Dog Town Farm

04/26/2026

Today's farm challenge: keeping the cat away from these two baby squirrels.

Found them cuddled up with the ducks this morning eating their breakfast with them.

03/24/2026

Happy National Ag Day! 🌾🐮

Today, we celebrate the backbone of our community: agriculture. At Dog Town Farm, we know that farming isn’t a one-size-fits-all endeavor. Whether it’s the lush produce in our fields, the sustainable fiber from our flocks, the hard-earned care of livestock, or the dedication of small and large farms across the nation—every piece plays a vital role in feeding and clothing the world.

We are proud to stand alongside our fellow farmers (big and small) who pour their hearts into the land. Thank you for supporting local agriculture and allowing us to do what we love.

03/23/2026

I need to start wearing a body cam when I walk out the door. Ben is down to 1 spur but he's doing great. 🖤

03/15/2026

Hoping this heifer has a little baby this year 🤞🐮

03/07/2026

Toodles "Tootie" is on her way to her new home! She will meet her new mom! She is excited as always but has no idea what for.

03/05/2026

When you own a property thats been in the family for generations then once in a lifetime events are going to happen to someone. Last night Morgan Busch and I walked outside to check the water level one last time before I went to work. In the hours worth of time since we had come in from feeding sheep the farm had completely flooded. We walked out the door and where met with water rushing up to our knees. I opened the garage and the baby sheep were all standing in water up to there little chest and rising. I picked up the smallest ones and thank God for bottle babies bc some of them followed me. We started loading them in the trailer. Morgan went to rescue Courtney who was already up to her chest in water on her perch. I started making phone calls. It became very apparent that we were in a life or death situation for many of the animals on our farm. Our cows only stand waist high and the water was up to my thighs and rising. The cows were rightfully terrified.

Neighbors, friends and the Reily Township fire department showed up to help. We worked for hours trying to get cattle to higher ground. Unfortunately the depth of water and the current was just too much for some. Morgan and I were in water up to our chests trying desperately to free cows and push them to higher ground.

The light of day shows we had 4 cows perish. 2 cows are un accounted for and one is at a neighboring farm. I stand by my assertion that farming takes a community and we are forever grateful for ours. The rain is still coming so we are keeping our fingers crossed that it stays out of the house. Everything feels surreal right now. I never imagined anything of this magnitude would happen here. But it did. There are fences that need fixed and a barn yard to clean up but in the end I am glad I wasn't in this alone. Morgan was a rock. Unwavering in her determination to save whatever she could. I dont have words to say how scary everything was. If an neighbors see the two cows that are missing, alive or otherwise, please let us know. We would like to get them back to the farm so at least their souls are safe.

Huge thank you to Brittney Mollett Jaime Cantrell , James Spitznagel Reily Fire and Rescue, our neighbors Rebecca and John, Ted Sensel and Kim Todd. And Matt W. Brandenburg for housing the sheep and Courtney.

03/02/2026

The chickens appear to be excited for spring's arrival. Also peep those tiny eggs! We must have a new kikiriki laying.

02/25/2026

So Morgan Busch and I stepped away from our normal farm chores to once again moonlight as wildlife rehabilitaters 🤣 A local fb group was blowing up over a Beaver stuck in a drainage system. There was a lot of people with opinions on how to help but no one was actually doing anything. So I looked at Morgan and was like "wanna go rescue a beaver" and in typical Morgan fashion she was all in. (God i love that girl!) So Anyhow we get there and a lady has put an expanded metal ironing board in the hole for the beaver to climb up. But he was super agitated and I wasn't sure how long he had been in there. I had my favorite around the farm tool with me which is a very stiff lasso. I was able to lasso him around the middle and pull him up. The video is a little anticlimactic. The lady that had been trying to get him out with an ironing board recorded it. But anyhow. Thought I would share our latest adventure! I can add "beaver wrangler" to my resume for real now. 😉🤣🤣

02/19/2026

Story Time
So we have become sheep farmers. Accidentally, on purpose? 🤔😂. Morgan Busch showed sheep in her 4 H days and has talked often about wanting sheep for the farm. Which is blasphemy to me as a reformed goat farmer. But around Christmas I was on Craigslist ( have you noticed a theme in my life? I may need a CL intervention) Anyhow. I found a listing for a pair of ewe lambs for too good to be true cheap. Well. I'll bite and send them a message. Get a pick up address and all seems well. Looks like Morgan is getting sheep for Christmas. I arrive at my destination and there are no fields of sheep. Weird. But there is a large barn so I guess I will start there. I walk up to the barn doors and there is a pen of a LOT of sheep. But all different kinds of sheep. Weird. As I begin to look around I realize there is a building within the building. As my brain processes I begin to realize this is a processing facility. When the gentleman comes to meet me he said" I had a couple more born this morning are you interested? " Yes, yes I am because now that I know what they are being born into I can leave no sheep behind! I may have over committed a bit and came home with 7. But if you have noticed Morgan is invested in my madness and was totally stoked with the new additions. I will admit we lost a couple. When I got them home I realized they were all in rough shape. Which honestly makes sense. They were born to stressed ewes who had been through sale barns and in holding pens. I mentioned to Morgan that it sucked to know the babies were in that situation. She said yea I wish we could take them on. 😂😂😂 wrong thing to say my dear! I messaged the number from the Craigslist ad and asked if he had sheep regularly. (I mean it is the time of year for lambs to be born) He said yes. I told him I would take them. Message me when they are born and I will come pick them up. So since Christmas we have become a sheep rehabilitation for wayward lambs. It takes some time to clean them up. They have been exposed to a whole host of grossness without a developed immunity and we have lost a few. But give credit to Morgan for being in this with me! Watching her nurse sick lambs. Give them all the love they need and peace they deserve I can't help but think about how lucky I am to know such an incredible soul.
But, yea, thats how we have become sheep farmers. The oldest group is doing great and will be looking for their next homes soon if anyone is interested. Or, if you want to donate to our choas milk is onsale at TSC right now and we are going through a ton!! 🤣

12/26/2025

10/21/2025

Lesbian-owned Dog Town Farm breeds mini cows in Ohio for moo-ving animal-assisted therapy.

Dog Town Farm is possibly the only farm that specializes in breeding miniature zebus for therapy farms.

Though owners of Dog Town Farm faced challenges as a queer-owned farm, the farming community has been supportive of possibly the only farm breeding miniature zebus for animal-assisted therapy.