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 don't ship overseas, because of the regulatory hassles, even though we've had requests from as far away as Europe and Australia!
We have a good selection of all the doxie patterns, colors, and coats - and doxies have more combinations of those in all three sizes (standard, miniature and '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 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, produce defective puppies, or need to be retired for whatever reason, are found excellent permanent homes. We also do not permit any 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, please do it from YOUR computer - we've found it doesn't work up here, and waiting to set up a PayPal account at the last moment doesn't work, either - it takes at least 2-3 days to go through their process. Please prepare yourself beforehand!
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FlicKennel doxie determination on the hunt, doing what they were bred to do.
A Wet Mountain autumn evening in some nearby woods.