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A Family Breeder You Can Trust

Northern Oaks Kennel at Hitt Ranch family
Northern Oaks Kennel at Hitt Ranch family. Pyrenean Mastiff and Chow Chow.

Our 
Story

Hello, we're Joshua and Karli Hitt! Home to the Chow Chows, Pyrenean Mastiffs, and Friesian Stallion. Our Friesian Stallion Adriec was the reason we met, in small town California. Joshua worked at the feed store and Karli quickly became a loyal customer after meeting him. We bonded over our love for horses and animals, and together watched as our Friesian Stallion, Adriec made his STAR predicate, which was a huge accomplishment for our handsome guy! Not long after, we moved back to Karli's hometown in the Midwest, to be near family and start one of our own. As our family grew with the addition of our two beautiful children Magnolia and Akers, so did our interest and passion for dog breeding. 

Rare dog breeds captured our special attention and we fell in love with the gentle giant and livestock guardian, the Pyrenean Mastiff.  We, are one of only a handful, breeding these regal and beautiful dogs here in the US, and felt passionate about helping to bring back this truly amazing breed, from almost extinction, years ago. Our first female Pyrenean Mastiffs, Ederra, was imported from Spain and our Male, Zamarano, from Italy. They really are sweet gentle giants who love to protect livestock and have provided us with loyalty and endless snuggles!

Our interest for rare breeds didn't stop at the Pyrenean Mastiff; we most recently fell in love with the kind and independent Chow Chow. They have quite the personality and we especially loved how friendly, loving, and silly they are!  We drove 14 hours to retrieve our first female Chow Chow, Magnificent in the fall of 2023.  She has been such a fun addition to our home, and we are looking forward to presenting her at the AKC competitions, and using her as a future breeding female.


As, a trusted family-owned kennel, we strive to breed the best quality we can by staying true to strict breeding standards and vetting each of our male and female parents. For the first few months of your puppies’ lives, they grow up in a warm family environment.  Each litter is whelped (birthed) in our family home so the puppies are introduced to kids, other dogs, and farm animals from the start! Which results in well socialized pups for our customers. We offer our full support to you, starting with initial information gathering, to making sure the breed will fit your home, and through our purchase and delivery option. However, it doesn't stop there, we continue to be a source of help throughout the life of your pup.  Our customers appreciate the wealth of knowledge we share on home acclamation, health, training tips, diet, and exercise.  We're only a call or text away! 

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