Pioneer Griffons

Pioneer Griffons Pioneer Griffons

Ely's first week with us has been amazing. She is adjusting well and is learning basic commands. Only a few accidents ...
08/31/2025

Ely's first week with us has been amazing. She is adjusting well and is learning basic commands. Only a few accidents in the house and none at night!

She has her own green pin ♥️

Do you think Ely is adjusting well to living with Pioneer Griffons?
08/27/2025

Do you think Ely is adjusting well to living with Pioneer Griffons?

How our puppy became Ely ...Colonel Elisha Sheldon was married to Elizabeth also known as Ely.Colonel Elisha Sheldon com...
08/26/2025

How our puppy became Ely ...

Colonel Elisha Sheldon was married to Elizabeth also known as Ely.

Colonel Elisha Sheldon commanded the first Secret Service and Pony Express even though they were not formally called by those titles and both of which served George Washington!!

The settlement of Sheldon, Vermont was commenced about the year 1790 by Colonel Elisha Sheldon, and Samuel B. Sheldon, emigrants from Salisbury, Connecticut. The town, originally called HUNGERFORD, was changed to Sheldon, Nov. 8, 1792.

The 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, also known as Sheldon’s Horse after Colonel Elisha Sheldon, was commissioned by the Continental Congress on December 12, 1776 and was first mustered at Wethersfield, Connecticut in March 1777 for service with the Continental Army. The regiment consisted of four troops from Connecticut, one troop each largely from Massachusetts and New Jersey, and two companies of light infantry.

The unit almost never served as a whole. Usually individual troops were assigned as necessary. The regiment also performed numerous raids from whaleboats against British and Loyalist installations on Long Island. Elements from the unit comprised Washington’s personal bodyguard. In 1778, when Loyalist agents and a crack British commando team shadowed Washington for weeks with the intention of kidnapping him, they had to abandon the operation because, according to the British Intelligence Dispatches, “The 2nd Dragoons are always with him.”
The regiments main patrol areas during the war were in Southern Connecticut and New York, where they intercepted British supplies and fought off bands of Loyalist partisans who preyed on local citizens. This duty earned them the nickname “Watchdogs of the Highlands”. They also earned the sobriquet “Washington’s Eyes”, likely because of their spy work..

The regiment performed as the first “pony express” relaying messages along a string of express stations between Washington’s headquarters and the northern colonies. This led to the special currier service using the 2nd Dragoons as the communications link between George Washington and Count Rochembeau at New port.

The 2nd Light Dragoons are prominent in Colonel John Trumbull’s paintings of the American Revolution.

The final muster was taken in May 1866 with the death of the last surviving trooper, Lemmuel Cook, at the age of 107.

08/25/2025

Ely has made it home!

Thank you to the Kindts and we highly recommend them if you don't get a Griffon from us.

Heidi Kindt

Ace is bonding well with big brother Brogan.Both are Pioneer Griffons.
08/23/2025

Ace is bonding well with big brother Brogan.

Both are Pioneer Griffons.

Pupdate! Moose is 18 lbs. He is doing really well. He starts bird dog traiiing next month!We love getting updates from o...
08/23/2025

Pupdate!

Moose is 18 lbs. He is doing really well. He starts bird dog traiiing next month!

We love getting updates from our humans about our puppies!

Happy 9th birthday, Brooksie Mae!!! Though she may be the oldest Griff around here she will be the most excited of the ...
08/22/2025

Happy 9th birthday, Brooksie Mae!!! Though she may be the oldest Griff around here she will be the most excited of the crew to have a new friend to play with soon!

Kinii is getting in some extra morning snuggles before the kids go back to school next week
08/21/2025

Kinii is getting in some extra morning snuggles before the kids go back to school next week

Say hello to our newest little tail-wagger and family member. She is coming home a week from today all the way from She...
08/19/2025

Say hello to our newest little tail-wagger and family member. She is coming home a week from today all the way from Sheldon, Vermont!! ♥️

Shhhhh ... Lexi and Jase don't know yet.

We are still workshopping a name.🤔

Here are a few pictures of Sprocket's stay with us.
08/03/2025

Here are a few pictures of Sprocket's stay with us.

We had Cheddar for an extra week and he went home with his furever family yesterday. It was bittersweet for us, especia...
08/03/2025

We had Cheddar for an extra week and he went home with his furever family yesterday. It was bittersweet for us, especially Lexi.

Sprocket (Cheddar) is now with his brother Axel who is also a Pioneer Griffon.

Brooksie is catching up on her beauty sleep
08/01/2025

Brooksie is catching up on her beauty sleep

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