Yellow Dog Farm, owned by Jim Holzschuh and Ellen Thompson, is located in the town of South Hero on South Hero Island in the middle of Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont. We started our mohair yarn operation in 2005 with the purchase of 3 bred female Angora goats. Four kids were born in May of that year and a buck, Shiloh, and his buddy, Oliver, were added in the summer of 2006. The goat shed that was built in the fall of 2004 was expanded during the fall of 2006 with the addition of a 24' by 30' two story barn with hayloft. Space was set-aside in the new barn for a woodturning wood working shop.

Both Jim and Ellen are active in the local Farmer’s Markets during the summer season in South Hero and Grand Isle, Vermont. Winter is devoted to washing fleece, knitting, spinning, woodturning and caring for the animals. We have developed and sell our own apple-maple hot sauce using mostly Vermont products. Called Macanero Hot Sauce, from the McIntosh apples and the habanero peppers, is also available locally as well as on the web.