Ken Dennis was raised on Iron Horse Percherons. When he was a kid his Dad, Lee and Mom, Judy raised Quarter Horses, Percherons and cattle. Ken dreamt of having a farm of his own. When Ken was in high school he developed a love of rodeo and wild bucking horses. He rode saddle bronc until 2002 in various associations in Alberta and as far away as Vermont and New York in PRCA rodeos. Ken worked for many local producers while growing up and as a result learnt many ways of farming and working with horses. For many years Ken trained outside horses but realizes now that in able to work our own he has to limit the outside ones.

Born Kim Hughes, I grew up on Bear Creek Farm where we, too, had Quarter Horses, Percherons and commercial cattle. My childhood was spent in the horse show ring with both the light horses and Percherons. I was an active member of 4-H and enjoyed traveling to both open and breed shows. The highlight of my summer was always showing at the Calgary Stampede. As a teen I grew more interested in rodeo and, among other accomplishments, I was Ponoka Stampede Queen in 1999. I went to Lakeland College and graduated Animal Health Technology in 2000.

 

Ken and I were married in September of 2000. We bought our farm and finally moved to our new home in time for Christmas. For the first 3 years of our marriage we worked out and farmed at the same time. I worked at Bell Veterinary Services and so did Ken on and off. But our farm was growing and so was our family. In December 2003 Tom was born and I decided to stay at home and help out with the animals while we raised our son.   We welcomed our daughter, Raette into the world January 31, 2007.

 

We have always valued a gentle disposition in our horses. I think that comes from working with other peoples renegades over the years. Our breeding program puts emphasis on good trainable mind. We are proud of our horses and we are excited to see the foals each year when they are born. Our cattle numbers have nearly tripled in the past three years. All of our moving, checking and treating on pasture is done on horses. Ken also looks after outside cattle in the summer so he ends up tending to about 700 cow calf pairs . What a great opportunity to train and put miles on our colts.


We can't wait until the kids are old enough to ride with us daily. Tom is already  an excellent chore hand. He helps outside every day and only complains if he gets cold (can't blame him there). Like all parents we are amazed by everything that they  learn daily and are excited for their futures whatever they may hold.