Valaurah Farms, LLC

09/03/2026

Tatianna thinks the fireplace is the perfect spot to have her puppies.

09/01/2026

🐆 Tatianna’s Maternity Photos 🐆

Before long, the quiet part of this journey will be over and our little Safari will be here.

For now, I wanted to pause and capture Tatianna exactly as she is in this moment—beautiful, very pregnant, and still carrying herself with the same steady confidence she brings to everything else.

This will be Tatianna’s first litter, but she has handled pregnancy much like she handled traveling across the world, settling into a new home, and every adventure since: she takes things as they come and adjusts.

Soon, we’ll finally meet the little lives she has been growing. Until then, she deserves a moment of her own. ❤️

08/26/2026

Found a fun place to play while we wait for Crush to be groomed.

08/23/2026

Bath day doe Crush

08/21/2026

Missy loves going to the river to play bumpers. I would say it is probably her most favorite thing in the world.

08/19/2026

Mr. Peabody (formerly Aladdin from Hazel x Magic) at the lake.

08/18/2026

Day 4 of teaching Magic Master Handler Discrimination 🐩👃

The goal: find the article with my scent on it, go to source, and give a clear down indication — WITHOUT picking it up and flinging it across the room. 😂

Last session, that last part was… questionable.

Today? About 80% clean indications from 5–10 feet away, and we’re already building a 5+ second hold at source.

Still very much a work in progress, but I love watching the moment a dog starts figuring out exactly what the game is.

Next up: adding empty boxes and beginning to build toward actual discrimination.

October 23 is our trial date. Let’s see what we can build by then. 🐩💙

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08/14/2026

Siren would like to protest the injustice of bath day.

08/13/2026

Missy Moose posing all pretty.

We keep waiting on her to come into season. She says she is doing it all in her own time.

08/09/2026

I spent a lot of time sitting in the stands this weekend.
Not just watching Magic. Not just watching Missy. Just... watching.
I watched dogs that wouldn't leave the dock.
I watched dogs run all the way to the edge, slam on the brakes, and decide they were absolutely not jumping.
I watched one dog lose her footing and slide down the banner, butt first, into the pool. 😂 It definitely wasn't the jump her handler had planned, but by the end of the weekend she had found her confidence and was taking real jumps.
Honestly, those were some of my favorite moments.
While I was sitting there, I kept overhearing people say, "My dog could do that."
Maybe.
But I don't think most people realize what they're actually watching.
It's not just a dog jumping into water.
It's a dog choosing to trust its handler enough to sprint down an elevated dock and launch into a crystal-clear pool while surrounded by the noise and chaos of a county fair.
That's a lot to ask of a dog.
That's why so many get to the edge and hesitate.
Watching the Master and Elite dogs fly 20 or 30 feet is incredible, but the distance isn't what impresses me most. What impresses me is everything that had to happen before they ever made that jump. The confidence. The partnership. The trust.
Magic isn't a huge jumping dog.
Missy stepped onto a DockDogs dock for the first time this weekend.
And honestly? I'm just as proud of them.
I've never wanted to breed dogs that are only beautiful in the show ring. I want dogs that can walk into something completely new, think through it, trust their person, and say, "Okay... let's give it a shot."
That's what this weekend reminded me of.
The four medals are fun.
But watching dogs discover they were braver than they thought they were was the best part.