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Kathryn (“Katie”) Beaver

I’ve been involved with the online and in-person wolfdog community since 2013, as well as the Tamaskan Dog breed community since 2014. I have a professional background working as a dog trainer for several years at a training and boarding kennel. Additionally, I served as the Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Tamaskan Dog Register for five years and am currently serving on an inter-registry global committee for the revision of the Tamaskan Dog Breed Standard. I also founded and admin the Facebook educational group, All About Tamaskans. Over the years, I’ve tried to maintain a focus on educating about responsible ownership and breeding of wolfdogs and Tamaskan Dogs.

Growing up, I was involved in the breeding, showing, and dog sports world with AKC Irish Setters. Although I dearly love Irish Setters, I wanted to get involved with a totally different breed as an adult. I stumbled across the Tamaskan Dog, which is a breed in development as an alternative wolf look-alike for folks who don’t want (or can’t have) a wolfdog, although the Tamaskan Dog breed does have low amounts of wolf content (the breed ranges from 0% Gray Wolf to approximately 30% Gray Wolf). Our oldest dog, a 2nd-generation Tamaskan Dog, came home in April of 2014, and we were hooked. The presence of low wolf content in the Tamaskan Dog breed spurred me to further research wolfdogs and I began reading through every website and book I could find. Since then, we have added more wolfdogs and Tamaskan Dogs to our family and have bred our own litters of wolfdogs and a litter of TDR and ARBA registered Tamaskan Dogs.

I’m so excited to see how my breeding program and our family continues to grow in the future. I’ve worked with so many different breeds and mixes of dogs, but none have quite come close to my heart as wolfdogs have. They challenge me as a trainer, force me to think outside the box as an owner, and offer such a loving and powerful bond of mutual respect and trust as family members. I’m also so grateful to my husband, Dustin, for his help and support throughout this journey. I literally couldn’t do this without him!

I feel strongly that wolfdogs deserve breeders who will advocate for their health and wellbeing, and who will not only educate, but personally mentor newcomers who wish to learn more about these amazing animals. I support several truly wonderful wolfdog rescues across the country, but it is also a privilege to be able to offer people interested in wolfdogs the chance to purchase a wolfdog who has been purposefully bred in an ethical program that emphasizes verified good health, sound structure, and solid temperament.

Photo Credit and Copyright belongs to Lindsey Miranda, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lorien Studios in Grandview, TX.