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The Dogs of Freres Lumber Company

• by Sarah Giglio

A happy dog lies on top of a large tree stump in the heart of Oregon forests.
June 19, 2017

Ever since our business began nearly a hundred years ago, our canine pals have been a constant presence at Freres Lumber Company. In honor of National Bring Your Pet to Work Day on June 23rd, we want to share our canine family with you with a few photos.

Man in a purple shirt kneels on a wooden deck outdoors, smiling with two black dogs on either side of him, enjoying a moment by the sturdy wood crafted by Freres Lumber Company.
Kyle Freres, Vice President, with his two dogs, Chase, age 3, and Lewis, age 10. Both are rescue dogs of mixed breeds.
Man standing next to a silver truck with a brown dog on a cloudy day, outside the Freres Lumber Company.
Vice President Tyler Freres with Rudy, a Rhodesian mix adopted from the Willamette Valley Humane Society by Tyler’s family.
A man in a hard hat and a dog pose by large stacked logs in a sunny Oregon forests clearing.
Ron Borish, a Freres forester, and his Australian Shepard Rosie, love spending time outside together. She believes she’s the luckiest dog in the world when she joins him on hikes together and on the job at our logging camps, as shed did in this photo taken at our Camp 6 timber sale.
Woman sitting on grass in front of a wall, smiling with two brown and white boxer dogs by her side, near the historic Freres Lumber Company grounds.
Pauline Porter loves her two beautiful Boxers, six-year-old Zoey (left) and her active 5-month-old Winnie (right).
A man kneels on a sidewalk next to a white dog, both looking at the camera, while wearing a Freres Lumber Company cap.
Bob Maeda, plywood sales, and his two-year-old rescue, Yuki.
Man kneeling on grass with two German Shepherds, trees and a white tent in the background at a Freres Lumber Company event.
Curtis Steckler with Ziggy and Khalua, his two-year-old German Shepherds.
Woman sitting on a concrete slab with a black dog, smiling in front of a wooden shed door that hints at the rustic charm of the old Freres Lumber Company.
Kim Fredricks from our Lyons office and her pure bred Border Collie, Ellie
Smiling man in a neon shirt kneels beside two brown and white dogs in front of a wooden fence, reminiscent of the classic rural charm found near Freres Lumber Company.
Aaron Hutchinson and his two friendly Boxers.
A man sits on a chair outdoors with three Doberman dogs lying at his feet, framed by the rustic charm of what was once the Freres Lumber Company grounds.
Mark Kemp, a Freres forester, loves Dobermans so much he has three! Reka (left) is 10 and the mother of 4-year-old of Hetty (right), and 13-month-old Lira (center). Three generations! Amazing!
A person and two dogs sit in a red Wildcat off-road vehicle in a sunny backyard, enjoying the outdoors like an afternoon at Freres Lumber Company’s scenic grounds.
Renee Park loves her two dogs, Steve on the left and Jack, a Blue Healer on the right. They look right at home on the side-by-side!
Freres Timber Manager Todd Parker takes his dog Roxie along with him while he’s out touring the company timber.
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Here’s Roxie on the job, standing guard for AL Ward, Ron Ziglinski and Steve Galbraith.

We love getting to know all our four-legged friends! Check out the Freres Lumber Company Facebook page to see more of the great times we spend with our extended family, and if you are a Freres employee or contractor and want to submit a picture of you with your dog email us a photo at info@frereslumber.com.

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