WE DON'T BELIEVE IN RAISING OUR GIRLS IN A KENNEL.  OUR DOGS LIVE INSIDE THE HOUSE WITH US.  THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE "CRATE" AND ARE A PART OF OUR FAMILY.   WE LOVE EACH ONE OF THEM LIKE FAMILY AND ONE OF THEM IF NOT ALL OF THEM GO MOST PLACES WITH US. I TAKE THEM TO WORK WITH ME ON OCCASION AND JEFF TAKES THEM WITH HIM WHEN HE GOES TO CHECK CATTLE.  WE HAVE ALMOST 200 HEAD OF MOMMA COWS AND CALVES.  WE RAISE LONGHORN-ANGUS-SIMMETAL CROSS CATTLE SO THERE IS PLENTY TO DO AROUND HERE.

WE LIKE TO TAKE THE GIRLS TO A FAMILY FARM AND LET THEM RUN AND PLAY.  THEY LOVE PLAYING IN THE LAKE AND CHASING EACH OTHER THROUGH THE TALL GRASS.

I HAVE BEEN RAISING BOERBOELS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN TO SOUTH AFRICA AND TAKEN AND PASSED THE APPRAISERS TEST.  APPRAISED DOGS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE BACK GROUND IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY.  I BREED AND RAISE ONLY A FEW LITTERS A YEAR.  I DON'T WANT TO REPOPULATE THE EARTH WITH BOERBOELS.  I BREED TO IMPROVE ON THE BREED NOT MASS PRODUCE.  I WANT GOOD QUALITY, STABLE DOGS THAT WILL PLAY WITH YOUR KIDS AND STAND BETWEEN THEM AND ANYONE WHO WOULD DO THEM HARM.  BOERBOELS ARE SPECIAL TO ME, I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE RAISED THEM FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF THEM.  I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO HELP ANYONE WHO WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE BREED.  I'VE RESEARCHED THE BREED ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHEN THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE WAS FIRST SETTLED IN SOUTH AFRICA.  I GOT THE PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE AND GREAT HONOR OF SPENDING TIME WITH ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION.  KLAUS VAN WAVERN FROM THE YSTERBURG KENNEL.  WE SPENT ALOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE BOERBOEL AND WIHAT THEY SHOULD BE AND WHAT THEY ARE NOT.  HE WAS AN AMAZING MAN AND THE BOEBOEL WORLD LOST A LEGEND WHEN HE PASSED.  I SPENT QUITE A LOT OF TIME TRAVELING AROUND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT KENNELS AND FARMS WHILE IN SOUTH AFRICAN.  JACO BASSON AND HIS FAMILY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO TAKE US AROUND AS WELL.  JACO IS ONE OF THE BEST JUDGES OF BOERBOELS.  I HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH HIM DISCUSSING THE BREED AND I'VE IMPORTED SOME OF THE BEST DOGS FROM HIM IN THE PAST.  I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE DOGS I HAVE NOW GO BACK TO SOME OF THE DOGS JACO BRED YEARS AGO.

MY HUSBAND JEFF WORKS CONSTRUCTION AND TAKES CARE OF THE CATTLE ON THE FARM.  HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO A BOERBOEL WAS MY ANNA. SINCE THAT TIME HE HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE BREED. SEVERAL PICTURES ON THIS WEBSITE ARE OF JEFF AND THE GIRLS.  BOTTOM LINE FOR US IS WE LOVE THE BREED AND DON'T MASS PRODUCE DOGS TO MAKE MONEY.  IN THE LAST 5 YEARS WE HAVE HAD 2 LITTERS OF PUPPIES AND WE HAVE 4 FEMALES.  I WANT MY PUPPIES TO GO TO THE BEST POSSIBLE HOMES.  IF YOU BUY A PUP FROM US YOU WILL BECOME PART OF OUR FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS.  I HAVE PEOPLE WHO I SOLD PUPS TO YEARS AGO COMING BACK TO BUY DOGS FROM ME NOW. WE ARE MEMBERS OF NABBA.  I DON'T DO POLITICS ANYMORE AND JUST WANT TO RAISE REALLY GOOD FAMILY DOGS FOR YOUR FAMILY. I HOPE THIS EXPLAINS MY EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BREED.  IF YOU BUY A PUPPY FROM US WE HAVE A HEALTH GUARANTEE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR AS LONG AS YOU OWN YOUR DOG.  YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTIME WITH ANY QUESTION.  I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU. I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU LATER.

MELINDA HEMMANN