Rainbow River Inn Canines

24/04/2025

Best cool down swim

24/04/2025

Nothing better than a slow swim to keep cool. This is one of our 2+ year old pups in a pack of 3 pups together that work guarding the sheep and the people.

23/04/2025

If you will be in Texas, this might be of interest for you.

22/04/2025

They like getting into things…

21/04/2025

These two had a fun filled busy weekend at the cottage chasing seagulls and looking for crayfish♥️

We love getting updates on our puppies. We are very attached to them, and care for them deeply.

This is a male from our first Vizsla litter, and a female from our second and last litter.

21/04/2025

We tailor our dogs food for each dog. We watch their health, their likes and dislikes. Part of the health watch is looking at their body shape from above and the inside of their mouth at their gums and teeth.

These girls are looking perfect. They have their hot dry season coats on so we can really see their body shape.

18/04/2025

Here's this Friday's LGD Fact vs Fiction. This week's FICTION is "There are no differences between LGD breeds." LGDs were developed in the sweep of grasslands and mountains from the Pyrenees, through the Alps, the Carpathians, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and further east to the Himalayas. In each place, man-made selection choices based on his husbandry needs, the stock, the geography, and the predators in that area.

17/04/2025

17/04/2025

It is what Livestock Guardians Dogs do. They love little kids.

16/04/2025

Archie’s brother Apollo is staying with us for a couple of months.

He came yesterday afternoon. They played all afternoon and evening. No time to come in the office to rest. Apollo is fitting in wonderfully.

Here are a few pictures of them. They did not want to sit still.

Apollo has caught up in height, and is now heavier than Archie

15/04/2025

Riley is such a great Dobermann. He always keeps a watch over me and what is around. At 07:00 hrs I was in the trench adding a standpipe to the line. I know nothing will sneak up on me with him watching over me.

12/04/2025

I was so busy on Thursday I forgot to take a picture of Koda who turned 8 on Thursday this week.

Here is a picture of a few of our Kangals. They have come in from the pasture to have their daily meal (but only after they get belly rubs).

In the picture from left to right:
- Salim (Koda’s son from Litter 2)

- Hami from Koda’s first litter. (6 years old).

- Koda sitting pretty as I just gave her, her belly rubs.

- Sandy on her back for more belly rubs. She is from the second litter.

- Bailey sniffing Sandy (from Koda’s second litter, and the mother of our last and final litter)

These are all working Livestock dogs. The ‘accepted’ principal that siblings and intact dogs will not get along and cannot work together. All our dogs get along and work well together. For seven years we have related and intact dogs working together.

Happy birthday Koda! 🎂
From the first 15 minutes you got in my vehicle to drive from Hirum Georgia to Belize you showed me your loving personality. You have taught me so much about Kangals / Livestock Guardian dogs. You have been a fantastic mother, teacher of pups and goats, as well as teaching people and other predators to stay away.

12/04/2025

Our Archie (black Dobermann) is two years old today! Happy birthday to the rest of the litter, especially Apollo who will be staying with us for 2 months.

Archie is short for Achilles, the famous Greek warrior. Similar in that Apollo is the Greek god.

12/04/2025

One of the biggest benefits of preparing your own raw pet food is Variety.In this insightful clip, Dr Ian Billinghurst - pioneer of the BARF (Biologically Ap...

11/04/2025

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11/04/2025

Fun Fact Friday (Dog Edition) - Dogs can see colors—just not as we do. Human color vision relies on having three types of cone receptors in our retina: red, green, and blue. Males with the most common type of colorblindness lack the green cone, and dogs also lack this green cone. Additionally, dogs have fewer cones overall. Consequently, dogs, like many colorblind males, can confuse reds and greens. Opt for blue or yellow to ensure a color stands out to your pup.

09/04/2025

This morning after eating the girls are settling in the barn. Jazz is furtherest away. She went to a home at 8 weeks old, but we got her back at about 1 year old. They are very peaceful looking.

Misty and Blu went to a home at about 12 weeks old. They lived in a home in Belmopan. They went on walks daily around the park in Belmopan. Their owner had to move back to Canada so they came back to live with us. They are still close just like this. Their whole life they have been together.

All three of them are doing very well here.

Earlier this day though, when I brought Salim into this pasture Misty (she is the boss girl) was snarling at Salim. Blu likes Salim, so she jumped on Misty's back snarling back at her. Salim also let Misty know he did not like being disrespected like that. Fortunately they all decided to let it go.

There is no stopping Kangals if they decide to get into a fight. These girls weight about 104 lbs, and Salim is 170 lbs. They are all very powerful. Their bite is very strong. One does not want to get an accidental bite from them.

Kangals are not dogs to be disrespected. They let each other or us know if they are being disrespected. They are very loving dogs to their people, and the animals of the family. They protect each other, the livestock, and the people very well.

As you would expect we love these dogs a lot, and really love this breed.