When I think of beauty, and when I think of the history of our great nation, these dogs are what I see in my mind\u2019s eye.\u00a0 My father and my grandfathers shed blood in this nation’s wars so I could pursue liberty and happiness.\u00a0 As did my own wife, who along with my father are both disabled veterans.\u00a0 To me, liberty and happiness are represented by Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherds.\u00a0 The long-hunters, frontiersman and kaintucks brought these dogs with them as they settled across the Ohio Valley and points south. Defenders of life and homestead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Featured is a photo of Sugar and Vixen.\u00a0 Vixen is nine months here.\u00a0 Sugar is a year and eight months.\u00a0 Sugar will come into standing heat in the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God Bless America. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I think of beauty, and when I think of the history of our great nation, these dogs are what I see in my mind\u2019s eye.\u00a0 My father and my grandfathers shed blood in this nation’s wars so I could pursue liberty and happiness.\u00a0 As did my own wife, who along with my father are … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,6],"tags":[2,66],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rutherford-english-shepherd","category-farm-dogs","tag-sugar","tag-vixen"],"cp_meta_data":{"_edit_lock":["1629471691:1"],"_last_editor_used_jetpack":["block-editor"],"_thumbnail_id":["3012"],"_edit_last":["1"],"wp_featherlight_disable":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["44"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["90"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_better_yourls_short_link":["http:\/\/esbt.us\/9p"],"_oembed_0db7e581d2867c7cf3964a94a190eade":["Farm Puppy Owner’s Manual<\/a><\/blockquote>