My name is Shirley and I have been a part of the NAID family since 2001. I have been associated with native dogs since the early 1960s when I took in a stray Coydog named Linda who was my companion for 15 years. Afterward, I researched more about Native breeds and joined the breeding programs of two other Indigenous breeders in the 90s. Later, I established the Native American Indian Dog Preservation Project in 1995 to continue the preservation program of this beautiful breed.
I have actively been involved with dog rescue and wild animal rescue since 1975. I have helped place wolves, coyotes, weasels, otters, skunks, raccoons, and birds. During 1995-97, I volunteered at the Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center in Sitka, Alaska, where I completed a veterinarian technician course and acted as the on-call veterinary tech.
Apart from the above credentials, I spent 16 years working in the medical field, including seven years as an operating room technician. I also worked as a mate on the 105-foot three-masted Barque Buccaneer Queen in San Pedro, California. I was also employed as an assistant PADI SCUBA instructor and as a galley cook for Scuba Queen Charters.
As a small-scale companion animal provider, I strive to produce family dogs that reflect the breed standard in health, appearance, and temperament. Puppies are carefully handled and socialized from birth until they are placed with their new family. I only breed if I have a request to preserve the breed. Potential puppy parents are carefully screened before deposits are accepted, as the health and well-being of our pups are our top priority.
When time permits, I am also a volunteer and try to keep my service record full. I volunteered at the Sitka Animal Shelter, where I served as a kennel assistant, with the Canine Search and Rescue team in Sitka, Alaska, and with the Pierce County Equine Search and Rescue team in Washington State. I also served a three-year duty as a volunteer firefighter with the Haw’s Run Fire Department in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
If you are considering a NAID Puppy, I am happy to help you make an educated decision about the right choice of a puppy for your family. Potential puppy parents must be emotionally mature and have a stable home environment with a securely fenced yard. Above all, your puppy must be part of your everyday life. NAID puppies are a slow-developing breed and may retain puppy habits until they are 18 months old. If you can’t deal with puppy behaviors for this length of time, please consider another breed.
Any companion animal should be regarded as a family member. Please be responsible if you choose to obtain a pup from us. No animal is a throw-away possession! I enjoy staying in touch with the families I place my pups with – they are an extended family! Before your puppy leaves, it will have been exposed to birds, cats, and indoor living.
Please note that I only breed to preserve the NAID, so you may spend anywhere from 12 to 18 months waiting for your puppy. I only allow natural breeding if and when my girls are interested in it. I require all interested parties to fill out my questionnaire. To continue the bloodline, I reserve the first choice from each litter. Night Eyes Farms is a registered kennel with the Dog Breed Registry of America. All of our foundation breeding stock was purchased or approved by the breed’s founder. Our preservation program ONLY involves purebred NAIDs and outcrosses to augment the NAID breed and keep the bloodline pure. We do not breed any designer mixes.
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