ABOUT US
FlicKennel Miniature Dachshunds – Colorado doxies with altitude!!!
Over 40 years' experience raising, selling and showing dachshunds means we produce the best – personality, temperament, conformation, coats and bloodlines in our Colorado State-licensed AKC kennel - where every pup and dog is special. Our dogs are handled and socialized with both people and other animals from birth, and always treated with love and gentleness. We give a written health guarantee against congenital defects, and all dogs we sell are current on worming and shots for their age; they can be shipped nationwide with a vet-check. We have had requests from as far away as Europe and Australia, and (August 2010) are working on preparing to send some "down under" in the months to come!
We have a good selection of all the doxie patterns, colors, and coats - and doxies have more combinations of those in every size (standard, 'tweenie,' miniature and the unofficial 'rabbit' - the ultra-mini) than any other breed! If we don't have exactly what you need right now, let us know and we'll do our best to produce it. We probably have the best selection of miniature dachshunds in this region, and we're constantly working to improve the breed by using our very best parents, and the puppies we're producing show their excellent quality in outstanding coats and highly unusual colorings, as well as the greatest temperaments we have ever seen. You simply have to see and handle them to believe it, and we encourage you to schedule an appointment to do just that.
We are located in rural northeastern Custer County in the Wet Mountains, foot-hills of the lovely Sangre de Cristo Mountains (pictured on our homepage), at an elevation of just over 8,200 feet above sea-level. Consequently, our dogs are healthy, hardy and strong, well able to handle the lower oxygen level up here without heart problems, and we do not have heartworm. We're often asked if our dachshunds have back troubles, and the answer is a resounding NO!!! Our goal is to breed-out any and all weaknesses inherent in dachshunds and only to improve the breed. We don't keep "duds" in our breeding program - any that don't pan out, that produce defective puppies, or need to be retired for whatever reason, are found excellent permanent homes. We also do not permit any hint of viciousness in our dogs - we don't enjoy being bitten any more than you do.
We're pretty picky about who takes our babies home, and have terminated more than one sale-in-progress because the prospective buyer wasn't exactly the type we wanted for our puppies, or we suspected that the home environment could be hostile to our pup. We don't mean to be rude, selfish or cruel, but if something doesn't feel or sound quite right to us, it usually isn't. Our puppies deserve the very best people and homes we can find for them!
Our dogs are available to be seen BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, so if you wish to see any of them in person, you'll have to call 719-783-2955 and set up a day and time to come up the mountain. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PERSONAL CHECKS OR CREDIT CARDS, so please bring cash in hand - it's at least 17 miles to the nearest ATM! (The nearest towns, Canon City, Westcliffe, and Florence all have ATMs available.) If you intend to use PayPal to pay for your pup with a debit or credit card, please do it from YOUR computer!
FlicKennel Miniature Dachshunds – Colorado doxies with altitude!!!
Over 40 years' experience raising, selling and showing dachshunds means we produce the best – personality, temperament, conformation, coats and bloodlines in our Colorado State-licensed AKC kennel - where every pup and dog is special. Our dogs are handled and socialized with both people and other animals from birth, and always treated with love and gentleness. We give a written health guarantee against congenital defects, and all dogs we sell are current on worming and shots for their age; they can be shipped nationwide with a vet-check. We have had requests from as far away as Europe and Australia, and (August 2010) are working on preparing to send some "down under" in the months to come!
We have a good selection of all the doxie patterns, colors, and coats - and doxies have more combinations of those in every size (standard, 'tweenie,' miniature and the unofficial 'rabbit' - the ultra-mini) than any other breed! If we don't have exactly what you need right now, let us know and we'll do our best to produce it. We probably have the best selection of miniature dachshunds in this region, and we're constantly working to improve the breed by using our very best parents, and the puppies we're producing show their excellent quality in outstanding coats and highly unusual colorings, as well as the greatest temperaments we have ever seen. You simply have to see and handle them to believe it, and we encourage you to schedule an appointment to do just that.
We are located in rural northeastern Custer County in the Wet Mountains, foot-hills of the lovely Sangre de Cristo Mountains (pictured on our homepage), at an elevation of just over 8,200 feet above sea-level. Consequently, our dogs are healthy, hardy and strong, well able to handle the lower oxygen level up here without heart problems, and we do not have heartworm. We're often asked if our dachshunds have back troubles, and the answer is a resounding NO!!! Our goal is to breed-out any and all weaknesses inherent in dachshunds and only to improve the breed. We don't keep "duds" in our breeding program - any that don't pan out, that produce defective puppies, or need to be retired for whatever reason, are found excellent permanent homes. We also do not permit any hint of viciousness in our dogs - we don't enjoy being bitten any more than you do.
We're pretty picky about who takes our babies home, and have terminated more than one sale-in-progress because the prospective buyer wasn't exactly the type we wanted for our puppies, or we suspected that the home environment could be hostile to our pup. We don't mean to be rude, selfish or cruel, but if something doesn't feel or sound quite right to us, it usually isn't. Our puppies deserve the very best people and homes we can find for them!
Our dogs are available to be seen BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, so if you wish to see any of them in person, you'll have to call 719-783-2955 and set up a day and time to come up the mountain. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PERSONAL CHECKS OR CREDIT CARDS, so please bring cash in hand - it's at least 17 miles to the nearest ATM! (The nearest towns, Canon City, Westcliffe, and Florence all have ATMs available.) If you intend to use PayPal to pay for your pup with a debit or credit card, please do it from YOUR computer!
Janet Flick, owner
9801 CR 271
Westcliffe, CO 81252
719-783-2955
flickennel@hotmail.com
9801 CR 271
Westcliffe, CO 81252
719-783-2955
flickennel@hotmail.com
FlicKennel doxie determination on the hunt, doing what they were bred to do.
A small fraction of the dog-show ribbons won by FlicKennel dachshunds!
Janet Flick as the Colorado State Coordinator for The American Mustang and Burro Assn., (AMBA) riding one of her mustangs from the Canon City, Co. Post Office to the Cripple Creek,Co. Post Office in a Pony Express reenactment in 1992. The whole trip took 45 minutes by relay riders on what is called Shelf Road! Bet you don't get your mail that fast today!