Corn Moon Medicine Dogs

11/18/2025

Introducing the Clan of Sacred Fire

Born to Ipo & Oktusha • Three Weeks Old • Medicine Dogs in the Making

Three weeks ago, under the watchful peace of the Blue Ridge foothills, a new fire was kindled. Today, with deep reverence and gratitude, we are honored to introduce the Clan of Sacred Fire, the newest generation of Medicine Dogs born through Corn Moon Medicine Dogs.

These little ones have now received their names through ceremony. Each name reflects not only who they are, but the spiritual assignment Creator has placed upon them. Their names are prayers… stories… futures unfolding. And yes, there are families already waiting for them. Families who may not yet know how much they will need the medicine these puppies carry.

🌿 The Males

Fohachi: “to rest”
A carrier of calmness, grounding, and sacred stillness.

Inlʋchi Holittopa: “to rebuild something precious”
One who brings restoration to broken places.

Apesanchi: “to stand guard, to watch over”
A protector of hearts, homes, and emotional safety.

Aiʋtta: “to live, dwell, and always stay”
A companion rooted in loyalty, presence, and steadfastness.

🌿 The Females

Aiiska: “to repair and restore”
A healer of emotional fractures and generational wounds.

Wakama: “to be open and make space”
One who creates room for growth, healing, and new beginnings.

Ahinna Hullo: “sacred companionship”
A heart-tether, destined for deep relational medicine.

Okhish Imaiya: “for the medicine to rise beyond what it was before”
A pup whose medicine evolves, strengthens, and surpasses what came before her.

These puppies are not chosen for families by preference or by order on a waitlist.
They are assigned spiritually, intentionally, prayerfully.

Over the coming weeks, we will raise them, study them, and hold space in prayer for clarity. Creator will reveal which families carry the stories, the needs, the wounds, or the callings that match these puppies’ assignments. It is our responsibility to listen, to observe, and to place each pup where their medicine is most needed.

These little ones are raised for their sacred calling. A Medicine Dog must begin life with purity of environment, clarity of spirit, and the strongest foundation of health. For this reason, we uphold the highest standards in every part of their upbringing.

✨ Their parents, Ipo and Oktusha, are…

True Medicine Dogs themselves

Fully health tested

Clear of all genetic conditions

Certified through OFA for hips & elbows

CAER-cleared for eyes

Autoimmune thyroid tested

Temperament-tested and evaluated for exceptional stability and intuition

Only dogs who excel in every one of these areas are entrusted with carrying Medicine Dog lineage forward.

✨ Their upbringing reflects our deepest values. Our puppies are raised on a raw whole-food diet sourced almost entirely from our own homestead:

Turkey, quail, and rabbit raised here on our land

Venison hunted right in the woods we live in

Raw goat milk from our own goats

Pumpkin and homegrown produce from our gardens

Food free of chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, and synthetic additives

Every part of their nutrition is intentional and a foundation for physical health, emotional balance, and spiritual clarity.

They are raised in the peaceful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains: with clean air, forest trails, seasonal winds, wildlife, and the rhythms of a working homestead. Here, they grow as dogs were meant to grow, surrounded by nature, by animals, by family, and by peace.

This environment is not an aesthetic choice.
It is part of the medicine that shapes them.

A Prayer Over Their Path

As the Clan of Sacred Fire takes its first steps into the world, our prayer is simple:

May their medicine rise.
May it find the people who need it most.
May these puppies bring healing, restoration, protection, and sacred companionship to the families Creator has chosen for them.

We are honored to walk beside them as they begin this journey.

— Corn Moon Medicine Dogs
Clan of Sacred Fire • 2025

11/10/2025

✨🌤️ The Bright Path Clan Has Arrived 🌤️✨

Today, a new light broke through a long and difficult season. After 18 months of hardship, questioning, loss, and endurance, I feel the winds shifting, closing a chapter that tested everything in me, and opening another filled with quiet gratitude and renewal.

These little ones were born into that light. Their arrival reminds me of the Choctaw name I was given—“Bright Path”—my husband’s gentle name for me. He says I’m always trying to walk that way and help others find it too. I don’t know if I always succeed 😅, but when he calls me “Bright Path,” it inspires me to keep trying: to walk in a good way, with a good heart and a clear mind.

A grandfather once told me, “If people are unkind to you, if they despise you, if they don’t treat you right...no matter how hard it gets, you don’t look to the right and don’t look to the left. Stay the course.”

That wisdom carried me through this season. And now, these pups, The Bright Path Clan, are here to mark the turning of the wheel. They remind me that even after the hardest winters, new life still comes. Always. A fresh path opens when we keep walking the good road.

May we continue this journey with honor, humility, and gratitude, upholding this mission even better than before.

🌹✨ Because we were blessed with more little ones than expected in this important preservation litter, we do have three openings available on our waiting list. If you feel called to walk this path with one of these sacred pups, you can apply through our website or by clicking the application link on our page.✨🌹

11/09/2025

11/01/2025

10/29/2025

🌿 Guardian Home Opportunity: “Holy” of Corn Moon Medicine Dogs 🌿

Now Accepting Applications 🔗 Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/smi.rebecc/ghapp

Meet Holy, a 10-month-old Native American Indian Dog and daughter of our beloved Yuka (Galen). Holy is seeking a dedicated Guardian Home in partnership with the Native American Indian Dog Preservation Project.

This is a unique opportunity to become part of a living preservation effort, providing a loving, structured home for one of our young females while helping protect the future of this rare and sacred breed.

✨ About Standing Holy

Holy is a bright, affectionate, and confident young dog with a joyful spirit and a strong desire to connect with her people. She has an excellent foundation of training: crate-trained, house-trained, and well-mannered indoors. She rides beautifully in the car and knows her basic commands: sit, down, come, and more.

As a maturing adolescent, she’s in a developmental phase where focus work and impulse control are key. Holy learns best with calm, confident handling, consistent routines, and plenty of mental enrichment. She doesn’t require extreme physical exercise. She thrives on structure, engagement, and meaningful connection.

🏡 Ideal Guardian Home

We’re seeking a guardian in the Southeastern or Appalachian region (within 6 hours’ drive of western North Carolina). Exceptions can be made for the right home further away.

Holy would do best in a home that offers:

No young children (to minimize distraction during training)

Either no other dogs or one mature, well-mannered adult dog who can help model social boundaries

Regular engagement, enrichment games, and daily one-on-one time

A stable, loving environment committed to partnership in her development

💫 Guardian Partnership Details

This is not an adoption or sale. It’s a preservation partnership. Holy will participate in our program for two litters (pending successful health clearances scheduled for November 3rd) and will then be fully transferred to her guardian as her forever family.

Before placement, there will be a 30-day foster period to ensure mutual fit and comfort. A guardian partnership fee of $1,500 applies. This reflects our investment in health testing, training, and preservation efforts, and ensures the guardian family is equally invested in her future.

🩺 Program Requirements

While participating in our breeding program, guardians agree to:

Maintain Holy on a whole-food diet (raw, freeze-dried, or dehydrated: no kibble, please)

Follow our approved wellness protocol (no vaccinations or medications without authorization)

Maintain pet insurance while she is in program participation

Our support, mentorship, and community resources are available every step of the way.

🕊 Why Become a Guardian?

Becoming a guardian home allows you to:

Receive a fully health-tested NAID puppy with a significant training foundation at a fraction of her value

Join a collaborative preservation effort for a rare Indigenous breed

Partner with us to bring forward the next generation of medicine dogs

Welcome a once-in-a-lifetime companion into your home and heart

Applications are now open.
If this sounds like your kind of partnership, complete our Guardian Home Application here: 👇
https://form.jotform.com/smi.rebecc/ghapp

10/28/2025

🔥❤️‍🔥The Clan of Sacred Fire ❤️‍🔥🔥

🌕✨ New life always rises from the embers of love.

We welcome The Clan of Sacred Fire, Snow’s new little ones, born beneath the light of our sweet friend Willow’s journey home.

These little ones come as living embers of her flame, their wise and kind auntie, the sister to their big brother, Kowi. Each of them carrying a spark of her warmth, courage, and gentle light.

Though Willow’s spirit has walked North to join the ancestors, her Sacred Fire burns on in her brother’s heart, in this new generation, and in every soul she ever touched.

The fire is never gone. It is only passed on.

Mvto, Willow. Your light continues.

10/24/2025

Today is a great day!

10/24/2025

If you're living in the Great Lakes area and have been thinking about bringing home a NAID in time for the holidays, our friends at Paw Wow have got your back! Just look at these beautiful babies! There is space on the waiting list. Reach out to us or apply with Paw Wow directly. 🐺❤️🐾

10/19/2025

🌕 Seeking Guardian Homes for Native American Indian Dogs 🐾

We’re looking for a few special families in the Southeast and surrounding regions to become guardian homes for upcoming male and female breeding dogs through the Native American Indian Dog Preservation Project (NAIDPP) and Corn Moon Medicine Dogs.

✨ This is a unique opportunity to play an active role in preserving this rare and sacred breed while welcoming a NAID companion into your home at a reduced cost. Guardian homes receive a stipend per litter produced and the continued support of our program.

We’re currently accepting applications from responsible, committed homes located in:
🏡 South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
🌾 Also open to applicants in Kentucky, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Mid-Atlantic region.

If you’ve ever dreamed of living with a medicine dog and being part of something bigger in helping to preserve and protect an ancient breed, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 To learn more or apply, message us directly or visit our website at https://form.jotform.com/smi.rebecc/ghapp to complete the Guardian Home Questionnaire.

🐺 Together, we can work to keep the spirit of the Native American Indian Dog alive for generations to come.

10/13/2025

🌕✨ Happy 1st Birthday to the Legacy Litter! ✨🌕

One year ago, in the quiet after the storm, the Legacy Litter came into the world. Snow’s very first babies, and the living continuation of Raindancer’s line. These little ones carry the heartbeat of seventh generation prophecy, fulfilling the prayers spoken long ago that their medicine would rise again, stronger and wiser with each generation.

They were born just weeks after Hurricane Helene tore through our home and land. We had only just gotten power restored, no phone service, and were still surrounded by the debris of that storm. But within all that chaos, there was peace abounding and a sacred calm I fought hard to protect. These babies were born into both struggle and light, and they taught me again what resilience really looks like.

Each of them has grown into exactly who the Creator meant them to be. They have found their families, their callings, and their medicine paths. I could not be more proud of how they’ve carried that same spirit of perseverance, grace, and healing into the world.

Their legacy is only just beginning, and the work they were born to do has already begun to unfold.

To my beautiful Legacy babies: may your paths always be guided by the same love and purpose that brought you into this world. You are the living proof that medicine work can exist between dogs and people, and that the bond between them is sacred.

Happy Birthday, my moondogs. 🌕💫

If you have a Legacy Medicine Dog, we would love to hear about the medicine that's come into your life since your pup went home. 💝

10/05/2025

🌕 Yuka’s (Galen’s) Next Chapter ✨

It’s been two and a half weeks since Yuka, known to some as Galen, set out on the next chapter of his journey, and we couldn’t be happier to share how beautifully he’s doing. 💛

Yuka went to live with a family member of someone who fostered (and eventually adopted!) one of our rescue dogs last year. From the very first call, we could feel that this placement was meant to be, and now we have the joy of hearing that he’s truly home.

His foster dad reports that Yuka has adjusted with ease and grace. The household has two other dogs, one mellow and one dominant, and Yuka has become the peaceful guardian and caretaker of the whole pack. If one of them leaves for an outing, he howls and cries until everyone’s back together, making sure the pack is whole again. 🐺❤️

They say he runs and plays fetch with the energy of a puppy and has already earned full house privileges: something not all dogs manage so quickly! His foster dad told us that Yuka’s gratitude for every small kindness is unlike anything they’ve ever experienced.

We put a lot of love and work into helping Yuka prepare for this next step, even amid a busy summer full of fosters, and it fills our hearts to see him thriving. His foster family says they can’t imagine life without him… and though there are still a couple of weeks left in the foster contract, we have a feeling they might just make it forever. 🌿💫

Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible, and to Yuka, for reminding us what resilience, love, and gratitude look like in their purest form.