Welcome to our home on the web...
At TrailsEnd farm we believe in the preservation of rare and heritage breeds. We are located in beautiful North Carolina. The base of our farm is our Estrela Mountain Dogs. We believe that true type and temperament are very important today.
Proudly working with the Estrela Mountain Dog for over 10 years. We have searched high and low for different bloodlines, new genetic depth and diversity to add to our lines. We have been to Portugal many times, and to the UK on this quest. It has been an adventure! We have enjoyed every minute of it.
Ask us about our puppy yard. Ask us for references.
NOT all breeders xray, do your homework!!
Our puppies undergo an extensive socialization.
We DO NOT breed for show, we show to protect the breed and educate judges on the breed.
TrailsEnd dogs are trained at Einstein Canine Training and Activity Center.
Please enjoy our site and come back often to check for updates and new pictures.
Please read our About Us page on how we do things here, at TrailsEnd.
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Thank you!
Fall Litter (edit) Navy Litter has arrived! (final edit?!)
WELCOME SAILORS! Lisboa graced us with two beautiful puppies on Nov 27th, in the wee hours of the morning. She was being kind getting it out of the way real early so I could go about my day as normal?! Their albums are coming soon, in the mean time check out the puppy cam!!
these puppies are booked.
Edit: Our next litter is due the end of November. Our Navy Litter will be out of Lisboa by Puhti as we hoped! Contact us
for more information.
Our next litter is planned to be Lisboa da Serra de Sintra to Metkumutkan Power and Glory (puhti).
Boa should be in heat in the late summer/early fall. This will be Boa's second and final litter if all goes as planned. We hope to keep a puppy out of this litter.
Puhti lives a couple hours south of us so it will be a pleasure to have him visit for a while. Hopefully it will fall around a show weekend, and we can introduce him to the show world too!
You can see each dog, their photos, pedigrees and health tests on their page, and in the Gallery.
NewsFlash!
Just a few neat things.
The Estrela Mountain Dog Association of America has a new snazzy website! Check it out at www.emdaa.com !
The Parade of Portugal has a new snazzy website! Check it out at www.paradeofportugal.com !
For those of you interested, we will be in Kalamazoo Michigan on June 16th for the Parade of Portugal and the UKC Premier dog show. We will have serveral Estrela there to meet. If you are not too far away come on by, all the the owners are very happy to share their Estrela with you. If you contact me, we can exchange cell numbers so we can not miss each other.
We will be OFA'ing McCoy by TrailsEnd in June. Send some more happy OFA thoughts our way!!
Spring & Summer 2011(EDIT)
We have a busy spring and summer coming.
We will not be showing much this spring, We will still be at the usual shows but helping others handle instead. Until June and The Premier we do not have any dogs that can advance by showing, so we will hold off until June.
At The Premier we will be showing McCoy and puppy Echo by TrailsEnd. More on that later.
We are currently building our next puppy list. Get your name in now, the last litter went to fantastic homes, and they went quickly. When we make the final decisions on our next litter we will be posting the details of the Sire and Dam, along with their health information on our Tested Dogs.
Currently our thoughts are on Unalakleet (photo above) for our next mom to be. She is having her OFA in late March. Think happy OFA thoughts for her!
We are overjoyed!
Its coming...
Buyer beware. Please, please if you are looking at the Estrela breed, do not only do breed homework but Breeder homework. NOT ALL breeders are created equal. Not all breeders test, not all breeders take back rehomes, not all breeders warranty, not all breeders follow SIMPLE ethics such as breeding underage dogs and health testing. Here is a third party link if you are unsure what to look for: dogplay.com/Breeding/ethics.html
