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Raising and selling champion halter and performance horses for 50+ years. Howard Dahlof originally started the business and we are continuing it for him!

05/29/2026

🐶 Two weeks old already! 🐶

The puppies have officially reached one of my favorite milestones... their eyes are open! 👀💛

They're still spending most of their time eating, sleeping, and piling on top of each other, but their little personalities are starting to peek through now.

It's also about the age where they're beginning to notice the world around them a little more, which is always fun to watch.

And yes... they're still ridiculously cute. 😍

Stella is doing a wonderful job, and we're soaking up all the puppy snuggles while they're still this little.

I'll be taking individual puppy photos soon, which will probably end up looking somewhere between adorable puppy glamour shots and awkward school pictures 😂

If you've been thinking about one of these little fluffballs, feel free to send me a message for more information. 💛

05/24/2026

Another IQHA District 7, District 8, and Nishna Valley Saddle Club show is in the books 💛

It was a very typical show in Denison with a little bit of everything… rain, thunderstorms, storm warnings, clouds, sunshine, wind, and plenty of behind-the-scenes chaos 😂

It was great catching up with old friends, meeting some new ones, and seeing everyone out there showing despite the weather swings.

Ella also got to try something new this show and learned how to flag the roping classes on some really great horses that JD Yates was kind enough to let her borrow. Definitely a little outside her comfort zone at times, but also a lot of fun once she settled in.

Sonny had a great show too:
🥇 1st both days in Amateur & Open Aged Mares
🏆 Grand Champion Amateur both days
🏆 Grand Champion Open the first day

The second day had a little snafu and a forgotten number swap in the Open 😂 Oops. Things happen. At least Sonny and Ella are one step closer to their Amateur Register of Merit together!

Overall, we’re incredibly proud of Sonny and grateful for everyone who helped make the show happen behind the scenes 💛

05/23/2026

How are these puppies already ONE WEEK old?! 🐶💛

The little potato stage is quickly turning into chunky, wiggly puppies with tiny personalities already starting to peek through 👀

Right now they mostly look like tiny little moo cows 😂 but their colors are slowly starting to come in more every day. At this stage I can mostly tell who’s blue and who’s red by whether their spots are turning black or brown.

Stella is doing an amazing job with all 10 babies, though she definitely appreciates getting little breaks once in a while now too.

We’ve also got a little space heater set up nearby to help keep everyone warm since puppies can’t regulate their own body temperature very well for the first couple weeks 💛

One little girl is already spoken for, another girl will likely be soon, and honestly it’s been so fun watching people already fall in love with them.

Normally Stella only gives us a couple girls each litter, so having SIX girls this time around definitely surprised us 😂

Now we wait for eyes to start opening and the real chaos to begin 🐾

05/14/2026

Well… Stella said “go big or go home” apparently 😂🐶

10 puppies arrived yesterday and so far everyone is doing well 💛

Final puppy count:
🐾 1 blue boy
🐾 3 blue girls
🐾 2 red boys
🐾 4 red girls

And I’m pretty sure every single one ended up with double masks too 👀

Stella is already settling into mom mode like a pro while the rest of us are running on excitement, puppy snuggles, and very little sleep 😂

Now we wait to see all the personalities start coming out.

05/13/2026

Puppy watch update🐶👀

Puppy watch was already serious around here… but now we are getting SUPER close 💛

Stella officially hit the two month mark yesterday, spent most of the day looking uncomfortable and dramatic, and then finally climbed into the puppy pool on her own last night.

Normally she wants absolutely nothing to do with it unless she’s feeling ready, so I’d say the countdown is definitely on now 😂

At this point we’re basically just waiting, watching, and trying to keep “fat girl” comfortable while we wait for puppies any day now.

05/11/2026

Puppy prep officially started around here 🐶💛

With puppies coming any day now and warmer weather around the corner, the dog pools definitely needed some attention 😅

I do try to clean these up multiple times every year, but there’s always that layer of dog slime, dirt, and farm grime that never fully seems to come off… and honestly, I genuinely didn’t think these were salvageable this time 😂

This was my first year using MelaMagic with the pressure washer though and HOLY CRAP 👀

I was honestly shocked at how clean they came.

Especially with puppies coming and the dogs using these to cool off during summer, it felt good getting them cleaned up again without feeling like I was using a bunch of super harsh stuff around them. One of the things I liked most was that it doesn’t contain things like chlorine bleach, ammonia, or formaldehyde.

One pool also decided to make my life easier by already having a crack in it before I even started cleaning 🤣 so I guess that answered the question of which one becomes the summer dog pool and which one becomes the puppy containment/play area for those first couple weeks.

Now we wait for puppies 👀🐶

05/09/2026

Well… I guess it’s officially time to announce that Stella is expecting again 💛🐶

This will be Stella and Pudge’s 3rd litter together, and at this point “fat girl” is one of her main nicknames around here 🤣

She’s due any day now, and her milk has officially started coming in, so puppy watch is definitely ON 👀

If anyone is interested in getting on the puppy list, feel free to send me a DM.

05/08/2026

This week we said goodbye to Izzy 💔

Over the last couple years, she had been dealing with ongoing health complications, including significant urinary issues and possible EPM-related complications. We spent a long time trying to get answers, keep her comfortable, and gave her every chance we could.

There were vet visits, medications, specialist appointments, long cold mornings and evenings doing catheter care, trailer struggles, and a whole lot of hoping she would turn a corner again.

In the end, it was finally time to let her rest.

I truly believe she knew how loved she was.

A huge thank you to AMVC out of Audubon for all of the help, care, guidance, and support throughout everything, especially these last months. We are incredibly grateful for everything you did for her and for us.

And knowing Mikaela… I’m pretty sure Izzy got upgraded from unicorn status to full alicorn status up there 💛🦄

It’s been a hard week around here, but we're grateful she isn’t struggling anymore.

04/26/2026

Back in Lincoln this weekend with Sunny 💛

She had a really good show—first in all of her classes in both the amateur and open, and a reserve in the amateur.

Also a point and a half closer to my Register of Merit and amateur goals with her 🐴

Always grateful to get time with her, be back at the shows, and catch up with friends again.

Huge thank you to John Kabeiseman for taking such great care of her and having her ready to go.

Looking forward to the next one in Denison next month 💛

04/14/2026

Nothing like going to the sink to rinse a dish and… no water comes out of the faucet 😅

Definitely had a moment of ‘did we forget to pay the rural water bill??’

Called to check and they hadn’t even posted anything yet—they were still in the process of finding the leak. So for a minute there it really felt like it might just be us 😂 Turns out the leak was bad enough that at least one of the rural water towers was drained.

Very thankful we’ve got the well in this little white pump house to fall back on (even if it could use a little work 🤣). We usually just use it for the horses, but for now we’ll be relying on it until the boil advisory is over.

We’ll be a little more mindful of water use until everything’s back to normal—especially with chores.

Rural life always keeps things interesting 💧

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512 Timber Road
Walnut, IA
51577

Telephone

+17125792854

Website

http://howdquarterhorses.homestead.com/

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