Hoofprint Farm
The History of Hoofprint Farm
60 years of Hoofprint White Shepherds
In
the
60's,
I
bought
my
first
unregistered
white
shepherd
female
pup.
Little
did
I
know
that
this
would
be
the
start
of
an
adventure
that
would
last
me
a
lifetime.
I
live
on
12
acres
of
land
with
my
husband
John.
I
have
two
sons,
Wayne
and
Allan.
We
also
raise
Arabian
Horses,
which
is
where
the
farm
name
of
Hoof
Print
originated.
We
also
have
some
Fallow
deer along with a few other critters around here.
In
1968,
my
first
litter
of
White
Shepherd
pups
was
born.
That
was
the
beginning
of
a
breeding
program
lasting
over
40
years.
When
I
first
started
breeding,
there
were
very
few
breeders
in
my
area,
so
I
had
to
keep
whatever
bloodlines
I
needed
to
carry
on.
Several
of
my
dogs
still
trace
back
to
my
first
registered
male
"Sunny
White
Cloud"
that
I
bought
in
January, 1967.
In
1972,
I
joined
the
newly
formed
White
Shepherd
Club
of
Canada.
This
was
right
after
their
first
show
--
the
only
WSCC
show
I
ever
missed.
Shortly
after
I
joined
the
club,
I
was
talked
into
taking
an
executive
position;
they
told
me
the
2nd
vice
president
really
didn't
have
to
do
anything.
"Sure!"
Shortly
afterward,
the
1st
VP
resigned
and
moved
out
West.
This
made
me
1st
VP,
but
with
still
not
much
to
do
except
that
his
wife,
Elaine
Twanow,
our
newsletter
editor
and
secretary
was
leaving
also.
Elaine
came
up
with
the
idea
that
if
each
member
wrote
something
and
brought
it
to
the
next
meeting,
we
could
all
put
it
together
and
we'd
have
a
newsletter.
Well
I
was
young
and
foolish
back
then,
and
it
was
at
this
same
time
that
I
found
out
a
dog
I
had
purchased
had
Hip
Dysplasia,
which
led
me
to
start
to
x-ray
all
my
dogs.
So
I
wrote
about
my
dogs
having
bad
hips
and
how
it
affected
me.
Well
I
was
the
only
person
to
write
anything
for
the
newsletter,
so
I
was
given
the
job
of
putting
the
rest
of
that
newsletter
together.
I
had
never
written
an
article
in
my
life
before
this,
but
from
1975
until
1993
I
was
the
editor.
Lynda
moved
in
with
us
in
1992
and
started
to
help
out.
I
finally
convinced
her
that
she
would
be
a
great
editor
and
I
bowed
out.
I
have
held
an
executive
position
of
some
kind
or
another
in
this
club
since
I
first
took on the job of 2nd VP until now.
In
1982,
the
WSCC
Annual
Fall
show
was
moved
to
Hoofprint
Farm,
where
it
has
been
held
every
year
since.
It
has
gone
from
a
one-day
show,
once
a
year,
to
two-day
shows
twice
a
year.
As
an
executive
member
of
the
WSCC,
I
was
very
involved
in
our
fight
for
over
20
years
to
keep
the
White
Shepherd
from
being
disqualified
from
the
CKC
show
ring
in
Canada. On January 1, 1998, we lost this battle.
I
was
a
member
of
the
White
German
Shepherd
Dog
Club
International
for
over
20
years,
and
was
one
of
the
founding
members
of
the
American
White
Shepherd
Association
(AWSA).
I
have
also
been
a
member
of
the
Canadian
Kennel
Club
(CKC) since 1970.
Showing
and
training
dogs
was
never
one
of
my
strong
points.
I
always
had
to
talk
someone
else
into
showing
them
for
me. Lynda Proulx has been doing a great job of showing my dogs since she moved in with us back in 1992.
The
only
time
I
took
obedience
classes
I
was
told
it
was
a
good
thing
I
was
a
breeder,
cause
I'd
never
make
a
trainer!!!
Breeding
has
been
the
challenge
that
I
love
and
enjoy.
Not
every
litter
has
turned
out
as
good
as
I
would
have
liked,
but
some
have
been
better.
The
friends
that
I
have
made
all
over
the
world,
just
because
of
my
White
Shepherds,
has
been
the best part of my life.
Breeding
White
Shepherds
can
be
such
an
enjoyment,
so
long
as
you
don't
take
winning
or
losing
seriously,
and
just
enjoy
the love that these wonderful animals give us.
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Arabian Horses
The
Arabian
Horse
has
always
been
my
first
love.
My
first
Arabian
was
a
wedding
gift
from
John.
I
have
always
had
at
least one or more around since then.
Our
herd
is
small,
but
we
feel
they
are
of
good
quality.
We
strive
to
produce
an
Arabian
that
is
sensible
and
easy
to
handle. At the moment HPF Zelda is our only horse.
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HPF ZELDA - 1992 mare
Jandara Fadheka x Amira Zaida
Nafali
AMIRA ZAIDA
Haylcon x Amira Kabila
The Hoofer