Sleeping Dog Ranch Nubian Goats

 

 

 

 

Sleeping Dog Ranch Story

Love of our rural heritage, big dogs, free range birds, and pampered goats highlight the Sleeping Dog Ranch (SDR) activities while our goat milk soap, test kitchen, research, writing and artifacts support that lifestyle.

Our primary business goal is to keep our dairy goats employed. Huhhh, they give us loads of options.

• From their milk, we make goat milk soap (and a little cheese for friends and family)

• From their busy herd activities, we make photographs for quirky greeting cards

• From their manure, we make compost for our gardens

Since the SDR had no logical connection to goats, we were concerned about market branding; but the SDR name was a perfect fit for the ranch. We didn’t know what to do but we knew something would develop.

Then, not long after that, a friend of mine (a very good friend) called me Gran’ Nanny because I’d been babbling about the baby goats. At the time we enjoyed a good laugh, but the name made sense. After all, I had been a dotting granny over the baby goats and because of them we had delicious goat milk — hence the name Gran’ Nanny.

So, from a Gran’ Nanny’s point-of-view, our goats produced such fabulous milk it deserved to be put to an equally virtuous use. The ‘ladies’ were delivering more milk than our refrigerators could hold. So, we had to think of something worthy and f-a-s-t.

Welcome to the Sleeping Dog Ranch!

Pat (aka Gran' Nanny) and
Bob (aka Gran’ Pappy).

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How the SDR Got Its Name

After we put a down payment on the ranch we know it had to have a name. But what? I was laying on the bed with the dogs when Bob decided he'd like to rest, too. But he had to shooooo a couple of dogs off the bed to make room. It wasn't easy because all three of them were fast asleep. As he was making room for himself on the bed he said, "How about the Sleeping Dog Ranch? It certainly fits the family."

The next day I bought the SleepingDogRanch.com domain name and never looked back. When a stoke of genius strikes, look no further.

The good news is that both terrain conditions are prefect for goats. They're grazers and nibble on all kinds of wild brush. We have had to be cautious, though. Several types of poisonous plants lurk in the darkness. We've killed what we've found but there's no telling how many plants are out there that we don't know about. We do the best we can.

 

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