We are Owen and Jenell DeGraffenried. We live in South Central Utah at the foot of the Pahvant Mountains on the outskirts of a little town called Kanosh (named after Chief Kanosh, a Piute Indian). It’s a beautiful little community with a little store, one gas station, a nice fishing stream, and good-hearted people.

Owen has his degree in education and is “the history department” at the local middle school for 7th and 8th graders. His spare time is spent with his family, the dogs, the youth in the community, and working with his dad on the DeGraffenried Cattle Ranch. Jenell is a full time mother for our children, a sports enthusiast, an activities director for the 10 and 11 year old girls in Kanosh, and a website designer. Our children are full time children who play a huge part in our lives and in the lives of our dogs and puppies.

From their childhood, both Owen and Jenell have been in a ranching and farming environment. Between us we have raised dogs, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, turkeys, rabbits, cats, and even a pet raven. Our natural favorites are of course dogs and horses.

We feel like dogs were specially made to mend the soul and express what is good and beautiful in our world. Their loyalty and happiness make us want to be better people. That’s probably the reason why we enjoy placing puppies into homes so much – they have so much to give to others.

While no dog (or even Labrador Retriever) is perfect in every way, we honestly feel we’ve come as close as possible. We’ve spared no expense in finding the perfect dogs for our kennel and have absorbed countless hours of advice from other lifelong breeders in developing our program. Genetic research and personality testing has been a must to make sure the puppies we raise will live long, healthy, and happy lives. We urge others to not be involved as dog breeders until they understand and accept all the responsibility that it entails.