Current Litters

*Updated on 5/7/2022

*On April 23rd 2022, Krieghund Farm suffered a horrendous and tragic loss. Someone a few miles from us did a burn pit in their backyard, and did not properly cover and tend to the fire in the following hours. On Saturday the 23rd, the winds were in excess of 60mph. We have had a severely dry winter and due to the low humidity and high winds, both our area and surrounding areas have been in a no burn ban and red flag warning for sometime. 

Around 1pm the wind pulled embers out of the still burning pit and spread to the surrounding crop field. It spread literally like wildfire and within 30 minutes our entire farm was engulfed. We had almost no warning, the only call we received was from a dear friend warning us to get out. We rushed to save as many animals as we could, but there was so little time. We had our 4 year old with us, and I had to take her to safety as our entire property line was instantly a wall of flames and coming into our farm fast. My husband stayed behind to try to get as many dogs out as he could while I hurried to get our daughter away from the fire. Bob is an Army Veteran, and tried everything he could to get the dogs out. The high winds were just too much and the flames spread over all the buildings in a heartbeat. Between the two of us, we were able to save 9 dogs. But to our absolute heartbreak, we lost more than we could save.

The firefighters didnt arrive until all the buildings and equipment were already completely on fire. They couldnt even enter the property for some time because the fire was so bad from the wind feeding it oxygen.

My husband sustained serious burns all over his body, both legs, both arms, his head, face, neck, and particulary his ears had skin melting off of them. This was only due to his attempts to save our precious dogs. We never even attempted to save any of our property, we just tried to get our dogs out.

We sacrificed everything we have ever owned to this fire. Our home was a complete and total loss. The foundation is crumbling, thats how bad the fire was. There is nothing recovered from our home. Its all beyond burned. The windows all melted, to give you an idea of how bad this was. Our fire safes all melted, which is extreme. All of our valuables, keepsakes, baby books and memorabilia, photos, electronics, SD cards, money, collectibles, clothing, toys, etc etc. Its all gone. We walked away literally with the clothes on our backs and 9 dogs, and one vehicles that I used to get our daughter and some dogs to safety. My husband ran past his expensive truck, car, tractor, skid loader, golf cart, farm machines, etc, he left them in the path of the fire because he was focused on our dogs. I fled knowing I was leaving behind not only all of our nest egg, and not only my dogs whom are like children to us, but I also had to drive away leaving my husband in the fire. He forced me to take the child and run and he refused to leave until he got the dogs. He thought he could get them all out, and there was just no time. No one can understand how bad this fire was unless you watched it. Seeing the pictures is heartbreaking, but seeing it in person is traumatic for most who have come by since it happened. We have grown men crying at the sight of our beautiful farm now looking like someone dropped a nuclear bomb on it. We had 16 buildings on our property and only 3 remain, and those were far from the fire/wind path.

The death and destruction we have suffered at the hands of someone else is devastating. We are utterly heartbroken in every way. We will never be the same people we once were. We can rebuild, but we will never get our beautiful dogs and cats. There is nothing anyone can do to fix that heartache. But, we sincerely implore each of you, please spread our sad story, in hopes that if enough people donate we can rebuild our homes and business quickly. The insurance process will be a long process and there will likley be red tape. We have 6 females left and all are breeding age and ready to go. We just need a proper whelping building before we can do anything in that department. Every dollar will help our rebuild efforts! We cant say thank you enough to everyone who has already donated to our GoFundMe, or sent checks to us directly, or donated supplies like dog food, dog houses, kennels, crates, treats, and also their time and energy trying to help. We are so very grateful for each and every one of you!!!

We would also like to thank all of you who have offered to let us use their dog from our prior breedings to build back our breeding program. We suffered so many losses, and one massive one was we lost an entire bloodline we have worked so hard for. We will be reaching out to everyone who has contacted us in the coming days/weeks. You can imagine we were flooded with messages, emails, texts, and calls and we just couldnt keep up with them. But they were so appreciated!!!

*Donations can be made in multiple ways:

*GoFundMe link:    https://gofund.me/dc93dae4

*Check/Money Order (Make payable to Serena Byrnes)- Mail to:

Krieghund Farm, PO Box 382, Lyons, NE. 68038

*PayPal/Venmo: Contact us for instructions

*Zelle: send to contact@krieghundfarm.com

*Bank Wire: contact for more information

*There is also a fund that was set up by our local community that is through our bank in Lyons. You can drop off a donation at any branch of First Northeast Bank of Nebraska, or you can mail them a check as well. Please be sure to make the check out to "Robert and Serena Byrnes Fire Relief" and not the General Fire Relief Fund. 

First Northeast Bank of Nebraska

440 N Main St
Lyons, NE 68038

Again, thank you all for your love and support during our very dire time of need! We cant do this without you!

https://www.ketv.com/article/lyons-families-lose-homes-to-fire/39808352

https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/burt-county-family-loses-home-buildings-dogs-in-wildfire/article_4db2dafa-c56c-11ec-8b0a-ff0babd69ba9.html

https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/burt-county-family-loses-home-buildings-dogs-in-wildfire/article_c8a1da37-aba3-5ccd-bebc-5048083b3470.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10748655/One-dead-three-hurt-Nebraska-wildfires.html

*Facebook Group: Robert and Serena Byrnes Family Benefit Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1258465984684218

*Amazon Wish List:

https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/2UAVZ95QASRH5/guest-view

If you would like to bring one of our Upcoming Puppies home with you, please visit our "Adoptions" tab on our website.

There, you can fill out our Questionnaire and see if you qualify to place a deposit and reserve one of our pups!