Pauley 

Dexter Cows 

Rocky and Pauley 

The native home of the Dexter is in the Kerry region of southwestern Ireland where they were owned by small land holders. These early Dexters roamed the shelter-less, mountainous, Irish landscape in sparse living conditions, developing the hardy, thrifty characteristics that we value in the breed today. Dexters come in 3 colors: black, red, and dun. Solid colors, with occasional white on udders and/or behind the umbilicus, are the norm. Excessive white on the body, pervasive spotting, or brindling are not considered optimal. Dexters are originally a horned breed, with beautiful, sweeping, mid-sized horns that are white with black tips. Some owners of horned Dexters choose to leave the horns intact while others choose to dehorn them. Dexters can also be polled, passing-on this hornless characteristic to their offspring. Rocky and Pauly came to us because the farm they were at could no longer care for them. Rocky is very friendly, loves to be scratched and loved on, while Pauly is a little more timid and not so sure of people, although in the time they have been with us Pauly is coming around and is letting people touch him.