Our Facilities

Built in July 2006. Designed by Laura Perry, constructed by Kevin Perry. We are very proud of our facilities & the environment we raise our puppies in. We know our dogs are content & enjoy being comfortable. They are exercised daily for many hours in one of our half acre yards & in the pasture. They also enjoy regular participation in obedience & livestock training, regular grooming, & playing ball, as well as receiving proper medical attention, if needed, & regular vaccinations & de-wormings to ensure their continued health.

Our kennel is completely shaded with three 10' x 10' pens on the southside. There are 4 pens each on the east & west side, for a total of 8, that are 4' x 10' with each run having indoor access to a 4' x 3' box for whelping & raising puppies. The indoor boxes are covered in chicken wire so each box can receive airflow from a fan in the summer & warm air from a heater in the winter. Our westside indoor boxes are filled with 6-8" of hay in the winter & the end doors on the westside are propped open so the dogs can come & go as they please, indoors or out, to stay warm. We place gunny sacks over the openings to block the cold air & we cover the north side of the kennel to block the wind. Heating pads & heat lamps are used to keep puppies warm on the eastside & newspapers are used for clean fresh bedding at all times. We also keep hay for warm bedding in the dog houses in the yards. In the spring, the gunnysacks & north covering are taken down & hay removed & the east side of the kennel is partially covered to block the sun & keep everyone shady & cool. Our dogs are only confined to pens when they are in heat, are raising puppies, need to be fed separately, or when we have visitors. The rest of the time, they enjoy free exercise, lounging on the porch, & running & playing with one another in one of our half acre yards. While raising puppies, our mama dogs enjoy regularly scheduled exercise, potty breaks, & free time away from their babies in the yard as well. 

Our puppies are whelped in the kennel in one of the indoor whelping boxes, or in the house during inclement weather. For about the first 2 weeks they just eat & sleep & stay in the whelping box with clean fresh bedding several times per day & being handled & loved. When they start toddling around at about 2 weeks of age, they are moved to one of the southside pens during the day to toddle & nap in the sunshine & play with one another & discover the outside world, weather permitting. Then they are moved back to a pen with indoor access at night. Beginning at about 5 weeks of age, the puppies begin spending their day in the fenced front yard on the ground &, again, move back to the kennel at night for a pen with indoor access.

Fifteen Acre Farms Australian Shepherds is located 30 minutes north of Tulsa, OK. For available puppies click on "Tandy's Puppies". Email fifteenacrefarms@aol.com or call 918-706-1931. We currently have puppies in 23 states & Canada.