

Frodo is our Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Poor guy lives in a house of giants and bears the attitude to prove it! Vickie wanted a small dog to fawn over so I got her Frodo for Christmas one year. We intended for him to be a pet, and he is but, little did we know he would have turned out to be such a great example of his breed. Not only in type but, mostly in temperament. We are convinced that this little sucker could have been a real, working, cattle dog. Oh well, so many dogs, so little time!