Stoneridge Farm, producer of champion Newfoundland dogs and Arabian horses is located in northern Massachusetts and  is owned and operated by Drs. Cheryl and Robert Petersen.  The farm consists of approximately 50 acres of land with large home and multiple outbuildings including:
  • 6 stall horse barn with hayloft, kitchenette, combination tack/changing/'powder' room, tool room and 'cat area' where the farm's feline team - Sam and George -  work hard to rid the farm of rodents
  • 2 stall horse barn with attached turnout to individual paddocks and large, second story tack room with kitchenette
  • 'Run-ins' - half with 1/5 acre paddocks and half with 1/2 acre grass pasture
  • 2 puppy 'palaces' (roughly 8'x10' each) with attached play yard for the puppies
  • The whelping area with huge, vinyl whelping box and attached puppy play area - located on the ground floor of the house
  • Dog grooming and bathing room located on the ground floor of the house

The house is a large, four bedroom with huge great room, living room, dining room, eatery, large, eat-in kitchen, solarium which converts to screen house, and large, wrap-around deck.  The in-ground pool with sun deck and screen house is fenced so that the dog's don't have access unless specifically invited and supervised. 

 Immediately below is a photo of the horse paddocks and the upper barns in the winter.  Way in the back, you can see the puppy house and play area for the puppies.

 

 

The farm and outbuildings are in the midst of many lovely, acres of natural forest.  Pictured above is our farm as seen from the air.  The house is located where the red 'balloon' is located.  You can see a dim outline of the horse barns behind the house and the pastures - all surrounded by acres of  pine forest

  

 Directly below is a photo of the house as seen coming down the driveway from the horse paddocks and the upper barns

 
The StoneRidge Farm horses and dogs are not 'just for profit' livestock but, instead, are valued and loved family members.  The dogs live in the house with the us and have access to a doggie door with access to approximately 2 acres of fenced area - including access to the fruit orchard and a built-in doggie wadding pool for those times when they want to 'cool off' but don't have access to the in-ground pool..

The orchard has a variety of fruit trees including several variety of apples, peaches, apricots, pears and some nut trees.  Berry bushes outline the perimeter of the orchard and include blackberries, blueberries, black raspberries and currents.  Unfortunately, the dogs love fruit and get most of the best stuff before human harvest.

The large lower barn as seen from the drive way

Photo of Cheryl taking a walk with some of the dogs in our woods behind the house, barns, paddocks and pastures

The front deck off the house as seen in the winter

The in-ground pool (directly below) has sun deck, diving board, water slide and screen house.  A custom-made dog ramp that allows the 'girls' to easily get in and out of  the pool was just recently added.  (see the structure at the end of the photo below).  The dogs, of course, are never allowed in the pool unsupervised. 

This photo shows the lower barn (on the right of the plowed driveway) and the house way in front

 
The picture below shows Emmie using the dog ramp to exit the pool

Spring photo of the small garden behind the solarium.  This photo was taken at Easter and shows the lilacs and forsythia   in bloom.  Since we all 'dress' for dinner on special holidays, this photo shows two of the girls sporting their huge yellow Easter bows.

 

 
The photo to the right shows a small section of our orchard in the spring.  We have several different types of fruit trees (pear, peach, cherry, nuts, etc) as well as a variety of berry bushes (current, goosberries, blueberries, black raspberries, etc).  The second year that we lived here, we were surprised to notice how much less fruit we had as compared to the first year.  This 'puzzle' was solved one day when we went walking with the dogs and found that they had learned to shake the fruit down by jumping on the trees and to pick the berries - yes, even the thorny black berries.  Despite the lack of harvest (for human consumption, anyways), the orchard does look lovely in the spring!