In 2006, John and Bernadette Spillane had a life changing opportunity to move to the property of their dreams. At that time, they had one horse, Zhum (who actually predicted that they would move), but one horse on 53 acres just wouldn’t do so they started down, as John would say, a slippery slope, accumulating just the right amount of equine companions -- they now have 40! Add to that some goats, chickens, alpacas, plus one llama, and two cats! So, despite the name Happy Dog Ranch, it's really home to a wide variety of lovely, wonderful animals and life has never been better!