About
The Farmhouse
The Farmhouse is a no-kennel space where dogs, cats, and humans try to coexist without losing their minds.
It’s an imperfect system, backed up by a single private supporter. It is just something that keeps evolving as we learn what works and what doesn’t.
It is definitely not your typical shelter — and it doesn’t run like one.
The animals don’t live behind bars.
They live in a large fenced area that opens into even more space. Some roam freely during the day and go to their enclosures at night.
Every day is rotation, observation, and adjustment.
We try to find an equilibrium between their instincts and structure — and sometimes, we actually get it right.
Most of the work here is behavioral.
Not just feeding and cleaning, but helping dogs reset, stabilize, and learn how to exist again — with other dogs, with people, and with themselves.
A calm, stable dog can handle almost anything.
So that’s our focus.
I ask myself why we exist all the time, and my answer changes almost daily. But there is one thing that is clear and constant: the dogs aren’t the problem. People are.
Not out of bad intention — but lack of understanding.
Therefore, this is also a place to understand our mistakes, grow together, and share what we’ve learned.
From each other’s mistakes, from others’ experience, and from trying things that fail and adjusting anyway.
A bit about me
This wasn’t what I planned to do with my life.
My background is in a completely different field — tourism, sustainability, NGOs, and wildlife conservation.
Working directly with dogs was an on-and-off thing for a very, very long time. But, it is also one of the few things in my life that has become constant.
Over time, this stopped being a shelter or a rescue project.
It became something more personal.
Working with behavior — with fear, reactivity, trust — it doesn’t just apply to them.
It reflects back.
I started noticing patterns.
Learned to pause before reacting.
And look for alternatives instead of escalation.
The same things that help them help me on my day-to-day.
What this is becoming
For sure, this is not a finished system.
It’s part shelter, part rehab space, part learning platform, I’d say.
Built over time — through animals, mistakes, and constant adjustment.
I’m building it as I go.
And I’m curious to see what it becomes.