Who are we?
We are a Danish/American couple. Helene is Danish, and has lived in The US since 1996. Butch is American and is a driver for Allied Van Lines. He has been driving for Allied for 30 years, but because his father also drove for Allied (from "day 1" in 1928) he has pretty much lived his life on the road, learning from his dad, since he was 7 years old.
Helene came along in 1998, and we have been driving the truck together ever since, as a team.
We live in Cheyenne, WY - Butch's home town, but our work base is in San Diego, CA, where we drive for The Allied Agent "Atlas Transfer and Storage".
When we take time off, we both enjoy spending parts of it in Denmark with family and friends abroad.
We rarely go anywhere, without our dogs.
Getting a dog (Maddy)
When Allied in 2001 decided to allow the drivers to bring a pet in the truck, we agreed, that we would like a little dog. We started looking for a breed, that would be a match for our life-style, and almost gave it up, as we pretty much needed "The Perfect Dog". Being around different customers and homes, their kids and pets, not to mention the long hours of driving, every day, would demand a combination of almost 10 breeds. For some reason, Helene looked again, and this time back home in Denmark, and realized, that the dog we were looking for, did not only exist, it happened to be Danish!
The decision was very easy. We talked to the Danish Breed Club, got in contact with a breeder, and anxiously awaited the birth of Maddy's litter in October 2001. By Christmas we picked her up in Denmark, and she has been with us ever since.
Click for Maddy's page
...And one more (Kikka)....
Maddy prooved to be everything we wanted - and then some. Maddy was a small dog, but had all the big dog quaities. As she grew up, we agreed on getting her a friend and play-mate.
We picked Kikka up in Denmark in April, 2003. Kikka is a half-sister to Maddy, as we wanted the good temperament, that was obviously inherited from Maddy's mother.
Maddy and Kikka are "Best Buds", and we often wonder what we did, before we had those two girls. Kikka has prooved, that we didn't JUST get "lucky" with Maddy. The qualities we fell for are truly what the breed stands for, every individual, even though they have very different personalities.
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...And one more (Bailey)
As we added Kikka, the thought of breeding had ocurred. Butch's sister and Brother-in-law, Lill and Rocky enjoyed the girls so much, that they decided they wanted a male. They already had Max, who is of mixed breeds, and they wanted a play-mate for him, like we did for Maddy.
Some research and help from breeders in Denmark led us to Bailey. He is carefully picked with blood-lines in mind, looking in particular for a male that would not be related to the female Farmdogs already living in The US.
Bailey was picked up in a "combined effort". Kennel Flora was in Denmark, and brought Bailey back to Seattle in August. Lill and Helene picked him up in Seattle and brought him to Cheyenne. Bailey belongs to Lill and Rocky, and is a part of Kennel Little Denmark's breeding program. He is still very young, but very promising, and definately a Farmdog all the way!
Click for Bailey's page
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Helene and Butch
Yellowstone summer 03, and YES, of course our girls were with us!
"Doggy-bag"?!
Maddy checking out her "quarters" before travelling to The US.Mother (Mulan) makes sure she's ok.
Kikka as pup
Kikka is here 4 weeks old in Denmark. She's posing saying:"come and get me", so we did.
Bailey as pup
Bailey at around 7 weeks at "Kennel My Bonnie" in Denmark. Thanks Marianne, for letting The Paces get him!
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