Who We Are

The Goodrich Ranch was essentially created in 2018 by combining three generations under the same roof. We are based in Albuquerque, New Mexico

While Grandpa moved to Albuquerque in 1945, the rest of the family were born here, but living in separate houses. All of us had dreams of owning some acreage and starting a small hobby farm, and in 2018, our dreams became a reality. We purchased five acres on the west side that had a house that needed work. No strangers to renovations, we rolled up our sleeves and set to work.

The goats arrived first, followed by chickens and ducks. Shortly thereafter, we started losing ducks and chickens to coyotes. Rather than try to exterminate them, a more humane and natural way was determined to be our best course. Since our aging Rottweiler and Greyhound simply cowered under the beds, we started to look at other breeds. The Great Pyrenees came to our attention, but we had difficulty locating even a rescue animal in our local market. We did manage to find one, an intact female without registration and brought her home.

Denali is a big girl, massing close to 110 pounds with paws as big as the palm of my hand. That first night, we heard a very perturbed coyote that had been chased off the property. Since then, we haven't had a single loss due to a coyote. Denali did take a few ducks from us, but she has learned the error of her ways and now we can free range our chickens and ducks. We became lovers of the breed as they are just big teddy bears.

Denali looked very lonely after a while, and we traveled to Oklahoma in August of 2019 to pick up Goldie and Oakie, who were born that April. These two are AKC registered and our breeding pair.