Click HERE to see a small interview of Walter on Global Edmonton TV news.  This is a segment done on the town of Bashaw.
Click HERE to read an article on  Walter and his Grulla horses in the Western Producer. 
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We are a family operated ranch located about eight miles west of Bashaw, Alberta.  The Buelow family has been in this area over a hundred years, with this particular farm being operated since the 1940's.  Over time it has largely been a mixed farm but the focus has changed in the last 30 odd years to a Cow/Calf  & Backgrounding operation as well as raising Grulla & Dun Quarter Horses and working Fjord horses.  We occasionally raise and train Border Collie stock dogs as well.
Our yard is also the base for Cliff's Drilling Ltd., a water well drilling company that has been satisfying customers since 1973 with roots going back to the 1940's as well.  If you need any water well work done, contact us and we can put you on the right track to clean, dependable water.
With another generation of Buelows arriving at the present, it would appear that we will be here a long while yet!
About The Ranch
Our founder of both the Ranch and the water well drilling is Walter Buelow.  He is well known in the area for his highly entertaining singing and yodelling.  Walter turned 92 on March 25, 2010 and is still brightening faces with his jokes, stories and occasional song.  He is very much involved in the horse division of the ranch.
Mary Buelow turned 91 on October 10, 2009 and is having a wonderful time being great-grandma to a new herd of Buelows in the yard.  Walter & Mary celebrated their 69th Wedding Anniversary on November 21, 2009!
Spotted Valley Ranch
Walter Buelow at 87.
June, 2005.
Riley, Christie, Melissa, Kelly & Hayley Buelow
November 2009
Phil, Austin & Laurie Buelow
Walter & Mary Buelow
Photo by Narissa Quapp
Photo by Narissa Quapp
Photo by Lori Fletcher
Louise & Cliff Buelow
Cliff and Louise have continued the farming and drilling legacy here on Spotted Valley Ranch.  Cliff has built the drilling business up from one cable tool rig to having two rigs now, one Mayhew 1000 rotary rig and an Ingersoll-Rand TH60 top drive rig.  Sadly we lost Louise in an accident on June 30, 2008 at the age of 54.  Her work, love and contributions to the Ranch and our families will be greatly missed.
Click here to see more pictures of Louise.
Here is Walter Buelow with his idol, Wilf Carter in Bashaw, Alberta in 1981. Look at that smile! Walter & Mary in their Mule that Walter got for his 90th birthday.Smoky Bar Otoe, one of our former mares, shown here on the Pinhorn Grazing Reserve near Manyberries, Alberta in August, 2001. The dry Milk River is in the background.Breezy Wyatt, one of our former stallions, shown decked in Tartar costume. He is wating to be ridden by one of the extras in the movie, 'The Thirteenth Warrior'. Part of this movie was filmed on Alkali Lake Ranch, B.C. in September, 1997. Kelly Buelow was working there at the time.Breezy Rock, taken around July, 1985.Branding on Spotted Valley Ranch, June 21, 2007.Irons in the fire.Louise Buelow on Valkyrie at our branding in 2007.Louise Buelow bottle feeding one of her lambs, June 2008.Louise busy at her self appointed job at the chute. She always looked after the cattle records and the ID tags and a vaccinating gun as well! We're going to miss her this fall.Phillip, Cliff & Kelly pushing cattle on a typical cattle drive for our area. The dogs are working nicely and the drive is going well.The end of the trail, grazing in a Ducks Unlimited quarter. Tons of grass!One of the perks of a family outfit. Kelly with Melissa and Cliff with Zorryn Erickson. Zorryn is the oldest son of Cliff's daughter Leanne who was visiting from North Dakota.Sleighrides in the winter with Kelly and his family.Riley with Kelly on Riley's first birthday, riding on Sassey Oteo Go.
Ranch Photo Album
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Phill and Laurie are continuing the Water Well Drilling here on Spotted Valley Ranch.  Buying in as a partner, Phill has been drilling the majority of the wells  this last year.  They just became parents for the first time to Austin Buelow on October 22, 2009.  One    more addition to the Buelow tree!
Kelly and Christie are continuing the farming and ranching aspects here on  Spotted Valley Ranch.  Carrying on the horse business from Walter and running a Custom Leather Shop are all part of the larger picture as well.  Hayley, Melissa and Riley are all lined up with their own horses for the future and are already a big help in the daily Ranch life.  
On December 27, 2009, Cliff married Becky Day from Medford, Oregon and she has moved up to Alberta to become a part of the Ranch.
Becky & Cliff Buelow