The Yorkshire Shepherdess, who rose to fame alongside former husband Clive and their nine children on Our Yorkshire Farm, shared the new detail during a special event in Northallerton ahead of the return of Our Farm Next Door.
Amanda revealed the family’s new dogs are called Rascal, Patch and Dora as she spoke on stage at Our Farm Next Door: A Behind-the-Scenes Celebration at Everyman Northallerton on Wednesday, September 30.
Miles Owen and Annas Owen with a new puppy (Image: CHANNEL 4)
The event, organised by the Royal Television Society Yorkshire, brought Amanda and members of the team behind the More4 programme together to discuss the series and offer a preview of what viewers can expect when it returns.
The RTS had advertised the evening as a chance to hear how the programme is made and to see a sneak preview of the fourth series.
The arrival of the dogs follows the loss of Chalky, who had been a familiar part of family life at Ravenseat.
Details released ahead of the new series had already teased that there would be some new animals at the farm, but their names had not previously been revealed.
Nancy with one of the new puppies (Image: CHANNEL 4)
Wise Owl Films, the Leeds-based production company behind Our Farm Next Door, said the fourth series would feature “new four-legged additions” following Chalky’s death, with the newcomers causing chaos and keeping the family busy.
Amanda has now confirmed those additions include Rascal, Patch and Dora.
The new dogs will join an already large collection of animals at Ravenseat, where the Owen family continue to care for their sheep alongside cows, goats, horses and ponies, peacocks and chickens.
The fourth series of Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids will again follow Amanda, Clive and their children as they balance farming life with the continuing restoration of nearby Anty John’s.
Channel 4 confirmed when it commissioned the latest series that the programme would continue following the Owens’ everyday farming lives as well as the work to turn the centuries-old property into a modern family home.
The restoration is now entering its third year, with work moving increasingly inside Anty John’s.
The plastered walls have dried, allowing painting, flooring and furnishing to begin, while another major challenge will see the family attempt to bring running water across the moors and into the house.
The programme will also continue documenting the changing lives of the Owen children.
But for animal-loving viewers, Rascal, Patch and Dora look set to become three of the most recognisable new faces at Ravenseat when the family returns to screens.
Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids is on More4 every Monday from 9pm.
