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 6 yards, 3 that measure 115' x 33-1/2' & 3 that are about 1/4 acre, as well as exercising out 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 sides, 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 other 6 yards that do not have access to the kennel. 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 puppies shady & cool. Our dogs are only confined to pens when they are in heat, having puppies, need to be fed separately, when we have visitors, or the lawn is being maintenanced. The rest of the time, they enjoy free exercise in one of the yards, lounging on the porch or under a shade tree, & running & playing with one another in one of our yards. While raising puppies, our mommies enjoy free access to their babies & the yard while their door is propped open & they can go in & out of the kennel with their babies as they please. One buyer commented that we provide a "maternity resort" for our dogs. 

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 a pen 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 & about 2-1/2 hours from Oklahoma City. Email fifteenacrefarms@yahoo.com. Call or text Laura Perry at 918-706-1931. We have placed puppies with their new families in 29 states & Canada.