DeSoto Farms

03/23/2026

🤍🌈🐾

owning livestock is beautiful.
but it’s also brutal.

people show the good parts..
the babies, the first steps, the magic.

but not the part where you walk into the barn
and know something’s wrong.

the panic.
the helplessness.
the quiet after.

because we don’t just “have animals.”
we know them. we love them.

and when we lose one… it wrecks you.

you still cry in the stall.
you still carry the guilt.
you still bury them yourself and whisper “i’m sorry” even when you did everything you could.

this life is real.
and it hurts.. because you loved them.

03/10/2026

It’s always the wild spirited ones that give you a run for your money🥹😅

02/05/2026

Most people should not own a Great Pyrenees — and pretending otherwise is why the breed gets blamed for doing exactly what it was bred to do. 🐾❄️

This dog is not a fluffy aesthetic for your home, a therapy prop for your stress, or a “gentle giant” you can under-train and over-love.
Great Pyrenees expose weak boundaries and inconsistent owners instantly — and people resent them for it.

They are not cloud-shaped teddy bears. ☁️
They are ancient, independent guardians who spent centuries making decisions without humans watching their every move.

A Pyr does not obey because you said so.
A Pyr obeys when your request makes sense. 🧠

When people call them “stubborn,” what they really mean is they wanted a dog who turns its brain off — and a Pyr never will.

They notice everything. 👀
They read moods you didn’t mean to show.
They memorize routines you didn’t know you had.
And they react to inconsistency like it’s a threat.

People want calm without boundaries.
Affection without respect.
Protection without participation. 🛡️

And when the Pyr pushes back — by guarding, patrolling, or barking — they get labeled “reactive” or “aggressive.”
But a guardian dog left bored, confused, and unmanaged doesn’t become dangerous.
It becomes honest.

This breed was never designed for convenience.
It was built for clarity, purpose, and peace enforced through presence. 🌙

That does not fit into households where owners disappear for ten hours, avoid structure, skip training, and expect the dog to magically “just chill.”

People love saying “Pyrs have changed.”
The breed hasn’t changed.
The average owner has.

Social media turned them into white fluffy décor — and now people are shocked when the guardian instincts show up. 🐕‍🦺⚡

They expect a dog who self-regulates while they don’t.
A dog who brings calm into a chaotic home.
A dog who respects rules no one actually enforces.

Great Pyrenees do not tolerate confusion.
They catalog it.
They question it.
They guard against it. ❄️

That’s why they get labeled difficult, reactive, or “too much.”
It is easier to blame genetics than admit:
“I am not equipped for a dog who thinks independently.”

Plenty of people love Great Pyrenees in theory.
Far fewer can live honestly with one.

Because this breed does not bend to your comfort.
It holds up a mirror to your presence, your discipline, your structure — or lack of it. 🪞

And pretending otherwise harms the dog more than any truth ever will. 🐾

01/30/2026

Go slide over to our friends for groceries
🩵⛸️⛸️🛷🐓🥚🥛🐄🥩🥓🍯❄️

01/28/2026

🙂It’s funny because it’s true🙃

01/28/2026

🤫👀👣

01/26/2026

*me in my voice*
HELP IS ON THE WAY, DEAR! 🧊❄️🪣🔥

When the meteorologist says “frigid temps, historic snowfall, blizzard conditions, STAY INSIDE."

Farmers, ranchers, livestock families everywhere…
hear something different.

We hear it's feeding time.
We hear frozen water to bust.
We hear stalls to bed, cattle, horses and animals to check, hay to be fed out... animals are counting on us.

Storms don’t pause responsibility.
And livestock doesn’t care what the forecast says.

While the world hunkers down, we layer up.
While roads close, chores still call.
While the wind howls, we show up.

BECAUSE WE HAVE TO!!

Stay safe out there!
Your animals don’t know it’s a blizzard; they just know you’re coming. 🤍❄️🐂

01/22/2026

Mississippi mind over matter💪❄️🚜
The SOUTH is, and never will be, prepared for weather like this that will soon be knocking on our front door.
I was thinking earlier, “WHY!”; why do we do this!? Every. Year!
We have to put in double time, triple amount of stress and every, for little to no pay.
It would be so nice to not worry about it at all- to just sit in a house, cozy pjs, hot chocolate by fire with dog in lap watching another movie…and be able to do whatever activities📺🎞️📲🥣🧁🫓🥙🍳🥞🧵🪡🧺…
But that’s not us. And anyway- WHO else will care for the animals?
Is anyone going to offer to bundle in warm clothes and gear-up to go face the braven cold winter? But who would choose to go out in the middle of the night to check the herds, livestock, guardian dogs? Would they tote any lukewarm water one can carry out to the leader of pack 🐺🐩 and the “old goats”?
Would they check on each soul while checking fences? While giving treats to the 🫏, is anyone going to be kind enough to refill feeders and throw out seed for the wild birds too?…ya know, because we’re already “out here”- might as well do it…
I’ll stop. Because, It’s just “us”.
We choose to do this. And there’s not many left in this club who would relate.
Pray our firewood gives extra warmth this year, our food is plentiful and as ever flavorful, all will have enough gasoline & supplies to keep a town afloat, and Murphys Law stays away these next several days.

***BREAKING NEWS*** Due to the coming cold weather ice and snow there will be NO farms closed.

Each and every farmer will be out in the blistering cold, ice and wind tending their livestock.

We will be cranking tractors, putting out feed and hay, breaking ice off of ponds and water tanks and praying for warm healthy livestock.

If you know a farmer, or if you ate yesterday and plan to eat today, Thank and pray for all our farmers.

** Photo from February 18, 2021 Winter Storm

10/15/2025

🥚🩵💚🤍🤎🩷

I’ve never been hip though 😅

09/27/2025

Today we had to say goodbye to our
sweet Jasper🩵

He was our very first kid- the one who started it all.

He was bottle fed, puppy pad trained, lived in the house (for a few weeks) when he was a baby, and loved to snuggle.

Jasper had a heart of gold, was always so affectionate, and our escape artist. He’s forever our sweetheart.

Jasper was so, so loved and the farm won’t be the same without him.