Gary Ewing

Mill Wright by trade:

Works in maintenance at Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), Filer City

Lived in Minnesota & came back to Ludington for summers.

Family moved back to Ludington when Gary was a boy.

Family is from the Mason County area.

Raised Collies & Cocker Spaniels previously.

Gary's farming background is with horses, pigs and beef.

Switched to Newfoundland because we had a Chow Newfie Cross for about 15 years.

 

Vickie Smalley-Ewing

Grew up on a small farm in the Williamston Michigan area.

Raised registered Suffolk Sheep, market hogs, & beef cattle.

Was a member of the Wheatfield Township 4H Club for 9 years.

Showed fat lambs & registered Suffolk at the Ingham County Fair.

Lived in the Ottawa & Allegan County area for over 25 years.

Raised 2 boys

Worked for several long time businesses in the Holland & Zeeland area.

Received a Bachelors from Davenport College / University

Moved to Scottville MI in 2004 – remarried

We own 40 acres in Riverton Township, Mason County

We lease 100 acres from area property owners

Crops grown are Conventional Corn, Oats & Barley

Have several alfalfa fields for hay which we sell to several customers in the area.

We have a few sows & a boar

The sows are Landrace, Duroc, Yorkshire cross

The boars used are purebreds, Yorkshire, Duroc or Hampshire

Some of the piglets are sold as feeder and 4H pigs ($85 each) & the others are raised for freezer meat (whole $1.25/ lbs hanging weight; half $1.35/lbs hanging weight. Plus butcher fee & processing fee) & Roasting hogs (contact Gary) also may need 6 month lead time to raise hog

We have Rose who is  over 12 years old & is a Labrador/Walker cross

We have 2 Newfoundland dogs: we raised

Brutus from 8 week, he was from a Small Dairy Farm in the New Paris, IN area & Oaklei from 6 months of age, she was from a family in the Okemos, MI area (the breeder is from the Manistee, MI area)

AKC pedigree. Papers are available for the puppies.

Considered the gentle giants – love this breed & hope to give others the same experience.

They are loyal, love family members, smart & can be protective.

These 2 have had some beautiful puppies together. Colors include: Cream Gray, Blue Gray, Brown, Brown and White, or Black

We interact with the puppies from the day they are born.

(Yes Oaklei lets me touch her puppies on day ONE!)

It’s amazing how fast they grown.

• At 6 weeks they are about 10 lbs
• At 9 weeks they are about 20 lbs
• At 12 weeks they are about 30 lbs