Pup and Pony Project

29/09/2022

Looking for a sport horse in a small, fancy package?

Ginger is your girl! Show one day and trail ride the next…Ginger will be able to do it all!

The rare Marsh Tacky Horse is known for its versatility and Ginger is proof of that.

Contact us for more information on this future super star!

28/09/2022

Couldn’t help but admire this mare as I filmed her free lunge video today!

It’s hard to let her go…but I’m super excited to find her next human and follow their journey.

This horse has so much potential for performance. I hope she can help persevere her genetics one day too!

07/09/2022

Ginger out adventuring as she looks for her new human! Contact us if you’re interested in this gorgeous girl!

02/09/2022

Beauty earned her first leg of her RATO title today with a 1:20 time for second place! Good girl!

01/09/2022

The girls tried herding again today. Both made improvements from their first time!

28/08/2022

FASTCAT & Dock Diving for the Michigan Carolina Dogs this weekend :) Here’s one of Beauty’s runs.

26/08/2022

Happy National Dog Day from Beauty & Bee!

14/08/2022

We tried out a different FASTCAT venue today. Beauty might be joining the “real dogs don’t chase plastic bags club” … she was a bit slower than normal today 🤣

14/08/2022

Ginger got to make a new friend yesterday at the Full Circle Farm In-hand & Long-Lining Workshop :)

07/08/2022

Ashley took her first spin on Ginger! Remember Ginger is still looking for her new home :)

01/08/2022

Beauty got her invite to the UKC Total Dog Invitational! Not sure if we’ll go, but it’s an honor to have qualified and especially for her at a young age!

31/07/2022

It was a good day to be a Carolina Dog!

Beauty: Best of Breed & Group 1 earning her Grand Champion title!

Stone: Champion Class win & 2 Reserve Best Veteran in Shows

Bee: Best of Breed & Group 1

And our honorary pry shep member, Gryf, got his first competition win with a Group 3.

Love spending time with friends, our dogs & the community of dog enthusiasts we are building!

27/07/2022

One of the best things about Beauty is she’ll try just about anything with me! Here is her first exposure to sheep and learning the pattern of herding.

25/07/2022

While we have cherished our time with Ginger, we have come to the tough conclusion that is it is time for her to find her own special person.

Ginger is a lovely horse with a lot of potential, but we wouldn’t be doing right by her to hang onto her any longer. She’ll flourish with someone who has more time to spend with her than we do!

She has taught us a lot about acceptance, respect, learning theory, overcoming trauma, and energetic connections. In addition to introducing us to the world of Marsh Tacky Horses and their American heritage!

I’d like to think that from us she has learned to approach humans with more trust and enjoyment too ❤️🐴

If you might be interested in auditioning to be Ginger’s new human, please contact us for details! Only the best home will do!

Registered 2016 Marsh Tacky, Red Dun, 14h

Proficient in many ground exercises & obstacles, ties, bathes, trailer loads, not spooky. Green undersaddle- walks, trots, steers, backs & yields front & hind ends in the arena and ready for the trail. Flashy mover who could excel in dressage, working equitation or trail riding with consistent work and the right approach.

19/07/2022

We had a fantastic time at the All American Bulldog Club show this past weekend with our friends!

Beauty, the Carolina Dog, earned the following awards:

Conformation: 4 Best of Breeds, 2 Group 1’s, 2 Group 2’s and 3 legs towards her Grand Championship (1 left to go now!).

Rally: Qualified in all 4 of her Rally Runs (2 1st places, 1 2nd place) with a high score of 99 earning her URO2 title.

Nosework: Qualified in both runs of Novice Vehicles (1st & 2nd place) earning her NV title.

This means she earned Total Dog awards on both Saturday & Sunday.

Beauty is now NC NE NV URO1 UR02 PN BIS RBISS Ch Swamp Fox Black Beauty SPOT-ON BCAT CGC FDC RATI RATN TKN TKI Total Dog x7

Thank you to the club members, volunteers, and judges for giving us such an awesome opportunity to show in a variety of sports!

Ashley will being sharing Stone’s successes too!

14/07/2022

Sometimes Carolina Dogs are up to no good…🤣

08/07/2022

Our weekly ride completed! Forward but brave as a storm came rolling in ☺️

07/07/2022

Beauty’s official BCAT title has arrived! This Carolina Dog is rocking it at such a young age and proving her versatility (beauty & brains)! She requires a thoughtful training approach and is teaching us lots!

So far she has 13 titles, 3 Total Dogs, 1 Best in Show and 1 Reserve Best in Specialty Show and she’s getting close on a few other titles 🤞

02/07/2022

Miss Ginger had an in-hand season this weekend and another ride. She really is turning into a beautiful and fun girl!

02/07/2022

Sir Stone is the best Assistant Guide Dog Mobility Instructor out there 😂

He is the perfect copilot and never takes his eyes off our charges- even when I’m surprise “traffic checking” them.

May we all be so lucky to have a Carolina Dog partner!

Ashley took him this week all by himself to work on him adapting without The confidence of other dogs to assist.

Stone laid on a stage with Ashley to lecture about service dogs to 6 different organizations, stood while Ashley signed to the Deaf, enjoyed the pettings of children with autism, distracted and played with a working guide dog, went for hikes and ensured that Ashley slept well in a hotel room while snuggling all the way against her.

My wish is that everyone can experience a dog like this.

29/06/2022

Beauty is rocking the panties these days…heat cycle #2 has hit. She’s sad to be missing out on all her fun group classes and getting bored 😑 The joys of womanhood…

22/06/2022

Beauty got to catch up with her family at Premier! Here she is with two of her uncles 😊🐕❤️

21/06/2022

Another ride for Ginger today! Found out she is quite expressive if something doesn’t feel quite right with her saddle 🤣 Adjusted and then she was good to go! Got our first steps of stretchy trot today 👍

20/06/2022

A fun photo montage from our Premier experience! We bought the best dogs home ❤️🐕 ❤️

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Swamp Fox Black Beauty the Carolina Dog & friends had a successful premier 2022!

20/06/2022

That’s a wrap on our first nationals with UKC! We truly enjoyed our time at Premier with our dogs and fellow Carolina Dog Club members! As they say, we all took the best dogs home!

Beauty achieved:

Friday-
Novice exteriors 2 Q’s and new title (a breed first for the Carolina Dog!)
Q in rally 1
Total dog qualified

Saturday-
Q in rally 1
Q in beginner novice obedience

Sunday
Q & 3rd place in rally 1
Q & 2nd place in beginner novice obedience
Reserve champion conformation

Stone achieved:
1 champion class win Saturday which gives him a grand leg

Gryf achieved:
Best of breed & variety all 3 days
2 Q’s in rally 1
2 Q’s in beginner novice obedience

It was also very exciting to end our weekend cheering on fellow Swamp Fox Dog, Lincoln, to a Group 1! He’s the first CD to receive this honor at Premier!

Stay tuned to see what these Carolina Dogs do next!

19/06/2022

What a stack!

19/06/2022

We are so so proud of the Carolina Dogs this weekend!

Little Beauty qualified her first Beginner Novice Obedience run, got a 95 in Rally Obedience and was stunning as always in the breed ring!

Mr. Stone came out of retirement with a bang to teach the rest of us youngins what a Carolina dog is about and took the Champion of the Champion group!

But best of all- we have been surrounded by our friends and their stunning Carolina dogs who are right there with us loving, training and displaying their dog’s versatility and beauty.

18/06/2022

Day 1 of competition for us at Premier!

Beauty got 3 of 4 qualifying scores in her performance sports including becoming the first Carolina Dog to get a UKC Novice Exteriors in nosework!

Stone did excellent in his conformation class and Gryf our “honorary” CD 😉 Got his first qualifying score for rally 1 and beginner novice obedience!!

18/06/2022

Take a look around UKC Premier!!

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Team Carolina Dog is in town at Premier this year!

16/06/2022

Day 1 at UKC’s National Show “Premier” with Beauty, Stone, and Gryf plus all of our Carolina Dog Society of America friends!

Today our dogs just got to get used to the show grounds as we cheered our friends on in top ten, nosework & dock diving.

Tomorrow our showing begins!