Hound & Hoof Rustic Ranch

07/28/2024

This duo also had a blast at fair. My son’s first year trying out dog club, with one of puppies from last year’s litter! They did great for their first year, taking 6th in obedience.

06/11/2024

Our business cards just came in today, right in time for our first event of the summer and I am so pleased with how my design turned out!

I custom designed these myself, if anyone is looking for custom designed business cards for your business or company, I offer custom design work for a $35 flat rate fee for things like this! Feel free to message me 😊

06/06/2024

What a pretty little herd I am blessed with. Praise be to God for these three.🖤

05/11/2024

Our first batch of bourbon vanilla extract is now aged and ready to be sold! We also have a new batch of our goat’s milk and beef tallow soap, in the scent Salty Sorrel (scented with herbs and essential oils, no artificial fragrances).

Stock is limited for both.
4 oz Vanilla $10
Mini Bar Soap $5

05/07/2024

05/05/2024

Moonie & Johnnie mugs up on the site now!

https://www.bonfire.com/store/hound--hoof-rustic-ranch/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=store_page_share&utm_campaign=hound--hoof-rustic-ranch&utm_content=default

05/01/2024

Check out Hound & Hoof Rustic Ranch on Bonfire and shop official merchandise today! Featuring limited edition custom apparel, printed with care in the USA just for you.

04/30/2024

Saturday April 27th was a normal day on the farm. Everyone was in high spirits as we loaded up the horses to get their annual shots at the fairgrounds, to be ready for this year’s county 4H events.
After completing their vaccinations, the vet asked to take a closer look at our 6 year old daughter’s horse, Johnnie. He is a Kill Pen rescue horse she has been helping to rehabilitate to use as her ranch horse; Johnnie and June have some big, big plans this summer. We had been treating his eye for an infection that just refused to go away, and that morning the vet noticed something we hadn’t before- his eyelid had begun to develop tumors and the doctor was certain it is equine ocular squamous cell carcinoma. We now are in a rush against time to get Johnnie down to Purdue University Equine Hospital, to have his third eyelid removed. The goal is to save his eyesight and his eye itself, assuming we caught it early enough that the cancer has not spread. This news was already quite the shock to us, but we were putting on our brave faces and determined to help Johnnie fight this… however, the bad news didn’t stop there. Our youngest horse, and the heart of our farm, 6 year old Apple Pie Moonshine (affectionately called Moonie by all who love him) also was pulled aside by the vet. He felt what he described as a “ping pong ball sized mass” under Moon’s forelock. Upon further inspection, there were two tumors on his poll that the doctor found extremely concerning, urging us to call Purdue first thing Monday morning and to get both horses treated as soon as possible.
To say we are completely blindsided is an understatement, we were not expecting either one of our geldings- let alone both- to leave their yearly shots with this devastating news. We know owning horses comes with inherent risk, and while we do have a small emergency fund set aside for the animals, we were in no way prepared to find out two of them had two different forms of cancer in one day. The kids have been brainstorming all weekend of ways they can help their horses, from lemonade stands to handmade friendship bracelets, to selling off their unwanted toys- all unprompted, I would never expect them to contribute to vet bills but I understand exactly where their minds and hearts are because mine is in the same place. My whole world turned upside down Saturday and I’ve never felt so scared or helpless; Hitting the ground running with ideas to raise funds has been the only thing to give any of us a sense of control in this awful situation. While we have a few more ideas in the works, the quickest idea we had was to roll out these shirts the kids helped design.
We are not looking for a handout, we don’t want anyone to feel pressured to buy anything if they don’t want to, we are only asking for the support of our friends and family in this time- whether that’s engaging with our posts by liking, commenting, or sharing them and most importantly, prayers. The best thing anyone who wants to help can do for us is pray for both our boys, they have a lot of life left to live and 5 children to teach cowboyin’ and lovin’ to. And please pray for our little ones, their hearts are hurting right now. All of us are. Thank you🤍

Each shirt sale goes toward Johnnie & Moonie’s surgeries and cancer treatment. . Saturday April 27th was a normal day on the farm. Everyone was in high spirits as we ...

03/12/2024

Added a few new ladies to the farm yesterday, on top of the chicks we have in the brooder. So excited to have blue and green eggs again. We added 5 ameraucana and 3 white leghorn cross. Not sure what the leghorns are crossed with, but we got a beautiful cream egg out of one this morning, and the other two had pretty pink blooms.
This Wednesday, we will also be picking up a purebred Araucana rooster, and after all the bad luck we have had with naughty roos, I am so excited to have a gentle guy who is also a good producer. My hatchery bill will be going down a bit (but if we know me, it’s not ceasing any time soon. Give me all the pretty birds.)

02/23/2024

I always was impatient in the last month or so of my own pregnancies, but waiting on farm births has been a whole new level. I am losing too much sleep over nerves, I’m about to just camp out in the barn 🙃

01/30/2024

If I have any friends or family who want farm fresh fertilizer for your gardening or landscaping needs this spring, please let me know. Free, but can schedule delivery by the truckload for a small fee. Or I’ll have 50lb bags available🥰

01/06/2024

After a bad rooster attack a month ago, some of the younger kids were afraid of the chickens to the point of refusing to go to the barn or help with feed, or even horses. Dempsey’s solution? Bring Rosie in the house and show them the ladies aren’t scary 😂 (Hawk the Roo went to freezer camp, he self identified by his name sake and it got… traumatic)

Needless to say, I think now Rosie is the one scared. 🙃

01/05/2024

Browned butter toffee cookies 😋 worth the 24 hour dough chill!

01/02/2024

2024 is bringing new things here on the farm. I’m just getting started. 🖤

12/31/2023

When your mom has to bucket feed you because the big-little human’s mare won’t stop bullying you and stealing your food.

Bailey won’t leave Moon alone, which has been causing Johnnie to share his food with Moon. While we appreciate the kindness, Johnnie is already on a re-feeding schedule and his diet is specified to his needs. It’s been a whole circle of food sharing and stealing over here. On the upside, Bailey is finally warming up to Sailor after 4 long months. And Sailor is finally asserting himself. He’s also just surpassed Bailey in height! Grow little rockstar!

12/29/2023

Updated photos of some of Rip and Kahlúa’s babies in their forever homes! 🥰

12/28/2023

First round of goat’s milk and beef tallow soap, in our signature scent
The Sudsy Sorrel. 🐴

Trial bars are $3, limited quantities of this scent available.

12/16/2023

I come out from doing laundry to see IndieJune in the living room on Blakely’s rocking horse, with my charger cord tied, “roping” Crosby’s bouncy bull.
No idea where she learns her terminology but as I am walking away I hear her yell “Heck yeah, got him by the knuckle!” 😂 lol what?😭😂

12/13/2023

Blueberry jam time 🫐🫙

12/08/2023