Two young adult teams available
As we only sell to working homes with livestock, we ask that you fill out our Maremma questionnaire if you have an interest in our teams.
MAREMMAS
Partners Not Pets | Livestock Guardians Not Companions
Visso & Ausonia
We started breeding Maremmas with the thought of bringing in some strong outside bloodlines. Our goal is to concentrate on working animals to make sure that we would have an asset to any ranch or farm looking for livestock protection. After experimenting with a few different girls, we think we picked a winning combination to begin our breeding program:
VISSO
What a stud!
Visso came to Unfinished Acres from Italy when he was 1.5 years old. He was the biggest dog we had imported and needed a huge, handmade wooden crate. Fortunately we have a truck, as the crate was way too big to fit in any car!
Visso weighs in around 140 pounds. Visso’s birthday is 2/14/2016 and he truly lives up to everything a valentine should offer. He is a friendly, loving, studly big white ball of fur. Visso watches over horses and poultry, he takes his charges seriously and although he prefers the horses he has access to the orchard where the ducks are kept. We no longer lose ducklings to the ravens now that Visso is in charge.
Visso has fathered multiple litters for Unfinished Acres and we plan to continue to use him in the future.
Visso
Visso and Horses
Visso and friends
Visso and a beautiful view
AUSONIA
This lady is a world traveler! She was born in Italy and flown to Finland as a young pup, then to Unfinished Acres as an 11-month-old. Ausonia was born 12/16/2016 and arrived here on 11/23/2017 - what a whirlwind!
Ausonia’s temperament has always been so very sweet. She is very respectful of the goats, sheep , kids and lambs. Ausonia has given us 3 beautiful litters; her pups are the best! Great black pigment around the eyes and nose, long flatter nose that blend with the forehead, and nice, leggy pups.
Ausonia has EXCELLENT hip ratings from the OFA and is negative for elbow dysplasia
Ausonia and her pups, October 2020
Ausonia and her Boers
The beautiful Ausonia
Ausonia and her little ones
Now that we’ve determined our Foundation Pair, we will begin breeding some of the daughters to our new stud dog, Mano. Mano gave us two great litters in 2023 and 2024 is turning out just as well.
FIDELIA:
Fid had puppies on March 20, 2024 and they are now ready to join a new herd. Four boys and two girls.
Once we determined our foundation line, we started waiting for the right girl to begin the next phase of our breeding program. Our breeding girls not only have to look good with good hips and elbows; we also watch for intelligence, aptitude and behavior that will lead us to believe we will have a solid, independent thinking, bold with predators but with the social aptitude to exist with neighbors.
Fidelia and her March 20, 2024 pups!
Fid & pups - May 17, 2024
Fid & Pups - May 22, 2024
Pups - 6-12-24
BOLO (Be on the Lookout!): Puppies all have new homes.
Bolo has provided us with some gorgeous, big and healthy pups, born 1-1-2024. Six girls and Two boys.
When we have a litter and hold a puppy back for future breeding, we look for LGD skills, structural soundness and, as an added bonus, good looks. Bolo checks every box and the combination of Bolo and our stud dog Mano we feel has been impressive.
Bolo 1-20-24
Bolos pups - 2-16-24
Bolo nursing - 2-14-24
Bolos pups and friends- 2-14-24
To complement these girls for what will hopefully be amazing LGD puppies, we brought Mano in from Finland in January, 2022. We are looking forward to the future and being able to provide some gorgeous and effective Maremma guardians.
MANO
We have had such a good experience with Ausonia, we decided to go back to Finland to the same breeder who had sold us Ausonia (unrelated to Mano). You can achieve handsome and you can achieve a good working dog, but it takes a good breeder to be able to provide both, so welcome to:
Pecchio, aka Mano, came to us from Finland, February 2022. Mano was chosen for his playful yet loving temperament and genetic diversity. We feel Mano exemplifies the Maremma Breed Standard. Our goal is to breed our own line of Maremma and Mano will be our #2 man in line after Visso. While in Finland Mano watched over goats and chickens and will continue watching goats, sheep and chickens here at Unfinished Acres.
Mano
Mano, Momo, and Charlie
Mano and his goats
Mano and his Kiko goats
For both teams the Maremmas have been together for at least a year and so have shown a willingness and ability to work together. All these Maremmas are currently with our Kiko goats and have been with Katahdin Sheep and horses.
Team 1 is comprised of:
Charlie Rose female born 11-1-21 Parents are Viso and Ausonia. Our original breeding pair.
Patience female born 1-1-24 Parents are Bolo / Mano
Team 2 is comprised of:
Yo-Yo female born 2-15-23 Parents are Fid / Mano
Goofball male born 3-20-24 Parents are Fid / Mano.
We are asking $4,000 for each pair.
Patience and Charlie Rose
Maremma Teams
Puppy Education
We have no puppies available, however, this shows you how both available teams were raised.
1 – 3 months
Our puppies are born with their charges and stay with them 24/ 7 for as long as they are with us. We keep the puppies for a minimum of 12 – 14 weeks as we feel it is very important for moms to provide the initial instruction when the puppies becoming aware. This is another reason it’s so important to have a working LGD as a mom.
4 – 12 months
Education continues. Always in a pasture, always with charges. Basic socialization, tying, leading but treated always as an LGD never a pet.
