Rising Star Ranch and Kennels  is conveniently located 55 miles northeast of Dallas, in Leonard, TX. We are a family owned and operated business, managed by Jack and Sally Phipps.  As of January 2025, we are blessed to formally partner with our daughter, Buffy Phipps.  Buffy has worked with us on an informal basis for over 10 years.  She is very well educated on both sides of managing a kennel, and we look forward to being even more successful with this partnership.  

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Rising Star Kennels began in 1999 when our granddaughter pleaded for a Yorkshire Terrier. We soon discovered that a puppy simply was too much responsibility for a 10 year old with many academic activities. Therefore, little Gypsy came to live at Grandma and Grandpa's. The rest is history.

 

We have always had a great love of animals, with an extraordinary passion for dogs.  Rising Star Kennels is dedicated to producing healthy companions that are bred with particular attention to temperament, personality and beauty.