About Us

The love of dogs goes back as far as all of us can remember.
None of us could imagine life without them today!

I (Melissa White) grew up with dogs of one form or another all my life.
My first memories are of animals (Dogs, cats, horses and anything else that moved.) and loved family members.
I grew up 1st wanting to be a vet and then decided I couldn't deal with hurt animals all day everyday. Then I decided to go into Forestry and Wildlife management to help preserve and save as many animals as possible.
I probably would have followed this path,
but sometimes life has a way of changing things with out warning.

Instead of pursuing a career, I got married to
my wonderful husband, Dan and had our beautiful little girl Ashleigh.
This changed the course of my life in ways I would never imagine. Instead of a career,
I settled down to raise my family, enjoying my animals only as pets.

This lasted until Ashleigh was 4 years old.
Fall of 1999 my daughters black lab jumped
our 8 foot fence and was hit on the road
in front of our house.
This was Ashleigh's first experience with the death of a loved one. It took us a long time to grieve and prepare our hearts for a new pet. When Ashleigh could no longer stand not having a dog, we started searching for the perfect companion to add to our family.
(Which then consisted of Myself, Dan, Ashleigh, 1 German Shepherd, 2 Cats, Fish, and 2 horses.)

We decided to look for a small dog, possibly a beagle, at the local Animal Shelter. Off we went crying over all the dogs needing a home, and found a beautiful 2 year old female beagle up for adoption. We came back the next day bright and early in the morning for the lottery that was held to chose her home as there were so many who wanted her. Some one else took her home.

We started the search again and this time found a beautiful 1 year old male beagle, again a lottery and again he went home with someone else. |Ashleigh was heartbroken. That was it! We were going to find a breeder and buy her a puppy, even if it cost us a whole lot more. We started looking at beagles of course, but found that the quality of what we were finding was awful and the temperaments of the parents not so great.
Then we were at the pet store and found
a flyer for Jack Russell Terriers.

Not having a real clue what kind of dog they were, we called the breeder and asked her,
"Is a Jack Russell like Wishbone?" She said yes, answered some more questions and we drove straight over to look at the puppies. (she only lived about 5 minutes from us) That was when Shasta (White's Shasta Cream) came into our lives, changing it's course forever. She was only 10 days old and her eyes weren't even open yet. She was only one of two puppies still available in the litter and as we preferred the tri color markings, we chose her as Ashleigh's new best friend. What a perfect choice it was. Ashleigh and Shasta have been inseparable ever since. Ashleigh call Shasta her Sister and they do everything from sleep to explore and hike together.

This was the beginning of our what has now turned into a life long enjoyment of our dogs. We now actively show both our Parson Russell's and our Border Terriers.

If you ever get a chance, stop by and meet us in person. If you can't make it by, email me or give us a call. We love to chat with other animal lovers!