What's New

What's New at Misty Acres Farm & Kennel

The purpose of this page is to provide a quick link to what's new on our web site. Listed will be links to recently added pages and updates to our web site. We update so much and so often that it may be difficult to list everything that has been newly added. But we will try.

The items listed at the top will be the most current additions. This year will be an exciting year for Misty Acres. We have some really nice things that we have posted and more to come so, check back often for our updates.

We will launch Helping Paws this spring. This is something that Ed & I have wanted to do for a long time now and will be putting it into motion soon. We are so pleased with this new concept and can't wait to share with everyone.

As is usual for this time of year, I will be starting to update puppy pages very soon as well. It is always great to see how our pups are growing and love the photos that are sent in from kind adoptive folks that have our dogs.

Hopefully we will be changing our web site format over to Dream Weaver later this year. So, there will be a new look to the Misty Acres Web site later on. All in all this will be a fun year and we look forward to 2010. Updated 3/1/2010 - Enjoy.

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1. SAR - Bobby & Buddy (Yasemin & Safak puppy) make the news in the Chicago Tribune. We are so very proud of you and all you do for those in need. Click here to see Buddy's page.

2. Misty Acres pups at the Indy Zoo.

2009

1. Ancient Warrior & New Dawn - our newly imported Purebred Turkish Kangals directly from Turkey - Updating 0f pedigrees and photos in process. We have new updates/photos this next week - 10/26/09. Please continue to check back for more information and photos.

2. My Reflections on Turkey - By Ed Luthy - June 18-25, 2009.

Part 1 - The first day

Part 2 - The Wedding Reception

Part 3 - Coming soon

Part 4 - Shepherds, Sheep, and Kangal Guardians - Newly uploaded 10/26/09 - Please continue to check back.

3. Karakul Sheep breeding plans for lambing in 2010 - This will be the first year that we will be breeding our beloved Karakul sheep. We will be excited to see our baby lambs next spring in 2010.

Originally we purchased these sheep as we were interested in their fleece for braded shepherd's rugs. We also wanted to do our part (even if in a very small way) toward the preservation of this threatened breed of sheep.

Our Turkish Karakul sheep are from some of the rarest bloodlines in the country. While quite rare, and on the threatened list with the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, they are thought to be one of the oldest breeds of domesticated sheep in the world.

Noted for their lustrous pelts of wool. Many of the finest Persian rugs & carpet are made from Karakul fleece which is the strongest of the carpet wools. I use my Karakal fleeces to make handcrafted braided shepherd rugs.

Since we obtained our first ewes from Letty Klein early last year and then our rams & additional ewes from Barb's fantastic herd in Indiana, we have learned so much about these sheep from Barb and fell head over heals in love with this breed. As a result, we re-homed 1/2 of our Shetland herd, keeping only those we dearly loved so that we could make room for a much larger herd of Karakul sheep.

We have gained a great respect for these sheep and the hardships that they have endured over the years. We hope to do our part in increasing the numbers of exceptionally nice Karakul's and hope that in the future, they will no longer be on the threatened list.

We look forward with great joy to slowly increasing our herd over the coming years. Our Kangals will be on duty as always to protect our precious Karakul's.

We will be working on our breeding plans with the help and guidance of both Letty and Barb - please check back for updates - Updated 7/19/09.

5. Kangals working livestock - photos being added as I have time updates 2/26/09 Poultry section.

6. New photos are being added to our Kangal dog pages. Updating in progress 2/1/09.

7. Karakul sheep - Our 2 new rams and our new ewes. - coming very soon 1/2/09 - please check back. Under construction.

2008

1. New photos are being added to our Kangal dog pages. Also, pup photos from Inca's litter are being added. Photos of Lokum's current litter - Updating in progress 12/26/08 and will continue for the next month or two. Please keep checking back.

3. Rabbits: Angora Rabbits & Giant Flemish Rabbits - Updating in progress 10/17/08 & will continue for the next month. Photos pedigrees & information being added.

4. Farm Fresh brown eggs: Updating in progress 10/19/08 & will continue for the next month or so. Photos & information being added.

5. Alpacas - Updating in progress 10/17/08 and will continue for the next month.

6. Dortmund, Germany - Last Updated Sept. 26, 2008.) New additions to Sheila Reed's presentation. These are the links to the new sections: http://www.mistyacreskennel.com/resolution.htm and http://www.mistyacreskennel.com/furhter_difficulties.htm

The First International Kangal Club meeting was held in Dortmund Germany. This was a fantastic meeting with folks from all over the world. The event was hosted by Kangal & Co. Many fine presentations were given at the meeting on Saturday. Naturally there were loads of Kangal dogs as well.

Photos & information are still being uploaded. This will take some time as there are loads of beautiful photos that were taken. Please keep checking back as it will take many days to post all the information. There are tons of photos from Germany. Updated July 27, 2008.

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