Welcome to the website of Flickennel Miniature Dachshunds, the home of Colorado dachshunds with altitude - about 8,200 feet of it! We're glad you came to visit and hope you will stay a while, browsing through the pages and finding some new little pal or pals to follow you home. Our site was activated on October 13, 2008 and is always changing, with new litters to post, pups to take off as they sell, and lots of new "stuff" we hope you will find interesting and informative.
4-25-09 - The Colorado Department of Agriculture kennel inspector popped in for a surprise inspection (as she nearly always does), yesterday morning while we were giving puppy shots to three newly-weaned litters. She toured the entire kennel, taking pictures of our set-up -- a lot of it new since she was here last, almost three years ago (she stays pretty busy) - and we passed the inspection with flying colors and high praise for a lot of what we're doing!
We at FlicKennel are pleased to be able to present to the public one of the largest and most complete selections of quality miniature dachshunds in Colorado, in just about every size, coat, pattern and color there is - and dachshunds have more combinations of those than any other breed of dog. To do that, we maintain one of the largest kennels in Colorado, because people don't usually want to wait for us to create their dream-puppy - they want to walk in and pick it up and hold it, buy it and take it home THAT DAY. Creating a specific puppy may take a year or more, if the certain mother has just produced a litter and has to rest for a year before she can be bred again - and a mating doesn't always "take," either. We try not to "over-breed" our girls, but usually breed twice, then rest them the third heat, which gives them a year off. (We have some that aren't bred for years at a time! A few dogs don't obviously bleed or show any other signs, so we miss their "silent" heat-periods. Those are a challenge to breed, but often and unintentionally get skipped. They're wonderful, loving dogs so we keep them around, hoping to catch them at just the right time, but meanwhile they need to be fed and cleaned and doctored and loved on - and thus are expensive to maintain with little to show for it.) Dogs typically come in heat, or estrus, about every six months and it lasts from 3-4 weeks. If they are bred, the pregnancy takes 9 weeks or about 63 days. Once the pups are born, Colorado law requires that they be at least 8 weeks old before they can leave the breeder and go home. So, it's a lengthy process to produce your dream-puppy, and a lot easier if we try to keep an assortment on hand.
We at FlicKennel are pleased to be able to present to the public one of the largest and most complete selections of quality miniature dachshunds in Colorado, in just about every size, coat, pattern and color there is - and dachshunds have more combinations of those than any other breed of dog. To do that, we maintain one of the largest kennels in Colorado, because people don't usually want to wait for us to create their dream-puppy - they want to walk in and pick it up and hold it, buy it and take it home THAT DAY. Creating a specific puppy may take a year or more, if the certain mother has just produced a litter and has to rest for a year before she can be bred again - and a mating doesn't always "take," either. We try not to "over-breed" our girls, but usually breed twice, then rest them the third heat, which gives them a year off. (We have some that aren't bred for years at a time! A few dogs don't obviously bleed or show any other signs, so we miss their "silent" heat-periods. Those are a challenge to breed, but often and unintentionally get skipped. They're wonderful, loving dogs so we keep them around, hoping to catch them at just the right time, but meanwhile they need to be fed and cleaned and doctored and loved on - and thus are expensive to maintain with little to show for it.) Dogs typically come in heat, or estrus, about every six months and it lasts from 3-4 weeks. If they are bred, the pregnancy takes 9 weeks or about 63 days. Once the pups are born, Colorado law requires that they be at least 8 weeks old before they can leave the breeder and go home. So, it's a lengthy process to produce your dream-puppy, and a lot easier if we try to keep an assortment on hand.
"Anybody want a pooch-smooch?" A Flickennel pup can't hold its licker!
(10-9-11) I just took off a bunch of posts so you wouldn't have to wade through all of them to read the newest stuff. I've kept a couple of the more important ones, then resumed with current posts.
11-16-09 This was just brought to our attention and we think YOU should know about it, too. We are all for loving and protecting and enjoying our animals, but some people have taken the idea of regulating pet ownership way too far, and too few pet owners realize what is in store for us if we don't act now to inform and influence our elected representatives.
Message dated 11-16-09:
Please watch the video (www.youtube.com/pijac4pets) so we can get as many hits as possible. Also, please help us spread the word to encourage others to check out the youtube video.
Thanks, Marshall
Marshall Meyers
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC)
1220 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-452-1525
Fax 202-293-4377
Cell 202-256-6726
marshall@pijac.org
Message dated 11-16-09:
Please watch the video (www.youtube.com/pijac4pets) so we can get as many hits as possible. Also, please help us spread the word to encourage others to check out the youtube video.
Thanks, Marshall
Marshall Meyers
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC)
1220 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-452-1525
Fax 202-293-4377
Cell 202-256-6726
marshall@pijac.org
FlicKennel is NOT a puppy mill, but a "fancy" breeding kennel, and we're proud of our dogs and proud of our facility. We are as much against puppy mills as everyone else is, but especially because they also smear the name and reputation of every honest breeder. A lot of folks don't take the time to look into what constitutes a puppy mill, and what constitutes a reputable dog breeder, and ASSUME that all breeders have puppy mills - it's a name that now seems to roll off everyone's lips with amazing ease. (Please read our "Stop Puppy Mills" page for more information.) The vast majority of GOOD breeders in this country are doing everything they can to raise their dogs under the best possible conditions they can, keeping them healthy, clean, loved and happy. Most breeders live and work in the same places the dogs live, not in separate buildings, so of course they're going to keep their facilities clean - it would get awfully nasty in a real hurry if they didn't. Sure, there's a "dog odor" in a kennel - they're dogs, and they do their "business" when and where they want to. You wouldn't go into a horse barn and expect it to not smell of horses! A good breeder cleans and sanitizes and deodorizes as much as possible (as we do), but we are raising dogs, not roses, and they do smell like dogs!
Poop happens - and sometimes it is quite artistic! Our dogs try harder than most to get it right!
12-17-09 This email came today from the AKC (American Kennel Club). We felt you should read it, too, and understand that even they disapprove of the "animal rights" movement's attempts to dictate who can do what with animals. America is supposed to be "the land of the free," but we are increasingly under attack by people who think they should be able to create laws to restrict the freedoms we hold dear. It's time for all responsible Americans to stand up in defense of those freedoms and make themselves heard in the halls of Congress! Please read the following, and get angry enough to DO something to help fight against these laws, because these people are active in Colorado and all over the country - trying to keep YOU from having the pets YOU love. (Parts in italics are OUR emphasis, not AKC's.)
From: doglaw@akc.org
To: flickennel@hughes.net
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:55:39 -0500
Subject: AKC Opposes Possible Missouri Initiative Petition
[Thursday, December 17, 2009]
The American Kennel Club strongly believes that ALL dogs --- not just those who are part of a breeding program ---deserve:
* Sufficient food and clean water
* Necessary veterinary care
* Sufficient housing, including protection from the elements
* Sufficient space to turn and stretch freely, lie down and extend his or her limbs;
* Regular exercise; and
* Adequate rest between breeding cycles.
However, the way in which some of these terms are defined in the proposed Missouri ballot measure do absolutely nothing to improve the wellbeing of animals; instead, it would add excessive expenses to responsible breeders who strive to produce well-bred family pets at a reasonable cost.
The proposal also seeks to limit the number of dogs an individual may own. This confuses the real issue of animal welfare, which focuses on the quality of care given to animals, not the number of animals an individual owns. Responsible breeders are not defined by the number of dogs kept, or whether they make a profit in selling dogs. Rather, responsible breeders are characterized by the quality of care and conditions that they provide their dogs and the quality (including health, temperament and breed type) of the puppies they produce.
Cruelty and negligence can occur regardless of the number of dogs a person has.
The AKC does not support this petition, and is working with the Missouri Federation of Animal Owners to address it.
For more information, contact AKC's Government Relations Department at (919) 816-3720, or e-mail doglaw@akc.org.
What we at FlicKennel would like to know is, if the "animal rights movement" has its way and succeeds in limiting the number of dogs any one person can own, how are they going to find out how many each person has, without doing a house-to-house search? And when they find someone who has "too many," according to their new regulations, who chooses which to eliminate - do they just seize whatever comes to them first, or does the owner get to select his or her "least favorite" pet? Do they give the dog to someone who has none, is it sent to a shelter for adoption or to be murdered, or is it murdered on the spot, in front of its owner? What about a reputable breeding kennel, where the dogs are housed and fed and nurtured, as per the AKC guidelines - or better? Will the ARM ("animal rights movement") come in and indiscriminately start grabbing and murdering everything that comes to hand? Who will reimburse the owner for the thousands, or tens of thousands, of dollars' worth of dogs slaughtered in the name of "animal rights"? Isn't the most basic right of any dog to be able to live with the people it loves? Isn't it a basic right of any human to be able to have and cherish as many dogs (or other animals) as he or she wants and can adequately support? Some of our favorite dog-stories, such as "Lassie Come Home," are of POOR people who adore and take immense comfort in their dog, which adores them for it. Tales such as "Lassie" and "The Incredible Journey" depict the deep and abiding devotion of the animals for their masters - love that drove the animals to return over great distances to the people they knew loved them. Love between people and their pets is not something anyone should be able to limit and regulate! The ARM seeks to wrench the dogs right out of the arms of poor people and rich alike - for what? Because they want POWER over others, and the money they can get from gullible folks who want to "help defenseless animals" - it's all about money and control. They are nothing but Nazis, committing genocide against the same defenseless animals they claim to protect. Check it out! Get involved in fighting them, before the corpses begin to pile up in plain sight - in your own front yard!!!
Don't believe everything you see of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) on TV and in their other slick advertising - check out www.petakillsanimals.com - and there's also a link there to info about HSUS, the Humane Society of the United States, which is in NO WAY affiliated with the American Humane Society. HSUS and PETA take in millions of dollars every year in response to their ads depicting poor abused, sickly, and starving animals, but neither organization operates a single adoption shelter for those animals. Instead, they slaughter those animals - hardly EVER does one get adopted! They are both under investigation to find out what is done with all the money they are given - it sure doesn't go to benefit animals! Both are lobbyist groups, devoting much of their income to pestering our government at all levels to pass laws that restrict people's rights to have and enjoy their animals. This is ILLEGAL for "tax-exempt" groups, which both of these are - and the IRS is being petitioned to end their tax-exempt status!!!
From: doglaw@akc.org
To: flickennel@hughes.net
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:55:39 -0500
Subject: AKC Opposes Possible Missouri Initiative Petition
[Thursday, December 17, 2009]
The American Kennel Club strongly believes that ALL dogs --- not just those who are part of a breeding program ---deserve:
* Sufficient food and clean water
* Necessary veterinary care
* Sufficient housing, including protection from the elements
* Sufficient space to turn and stretch freely, lie down and extend his or her limbs;
* Regular exercise; and
* Adequate rest between breeding cycles.
However, the way in which some of these terms are defined in the proposed Missouri ballot measure do absolutely nothing to improve the wellbeing of animals; instead, it would add excessive expenses to responsible breeders who strive to produce well-bred family pets at a reasonable cost.
The proposal also seeks to limit the number of dogs an individual may own. This confuses the real issue of animal welfare, which focuses on the quality of care given to animals, not the number of animals an individual owns. Responsible breeders are not defined by the number of dogs kept, or whether they make a profit in selling dogs. Rather, responsible breeders are characterized by the quality of care and conditions that they provide their dogs and the quality (including health, temperament and breed type) of the puppies they produce.
Cruelty and negligence can occur regardless of the number of dogs a person has.
The AKC does not support this petition, and is working with the Missouri Federation of Animal Owners to address it.
For more information, contact AKC's Government Relations Department at (919) 816-3720, or e-mail doglaw@akc.org.
What we at FlicKennel would like to know is, if the "animal rights movement" has its way and succeeds in limiting the number of dogs any one person can own, how are they going to find out how many each person has, without doing a house-to-house search? And when they find someone who has "too many," according to their new regulations, who chooses which to eliminate - do they just seize whatever comes to them first, or does the owner get to select his or her "least favorite" pet? Do they give the dog to someone who has none, is it sent to a shelter for adoption or to be murdered, or is it murdered on the spot, in front of its owner? What about a reputable breeding kennel, where the dogs are housed and fed and nurtured, as per the AKC guidelines - or better? Will the ARM ("animal rights movement") come in and indiscriminately start grabbing and murdering everything that comes to hand? Who will reimburse the owner for the thousands, or tens of thousands, of dollars' worth of dogs slaughtered in the name of "animal rights"? Isn't the most basic right of any dog to be able to live with the people it loves? Isn't it a basic right of any human to be able to have and cherish as many dogs (or other animals) as he or she wants and can adequately support? Some of our favorite dog-stories, such as "Lassie Come Home," are of POOR people who adore and take immense comfort in their dog, which adores them for it. Tales such as "Lassie" and "The Incredible Journey" depict the deep and abiding devotion of the animals for their masters - love that drove the animals to return over great distances to the people they knew loved them. Love between people and their pets is not something anyone should be able to limit and regulate! The ARM seeks to wrench the dogs right out of the arms of poor people and rich alike - for what? Because they want POWER over others, and the money they can get from gullible folks who want to "help defenseless animals" - it's all about money and control. They are nothing but Nazis, committing genocide against the same defenseless animals they claim to protect. Check it out! Get involved in fighting them, before the corpses begin to pile up in plain sight - in your own front yard!!!
Don't believe everything you see of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) on TV and in their other slick advertising - check out www.petakillsanimals.com - and there's also a link there to info about HSUS, the Humane Society of the United States, which is in NO WAY affiliated with the American Humane Society. HSUS and PETA take in millions of dollars every year in response to their ads depicting poor abused, sickly, and starving animals, but neither organization operates a single adoption shelter for those animals. Instead, they slaughter those animals - hardly EVER does one get adopted! They are both under investigation to find out what is done with all the money they are given - it sure doesn't go to benefit animals! Both are lobbyist groups, devoting much of their income to pestering our government at all levels to pass laws that restrict people's rights to have and enjoy their animals. This is ILLEGAL for "tax-exempt" groups, which both of these are - and the IRS is being petitioned to end their tax-exempt status!!!
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Hey - we have something terrific to share with you - a new website by our friend Lisa J. Emerson, called Wienepedia. As you might guess from the name, it's all about wienderful wiener-dogs - and Lisa knows her stuff! She is one of the world's leading authorities on dog genetics, especially dachshund genetics, and is in the process of writing and publishing several books on that and other important dog topics. Specifically, they are: Dachshund Coats, Colors, & Patterns; The Dachshund Spine; and Feeding Fido. Lisa has even used photos of two of our Flickennel dogs in her book on Coats, Colors, & Patterns - see if you can find them, as you study your copy! If you are at all serious about wanting to know what dictates your dachshund's coat, color and pattern, and how best to care for your doxie's complicated physique, by all means check out Wienepedia! When you order your book(s), please let Lisa know that we sent you!
This spectacular specimen is Ruger, one of the Flickennel Dachshunds featured in Lisa J. Emerson's book, Dachshund Coats, Colors, & Patterns. We were baffled by his coloring when he was a pup, and didn't know what to call him until Lisa told us he is a "black / red-pointed wildboar whitened dapple"! He's just about every shade of brown known to man, plus white, and some distinctly red spots, but also has black - so he's not chocolate - but he's wienderful! This is NOT a color combination you see very often. Be sure to look for his photo in the book - all pictures are credited with their source.
7-14-11 We had our annual AKC inspection this morning and passed with flying colors - we are "in total compliance"! Of course, we knew that, but now the American Kennel Club has verified it once more, and YOU can rest assured that we know what we're doing and you'll get only the very best dachshunds from us that you can find anywhere!
7-17-11 We have a really good assortment of puppies available, and don't forget the Rockingchair Mamas! [which was renamed "Adoptable Adults"] Our retiring girls are so full of love and affection, they practically burst when they get to go home with somebody, showering their new people with it! I have one, and let me tell you - she is GREAT!!!
Remember to check out our informational pages - I keep adding new stuff to the 101 Things, Links and some of the others. And we all know it eventually happens, when we wind up Grieving for a Dog. It might not have happened yet to you, so you're probably avoiding that page, but hey - I add some nice-to-read stuff to that one, too. We use it to memorialize dogs who have gone ahead to wait for us at the Rainbow Bridge, so please send us a picture or two and a little note about your best little friend so I can add it. It doesn't even have to have come from our kennel - any dachshund (even a standard!) will fit in our gallery of Dachshunds to Remember. We're always happy to get poems and other items to add to our pages - please share them with us, and thank you!
Remember to check out our informational pages - I keep adding new stuff to the 101 Things, Links and some of the others. And we all know it eventually happens, when we wind up Grieving for a Dog. It might not have happened yet to you, so you're probably avoiding that page, but hey - I add some nice-to-read stuff to that one, too. We use it to memorialize dogs who have gone ahead to wait for us at the Rainbow Bridge, so please send us a picture or two and a little note about your best little friend so I can add it. It doesn't even have to have come from our kennel - any dachshund (even a standard!) will fit in our gallery of Dachshunds to Remember. We're always happy to get poems and other items to add to our pages - please share them with us, and thank you!
WE JUST DID SOME HOUSECLEANING, REMOVING OUT-DATED POSTS; NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE CURRENT NEWS:
10-9-11 We have just changed the name of the Rockingchair Mamas page to Adoptable Adults - none of our "retirees" are OLD - some are just out of puppyhood, and some might just be male! So check out the Adoptable Adults if you're looking for a young dog that isn't a PUPPY, but still acts like one - ours are full of life and love!
BOTH Buttercup and Lickota are presenting us with puppies today!!! Please see the Upcoming Litters page later on to see who had what. Both litters will be ready to go to their new homes on December 4th, three weeks before Christmas.
Be sure to check out the Upcoming Litters page for the newest additions at the bottom of the page. We are not in the habit of making ugly puppies, by any means, but we sure are expecting some especially lovely - and loving - ones in the next couple of months, because we've bred some especially lovely and loving parents together!
We're still working on building the pages for the new litters reported at the top of the Upcoming Litters page, and we appreciate your patience. We prefer to wait until the pups are at least three weeks old before we post them, so they have time to mature a little and start to look like puppies, less like baby rats. Their eyes open at around 10 days, then they start walking instead of crawling, and by three weeks we can usually tell what coat type they have. Some of the trickier colorations (like sable) are starting to show, and if the pup has blue eyes they'll be more obvious - most puppy eyes LOOK blue when they first open, but a true blue or blue-flecked eye will usually only be found in a dapple dachshund - one of the signs we look for when a dapple isn't obvious, but one or both of the parents were dapple. Temperaments and personalities don't really start to develop until the pups are a bit older, so calling and asking what a very young pup is going to be like when it grows up, is similar to asking whether a 2-year old child is going to be a track star, a rock star, or an astronomer who tracks the stars! All we have to go on at that point is the traits of the pup's parents. Give them a few weeks to grow their own personality, then maybe we can tell you what they're like.
On another note regarding upcoming litters, if you want to give (or receive!) a puppy from Flickennel for this Christmas and have it ready to go home by December 25th, it will have to come from a litter born no later than October 30th. It takes nine weeks (63 days) to "bake" a litter of puppies; then after they "come out of the oven," it takes another eight full weeks until they can legally leave the kennel. We have to abide by Colorado law on that, so please don't ask us to bend the rules! If you HAVE to have a dachshund by Christmas, remember, we nearly always have a mixed variety of puppies on hand, from newborn to several months old, as well as a few adults from one to six years old. At Christmas you may find that an older puppy (or an adult) is a better choice than one just ready to go - the older one can more easily handle all the ruckus that's so typical at the holidays. Don't worry, though, if the dachshund of your dreams is still an infant too young to leave our home to go to yours. It will find your home a lot more puppy-friendly place after all the hubbub simmers down. Taking it home in January, or even February, will be just as much fun - and maybe even more - when you can appreciate your new little friend and take the time needed to get to bond with him or her. Just remember to put a deposit on your puppy to reserve it for you - or someone you love - so it will still be here when you are ready to take it home!
We've been using Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth (DE) for about two years now, giving it to the dogs in their food every day, as well as using it to dry up wet spots in the pens, and deodorizing the indoor areas - it's really remarkable stuff. It controls internal and external parasites by safe mechanical action rather than toxic chemical action, reduces odor in the manure, supplies 14 different minerals to the body, and is very reasonably priced for all it does. Our vet uses it in her hen-house, putting it in the dusting area so the hens don't have mites or lice, and they lay a lot more eggs than they used to before she began using it. We find we haven't had problems with diarrhea or worms in the dogs, and have been able to cut way back on the use of the drugs and wormers we used for those ailments. Even the puppies in the nursery get DE in their gruel, and we have very little incidence of scours (diarrhea) when we wean them off their mothers. Usually, we send home a little sample bag of it with puppies, and everyone wants to know what to do with it. Well, we're putting together a new page full of helpful information about DE so you can print it out. Food Grade DE is also great stuff in the lawn and garden, killing all sorts of insects and other pests like snails and slugs. If you live in areas with lots of fleas and ticks, you can dust your pets, carpets and other areas of your home with DE to kill those vermin without using toxic chemicals that can make you and/or your animals sick. Food Grade DE very seldom causes any reaction in humans, animals, birds, fish or even earthworms - but look out, BAD bugs! DE has your number! (The heat-treated DE that's used in swimming pools is NOT edible and should NOT be used for the same purposes as Food Grade DE. It is ONLY for use in pools!) ... Watch for the new page - I'll have it up soon.
Have a great week, and keep checking back - we're so glad you come to visit us here, before you come to visit us in person! Happy tails to you, from all of us at FlicKennel!
10-9-11 We have just changed the name of the Rockingchair Mamas page to Adoptable Adults - none of our "retirees" are OLD - some are just out of puppyhood, and some might just be male! So check out the Adoptable Adults if you're looking for a young dog that isn't a PUPPY, but still acts like one - ours are full of life and love!
BOTH Buttercup and Lickota are presenting us with puppies today!!! Please see the Upcoming Litters page later on to see who had what. Both litters will be ready to go to their new homes on December 4th, three weeks before Christmas.
Be sure to check out the Upcoming Litters page for the newest additions at the bottom of the page. We are not in the habit of making ugly puppies, by any means, but we sure are expecting some especially lovely - and loving - ones in the next couple of months, because we've bred some especially lovely and loving parents together!
We're still working on building the pages for the new litters reported at the top of the Upcoming Litters page, and we appreciate your patience. We prefer to wait until the pups are at least three weeks old before we post them, so they have time to mature a little and start to look like puppies, less like baby rats. Their eyes open at around 10 days, then they start walking instead of crawling, and by three weeks we can usually tell what coat type they have. Some of the trickier colorations (like sable) are starting to show, and if the pup has blue eyes they'll be more obvious - most puppy eyes LOOK blue when they first open, but a true blue or blue-flecked eye will usually only be found in a dapple dachshund - one of the signs we look for when a dapple isn't obvious, but one or both of the parents were dapple. Temperaments and personalities don't really start to develop until the pups are a bit older, so calling and asking what a very young pup is going to be like when it grows up, is similar to asking whether a 2-year old child is going to be a track star, a rock star, or an astronomer who tracks the stars! All we have to go on at that point is the traits of the pup's parents. Give them a few weeks to grow their own personality, then maybe we can tell you what they're like.
On another note regarding upcoming litters, if you want to give (or receive!) a puppy from Flickennel for this Christmas and have it ready to go home by December 25th, it will have to come from a litter born no later than October 30th. It takes nine weeks (63 days) to "bake" a litter of puppies; then after they "come out of the oven," it takes another eight full weeks until they can legally leave the kennel. We have to abide by Colorado law on that, so please don't ask us to bend the rules! If you HAVE to have a dachshund by Christmas, remember, we nearly always have a mixed variety of puppies on hand, from newborn to several months old, as well as a few adults from one to six years old. At Christmas you may find that an older puppy (or an adult) is a better choice than one just ready to go - the older one can more easily handle all the ruckus that's so typical at the holidays. Don't worry, though, if the dachshund of your dreams is still an infant too young to leave our home to go to yours. It will find your home a lot more puppy-friendly place after all the hubbub simmers down. Taking it home in January, or even February, will be just as much fun - and maybe even more - when you can appreciate your new little friend and take the time needed to get to bond with him or her. Just remember to put a deposit on your puppy to reserve it for you - or someone you love - so it will still be here when you are ready to take it home!
We've been using Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth (DE) for about two years now, giving it to the dogs in their food every day, as well as using it to dry up wet spots in the pens, and deodorizing the indoor areas - it's really remarkable stuff. It controls internal and external parasites by safe mechanical action rather than toxic chemical action, reduces odor in the manure, supplies 14 different minerals to the body, and is very reasonably priced for all it does. Our vet uses it in her hen-house, putting it in the dusting area so the hens don't have mites or lice, and they lay a lot more eggs than they used to before she began using it. We find we haven't had problems with diarrhea or worms in the dogs, and have been able to cut way back on the use of the drugs and wormers we used for those ailments. Even the puppies in the nursery get DE in their gruel, and we have very little incidence of scours (diarrhea) when we wean them off their mothers. Usually, we send home a little sample bag of it with puppies, and everyone wants to know what to do with it. Well, we're putting together a new page full of helpful information about DE so you can print it out. Food Grade DE is also great stuff in the lawn and garden, killing all sorts of insects and other pests like snails and slugs. If you live in areas with lots of fleas and ticks, you can dust your pets, carpets and other areas of your home with DE to kill those vermin without using toxic chemicals that can make you and/or your animals sick. Food Grade DE very seldom causes any reaction in humans, animals, birds, fish or even earthworms - but look out, BAD bugs! DE has your number! (The heat-treated DE that's used in swimming pools is NOT edible and should NOT be used for the same purposes as Food Grade DE. It is ONLY for use in pools!) ... Watch for the new page - I'll have it up soon.
Have a great week, and keep checking back - we're so glad you come to visit us here, before you come to visit us in person! Happy tails to you, from all of us at FlicKennel!
Just a note -
According to our site statistics, very few people visit our Doggy Prayers page. Let me tell you - this is in no wise a sad, somber page in any way similar to the Grieving for a Dog page! There's an email of cute "prayers by dogs" circulating on the Web, and we substituted a bunch of pictures of our own adorable dachshunds for the assorted other breeds that were in the original email - this IS a dachshund site, after all! It's just for fun, so click and check it out!
According to our site statistics, very few people visit our Doggy Prayers page. Let me tell you - this is in no wise a sad, somber page in any way similar to the Grieving for a Dog page! There's an email of cute "prayers by dogs" circulating on the Web, and we substituted a bunch of pictures of our own adorable dachshunds for the assorted other breeds that were in the original email - this IS a dachshund site, after all! It's just for fun, so click and check it out!
10-17-11 We just put two handsome young fellas on the Adoptable Adults page, both beyond the puppy-puppy stage, but still under a year old - click the link and go check them out!
10-21-11 Blue Dove had her pups today, with Sergio being their father... We have four indescribably scrumptious little girls, in amazing shades of ?????? The gene responsible for diluting red to English cream is not the same as the one that causes black to dilute to blue (and chocolate to fade to isabella or fawn), so we had an idea that we'd get some wonderful colors by breeding these two parents together, and wow - did it ever happen!!! Watch for their litter page - these will be some spectacular girls!!! You will have to call Janet and discuss their pricing, if you're seriously interested, as these will NOT be just "companion/pet" animals - they should make fabulous show dogs, sure to turn heads wherever they go!
Be sure to check the sky first thing tomorrow morning for the Orionid meteor shower! It's supposed to be peaking in the early-morning hours of 10-22, with lots of long-tailed, very fast-flying "shooting stars." Although they're a good show, speaking of the quantity, they're not necessarily the brightest meteors you'll ever see, so get out where it's very, very dark, away from any lights, for best observation. Have fun!
Be sure to check the sky first thing tomorrow morning for the Orionid meteor shower! It's supposed to be peaking in the early-morning hours of 10-22, with lots of long-tailed, very fast-flying "shooting stars." Although they're a good show, speaking of the quantity, they're not necessarily the brightest meteors you'll ever see, so get out where it's very, very dark, away from any lights, for best observation. Have fun!
11-15-11 You may have heard the distressing news about all the wind in the Wet Mountain Valley, and we got a lot of wind, too, but we're still here. Had to tie a couple of cinder-blocks to each one of the dachshunds to keep'em on the ground, but they're all still here, too! No problems getting in and out, up and down the mountain - we're fine - c'mon up and visit your puppy! (Please call first, as usual!)
Progress report on the mamas-to-be, due tomorrow - Blue Belle and Sapphire are racing to see who whelps first, and the stork is circling the kennel in a holding pattern, with plenty of puppies in his sack, just waiting to see which pup goes to which mama. Gee, I hope he doesn't get them all mixed up!!!
Progress report on the mamas-to-be, due tomorrow - Blue Belle and Sapphire are racing to see who whelps first, and the stork is circling the kennel in a holding pattern, with plenty of puppies in his sack, just waiting to see which pup goes to which mama. Gee, I hope he doesn't get them all mixed up!!!
12-18-11 We still have several LOVELY puppies left for our huge Christmas half-price sale, but they're going fast! Be sure and check them out, save a lot of dough and spend it on biscuits for your new puppy! If we happen to run out of those, we still have some other full-price younger pups who will be ready to go home just in time for Christmas. The rest of our puppies will be going home after New Year's, later in January and onward. The older pups are ones that are ready to romp into your heart and your home, well able to sleep through the night, and eager to learn to be BIG dogs - at least as big as a miniature dachshund can be. We do have dachshunds with attitude - er, altitude! Either way, they're tops, and you're going to love your new Flickennel doxie so much, you will be back for more!!!
And hold onto your girdle, Myrtle - Dash is getting ready to have her babies! The daddy is Luke, one of our royal English-bred sires, so these are going to be outstandingly gorgeous pups! We'll announce them on the Upcoming Litters page as soon as they're born.
And hold onto your girdle, Myrtle - Dash is getting ready to have her babies! The daddy is Luke, one of our royal English-bred sires, so these are going to be outstandingly gorgeous pups! We'll announce them on the Upcoming Litters page as soon as they're born.
12-28-11 Only a few more days remain in our huge Christmas half-price sale, so if you want to save REALLY BIG BUCKS on a REALLY NICE DACHSHUND PUP, grab one before the ball drops on New Year's Eve! Lots of people are taking advantage of this sale to scarf up the puppy they've always wanted - or even two at a time. This is a deal of a lifetime, folks, and we don't know when or if it will ever be repeated, so jump on it now!
2011 is rapidly winding down, and we'd like to take this opportunity to send a heart-felt thank-you to every one of our growing family of puppy-parents, big brothers and sisters (two AND four-legged), who has made room in their heart for one or more of our dachshunds. It is pretty humbling (and mind-boggling!) to know that there are dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of people who practically live on this website for days, weeks, months and even years, before making their buying decision - but many DO make the decision to take home one of OUR babies! Some even wind up with several!
We are glad you like our site, find it interesting and informative - we try very hard to make it that way; and we're thankful you are patient with us while we try to keep up with everything in the kennel, and on the website, AND take new pictures to post whenever we can. Most times, the press of the daily work is more than enough to keep us busy - those of you who have actually graced us with your visits know how it is! We do our best for the dogs and for you, our guests. We apologize for not having new pictures more frequently, but it's one of the most time-consuming things we do because we're dealing with lively little critters and have to get them "just right," and Janet is the only one who can do it, on top of everything else she does.
On a different note, we're naming the eight pups in Marilyn's litter, born November 25th, after the "eight tiny reindeer" in "The Night Before Christmas." Sorry, she didn't have nine, so Rudolph isn't one of those names! Well, okay, then - we're not keeping this team of wiendeer for ourselves, so you can re-name your pup whatever you want to, when you fly out of here with it! They'll soon be ready to "Dash away! Dash away! Dash away, all!"
That's all for now, except to wish all of you a very Wienderful New Year! Come and see us for all your dachshund needs!
2011 is rapidly winding down, and we'd like to take this opportunity to send a heart-felt thank-you to every one of our growing family of puppy-parents, big brothers and sisters (two AND four-legged), who has made room in their heart for one or more of our dachshunds. It is pretty humbling (and mind-boggling!) to know that there are dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of people who practically live on this website for days, weeks, months and even years, before making their buying decision - but many DO make the decision to take home one of OUR babies! Some even wind up with several!
We are glad you like our site, find it interesting and informative - we try very hard to make it that way; and we're thankful you are patient with us while we try to keep up with everything in the kennel, and on the website, AND take new pictures to post whenever we can. Most times, the press of the daily work is more than enough to keep us busy - those of you who have actually graced us with your visits know how it is! We do our best for the dogs and for you, our guests. We apologize for not having new pictures more frequently, but it's one of the most time-consuming things we do because we're dealing with lively little critters and have to get them "just right," and Janet is the only one who can do it, on top of everything else she does.
On a different note, we're naming the eight pups in Marilyn's litter, born November 25th, after the "eight tiny reindeer" in "The Night Before Christmas." Sorry, she didn't have nine, so Rudolph isn't one of those names! Well, okay, then - we're not keeping this team of wiendeer for ourselves, so you can re-name your pup whatever you want to, when you fly out of here with it! They'll soon be ready to "Dash away! Dash away! Dash away, all!"
That's all for now, except to wish all of you a very Wienderful New Year! Come and see us for all your dachshund needs!
1-5-12 Happy New Year! We're celebrating with NEW PUPPY PICTURES and NEW LITTER PAGES!!! Three new pages were posted today - Blue Belle's, Macy's and Sapphire's. There are some really nice puppies featured, so be the first to check them out and take your pick! As always, we offer you the very best dachshunds, and the best selection, available - 100% purebred by design, full of love, joy, love, playfulness, love, mischief, love.... I think you get the idea - we make them so they're nothin' but love in a dog-suit! So, go back to the top of the page and click on the menu-buttons for these new litters and stake your claim to a gold-mine of happiness with a Flickennel dachshund puppy - or two! A LOT of people have decided they simply can't settle for just one - we have one family who has EIGHT of ours! Try one for yourself - you WILL be back for more!
We have more new litters to post, and update photos to put on existing pages, so keep coming back to see what's up!
By the way - we still have a couple of those older puppies who were offered on the Christmas sale. They're back to their regular prices, but if you'd prefer a young dog that's had all of its baby shots, is past the "toddler" phase and is ready to romp in the snow with you, go for long walks without having to be carried most of the way, and is mentally and physically prepared for more advanced skills than a just-weaned puppy is, check out the Blondie and Taffy pages for some classy-looking black & tan pups - Blondie's girl and boy are jazzy smooth-coated "tuxedo" piebalds with white trimmings, while Taffy's boy is an elegant longhair.
We have more new litters to post, and update photos to put on existing pages, so keep coming back to see what's up!
By the way - we still have a couple of those older puppies who were offered on the Christmas sale. They're back to their regular prices, but if you'd prefer a young dog that's had all of its baby shots, is past the "toddler" phase and is ready to romp in the snow with you, go for long walks without having to be carried most of the way, and is mentally and physically prepared for more advanced skills than a just-weaned puppy is, check out the Blondie and Taffy pages for some classy-looking black & tan pups - Blondie's girl and boy are jazzy smooth-coated "tuxedo" piebalds with white trimmings, while Taffy's boy is an elegant longhair.
1-7-12 I've just posted Rhonda's little wirehaired red dapple girl's page. Wirehair takes a while to appear, sometimes, and this wee one just sprouted hers! She's a cutie - check out her page.
I'm off to work on the next page... Scarlet's bevy of beauties, followed by Dash's lovelies - we haven't quite had the time to wade into Marilyn's 8-pack of reds & creams yet!!!
I'm off to work on the next page... Scarlet's bevy of beauties, followed by Dash's lovelies - we haven't quite had the time to wade into Marilyn's 8-pack of reds & creams yet!!!
1-8-12 Scarlet's wonderful puppies are now available for your viewing (and buying) pleasure, including an absolutely incredible English cream with chocolate stripes! You HAVE to see this litter!!! These should all be show-quality dogs, coming from champion English lines, so if that's what you're looking for, be sure to come and visit these pups.
We have been recommending the use of a substance called Diatomaceous Earth, a little bag of which we usually send home with outgoing puppies. Now we have a page that tells you what it's good for and how to use it! It's remarkable stuff, good for man AND beast, but bad for unwanted bugs, parasites and other problems. Check it out!
We have been recommending the use of a substance called Diatomaceous Earth, a little bag of which we usually send home with outgoing puppies. Now we have a page that tells you what it's good for and how to use it! It's remarkable stuff, good for man AND beast, but bad for unwanted bugs, parasites and other problems. Check it out!
1-9-12 Dash's pups have their own page now, and Toffee gave birth this afternoon - three charming dapples, in black & tan (a.k.a. silver), red, and isabella & tan - two girls and a boy, respectively! Very nice for her first litter. Congratulations, Toffee and Blue, on a job well done! If YOU, dear reader, are one of the folks who've been panting for a dapple puppy, better call us right now and reserve the one of your choice!
KEEP THESE DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE:
For ANY litter for which their page has not yet been built, to reserve a pup is easy - just go to PayPal. Below the log-in and password boxes (you do not have to have a PayPal account to do this) click "Send money (to anyone with an email address)," and designate the recipient as Janet Flick, at flickennel@hotmail.com. Be sure to include a "note to the recipient" regarding which puppy you are reserving - e.g. "This is for Dash & Luke's red dapple girl" - and include $4 per $100 of the deposit for the PayPal fee. (Depending on the litter and the individual pup, girls are usually $500, boys are $400 - a deposit of half would thus be $260 for a girl, $208 for a boy. The other half is due in cash when you come to pick up the puppy - there is no fee on that half.) PayPal is supposed to email and notify us when we receive a payment (sometimes they don't), but please ALSO CALL JANET and TELL HER you have made this deposit, because we don't sit at the computer all day, and would hate to sell the same puppy multiple times because we didn't know someone had already paid for it! IF that should accidentally happen, however, your deposit can be transferred to any other available puppy and put toward its purchase. If we don't currently have exactly what you're looking for, we'll be happy to create one, as soon as the appropriate parents are ready to "do their thing." We have to let things take their course, you know, in their own sweet time - we haven't figured out how to rush Mother Nature. Of course, you could always come up and visit, play with some other puppies, and perhaps find your dreams fulfilled by something entirely different than what you thought you wanted! It has happened too many times to count!!!
KEEP THESE DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE:
For ANY litter for which their page has not yet been built, to reserve a pup is easy - just go to PayPal. Below the log-in and password boxes (you do not have to have a PayPal account to do this) click "Send money (to anyone with an email address)," and designate the recipient as Janet Flick, at flickennel@hotmail.com. Be sure to include a "note to the recipient" regarding which puppy you are reserving - e.g. "This is for Dash & Luke's red dapple girl" - and include $4 per $100 of the deposit for the PayPal fee. (Depending on the litter and the individual pup, girls are usually $500, boys are $400 - a deposit of half would thus be $260 for a girl, $208 for a boy. The other half is due in cash when you come to pick up the puppy - there is no fee on that half.) PayPal is supposed to email and notify us when we receive a payment (sometimes they don't), but please ALSO CALL JANET and TELL HER you have made this deposit, because we don't sit at the computer all day, and would hate to sell the same puppy multiple times because we didn't know someone had already paid for it! IF that should accidentally happen, however, your deposit can be transferred to any other available puppy and put toward its purchase. If we don't currently have exactly what you're looking for, we'll be happy to create one, as soon as the appropriate parents are ready to "do their thing." We have to let things take their course, you know, in their own sweet time - we haven't figured out how to rush Mother Nature. Of course, you could always come up and visit, play with some other puppies, and perhaps find your dreams fulfilled by something entirely different than what you thought you wanted! It has happened too many times to count!!!
1-10-12 The Saturday Evening Post magazine contains an abundance of enlightening, encouraging and enabling material - it has been a national favorite for generations. Now they are online, at least partially, for free, and anyone can subscribe to a weekly email from them, with links to online articles. I [Becky] do, and was reading some of the current magazine just now - specifically, an article called Therapy Dogs and Healing, which describes the amazing work being done in thousands of hospitals, nursing homes, schools and many other facilities around the country, by specially-trained "therapy dogs." (They are also being used in prisons, but that wasn't mentioned in this article. Some of our retirees in the past went to the former Colorado Cell-Dog Program, where inmates trained them for placement in pet-homes.) The use of therapy-dogs is wonderful, and anyone who has a special bond with their dog knows the "good vibes" that zing back and forth between them. It's a spirit-lifter to come home from an exhausting day (or night) of work, or even just a 3-minute trip outside to take the trash to the curb, and be greeted by a vigorously-wagged tail, a toothsome grin and lolling tongue, moist kisses, and the insistence that you are loved beyond anything you can possibly understand or measure. According to the article, meticulous tests have been done which show how the presence and affection of a dog stimulates our human minds and bodies in medically positive ways that ofttimes bring about healing that astounds the experts.
So, if you have someone in your home, or a neighbor perhaps, who has medical problems - or even just unbearable loneliness - please come find the dachshund with their name on it. We've seen some pretty amazing things happen with our dogs, and would love to hear about your experiences with them, too. (Email us!) It's also incredible when you see how often the dog picks its own person, with whom it immediately bonds, as if they were made for each other - and the dog knew it long before the human did.
I specifically remember one day at the kennel a few years ago: the staff were sitting at the kitchen table, eating lunch before a man and his little 4-year old daughter came to choose a puppy. The man had been pretty specific in describing the sort of pup he intended to buy: it was one of those "smooth red female" types. Suddenly, one of the pups nearest the window overlooking the driveway began barking and whining toward the window, even though nothing was out there - he sounded desperate. This went on for 20 to 30 minutes, and nothing we did, even my holding and cuddling him, could calm him or induce him to be quiet, and he kept trying to get down on the floor so he could run to the front door. I was still holding him when the man and his daughter arrived, and I walked out on the front deck to wave them up the stairs. As they climbed, I commented, "You've come for your smooth red female, I suppose?" He said, "We sure have!" I said, "That may be what you think you want, but this little guy right here says he's your dog! He hasn't shut up for the last half-hour, knowing you were coming to get him!" and I handed the frantic longhaired, light-colored boy-pup to the girl, who instantly was kissed all over her face by the delighted puppy. None of the other puppies we brought out for their perusal showed the least interest in them, and this little guy wouldn't leave them alone. The little girl had instantly bonded with him, as well, so that's the one they took home - totally opposite from the type the man had requested - but THEIR dog nonetheless, who knew before they arrived that he was theirs - and evidently had told everybody else to keep their paws off HIS humans! The man emailed us later to say how completely the pup had taken over their hearts and home, as if he'd known since birth that he was meant to be there.
We've witnessed the same sort of inter-canine cooperation with our retiring adults, too. They'll virtually ignore the visiting human, but one dog will immediately bond with the person, and the "click" is downright audible, when they lock hearts together. We take great pride in our dachshunds, who are so affectionately people-oriented. The whole reason we raise them is to bring joy and pleasure to the people who take them home. As mentioned on our homepage, we are now spreading the joy and love worldwide - as far away as Australia and Africa. It is with great pleasure that we watch people drive off down the road with one or two of our pups, knowing they will experience the same unconditional love from their new dachshunds that we get to, every single day.
AND, we know the secret - dachshunds are dreadfully, wonderfully addictive! When we say they're like potato chips and you can't have just one, we mean it! We have lots of people who've come back for more - as many as EIGHT! People bought a pup from Janet when she first began raising them, came back for another when the first one died of old age, and are now coming back because that one died of old age - we're talking about 40-some years of Flickennel dachshunds, and they keep returning! That's "customer satisfaction" and your proof that we're doing our job! So, go check out our litter pages and pick your puppy with confidence - or make an appointment to come up and test-drive several to see which one picks YOU! Your deposit is transferable to any available pup, if the first one doesn't quite click.
So, if you have someone in your home, or a neighbor perhaps, who has medical problems - or even just unbearable loneliness - please come find the dachshund with their name on it. We've seen some pretty amazing things happen with our dogs, and would love to hear about your experiences with them, too. (Email us!) It's also incredible when you see how often the dog picks its own person, with whom it immediately bonds, as if they were made for each other - and the dog knew it long before the human did.
I specifically remember one day at the kennel a few years ago: the staff were sitting at the kitchen table, eating lunch before a man and his little 4-year old daughter came to choose a puppy. The man had been pretty specific in describing the sort of pup he intended to buy: it was one of those "smooth red female" types. Suddenly, one of the pups nearest the window overlooking the driveway began barking and whining toward the window, even though nothing was out there - he sounded desperate. This went on for 20 to 30 minutes, and nothing we did, even my holding and cuddling him, could calm him or induce him to be quiet, and he kept trying to get down on the floor so he could run to the front door. I was still holding him when the man and his daughter arrived, and I walked out on the front deck to wave them up the stairs. As they climbed, I commented, "You've come for your smooth red female, I suppose?" He said, "We sure have!" I said, "That may be what you think you want, but this little guy right here says he's your dog! He hasn't shut up for the last half-hour, knowing you were coming to get him!" and I handed the frantic longhaired, light-colored boy-pup to the girl, who instantly was kissed all over her face by the delighted puppy. None of the other puppies we brought out for their perusal showed the least interest in them, and this little guy wouldn't leave them alone. The little girl had instantly bonded with him, as well, so that's the one they took home - totally opposite from the type the man had requested - but THEIR dog nonetheless, who knew before they arrived that he was theirs - and evidently had told everybody else to keep their paws off HIS humans! The man emailed us later to say how completely the pup had taken over their hearts and home, as if he'd known since birth that he was meant to be there.
We've witnessed the same sort of inter-canine cooperation with our retiring adults, too. They'll virtually ignore the visiting human, but one dog will immediately bond with the person, and the "click" is downright audible, when they lock hearts together. We take great pride in our dachshunds, who are so affectionately people-oriented. The whole reason we raise them is to bring joy and pleasure to the people who take them home. As mentioned on our homepage, we are now spreading the joy and love worldwide - as far away as Australia and Africa. It is with great pleasure that we watch people drive off down the road with one or two of our pups, knowing they will experience the same unconditional love from their new dachshunds that we get to, every single day.
AND, we know the secret - dachshunds are dreadfully, wonderfully addictive! When we say they're like potato chips and you can't have just one, we mean it! We have lots of people who've come back for more - as many as EIGHT! People bought a pup from Janet when she first began raising them, came back for another when the first one died of old age, and are now coming back because that one died of old age - we're talking about 40-some years of Flickennel dachshunds, and they keep returning! That's "customer satisfaction" and your proof that we're doing our job! So, go check out our litter pages and pick your puppy with confidence - or make an appointment to come up and test-drive several to see which one picks YOU! Your deposit is transferable to any available pup, if the first one doesn't quite click.
1-11-12 Becky writing here, not Janet.... I've just attached a VERY IMPORTANT ARTICLE to the "101 Things You Didn't Know Could Harm Your Pet" page, about the lethal danger of using the popular chocolate-scented COCOA MULCH in your yard where your pets, or anyone else's, can get to it. It is more toxic to dogs than the darkest chocolate you can find, as it is made from the hulls of cocoa beans, which contain far more theobromine than baker's chocolate, and it does not leach out and become less dangerous. Dogs love the odor and flavor of chocolate, so they will eat and eat and eat the mulch until they are stopped - or die. According to the article, it only takes a TINY amount to kill a dog, so if you ever catch your dog eating this stuff - or you smell chocolate on its breath and you didn't have any chocolate in the house - you have to do something about it ASAP. Unless you live next-door to your vet (as I used to!), there's something really simple YOU can do AT HOME.
I know this is going to sound really gross, but I want you to be able to save your dog's life. If you take the time to immediately make your dog throw up what it has eaten, that's even better than trying to race to the vet. Use any safe means you can, to get 2-3 teaspoons of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (no more, please, and only 1-2 teaspoons for a little puppy!) down the throat of your dachshund (up to 2-3 tablespoons for a larger dog), and keep the dog in the bathtub until it vomits - you want to be absolutely certain it vomits every bit. It won't take any more than 15-20 minutes, if that. It would take you at least that long to call the vet, get the dog in the car, fight the traffic to get to the clinic, and pray they weren't tied up with a different emergency, or the vet was in surgery, or out on a farm call or something. There's nothing like a genuine emergency to make everything go wrong!
Keep a fresh bottle of hydrogen peroxide on hand - you can find it in the pharmacy corner of any store, and it's very inexpensive: a couple of bucks for a pint. A 3cc plastic syringe (no needle, please!) makes an easy applicator: 2.5 cc = 1 teaspoon, 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon. You can buy a larger syringe from the pharmacist or the local Big R or Tractor Supply (or any similar feed-store that sells animal vaccines), but if the dog you're treating is small, like a dachshund, it's a lot easier to handle a 3cc or 6cc syringe. This may sound like I'm trying to "practice medicine without a license," but it's basic emergency first-aid, and if it saves a single life, isn't that what first-aid is all about?
It is ESSENTIAL to get as much of the toxic material OUT of the dog as you can, as FAST as possible. SAVE the stuff, if it IS the mulch, and take it with you to the vet as proof of what the dog ate, and how much was expelled. I pray you never have to use this information, but it's far better to know what to do and never have to do it, than to not know - and helplessly watch your best furry friend die because you couldn't get it to the vet in time, when a little bit of effort on your part could have saved it. ...
I had a 90-lb dog that ate an entire 16-oz. slab of "Bar Bait" rat poison, and I had to do this exact procedure - let me tell you, IT WORKED, and it saved her life! I didn't have a syringe at the time, so I floated some sliced cheese (which she loved) in about a half-cup of peroxide (she was a BIG DOG, and I did sort of go overboard), and she lapped up the peroxide while trying to get the cheese. I was thrilled to see how quickly and effectively the peroxide worked - but she wouldn't touch cheese again for WEEKS! Afterward, I still had the vet dose her with the Vitamin K that counters warfarin rat poison, but getting the poison OUT of her system immediately was what actually saved her, since our vet was at least an hour's drive from our home.
That's all for now, but please go read the Cocoa Mulch article at the bottom of the "101 Things" page - and the rest of the page, too! It's all posted for your information, and I do keep adding stuff to it, so check back every once in a while to see what's new.
I know this is going to sound really gross, but I want you to be able to save your dog's life. If you take the time to immediately make your dog throw up what it has eaten, that's even better than trying to race to the vet. Use any safe means you can, to get 2-3 teaspoons of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (no more, please, and only 1-2 teaspoons for a little puppy!) down the throat of your dachshund (up to 2-3 tablespoons for a larger dog), and keep the dog in the bathtub until it vomits - you want to be absolutely certain it vomits every bit. It won't take any more than 15-20 minutes, if that. It would take you at least that long to call the vet, get the dog in the car, fight the traffic to get to the clinic, and pray they weren't tied up with a different emergency, or the vet was in surgery, or out on a farm call or something. There's nothing like a genuine emergency to make everything go wrong!
Keep a fresh bottle of hydrogen peroxide on hand - you can find it in the pharmacy corner of any store, and it's very inexpensive: a couple of bucks for a pint. A 3cc plastic syringe (no needle, please!) makes an easy applicator: 2.5 cc = 1 teaspoon, 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon. You can buy a larger syringe from the pharmacist or the local Big R or Tractor Supply (or any similar feed-store that sells animal vaccines), but if the dog you're treating is small, like a dachshund, it's a lot easier to handle a 3cc or 6cc syringe. This may sound like I'm trying to "practice medicine without a license," but it's basic emergency first-aid, and if it saves a single life, isn't that what first-aid is all about?
It is ESSENTIAL to get as much of the toxic material OUT of the dog as you can, as FAST as possible. SAVE the stuff, if it IS the mulch, and take it with you to the vet as proof of what the dog ate, and how much was expelled. I pray you never have to use this information, but it's far better to know what to do and never have to do it, than to not know - and helplessly watch your best furry friend die because you couldn't get it to the vet in time, when a little bit of effort on your part could have saved it. ...
I had a 90-lb dog that ate an entire 16-oz. slab of "Bar Bait" rat poison, and I had to do this exact procedure - let me tell you, IT WORKED, and it saved her life! I didn't have a syringe at the time, so I floated some sliced cheese (which she loved) in about a half-cup of peroxide (she was a BIG DOG, and I did sort of go overboard), and she lapped up the peroxide while trying to get the cheese. I was thrilled to see how quickly and effectively the peroxide worked - but she wouldn't touch cheese again for WEEKS! Afterward, I still had the vet dose her with the Vitamin K that counters warfarin rat poison, but getting the poison OUT of her system immediately was what actually saved her, since our vet was at least an hour's drive from our home.
That's all for now, but please go read the Cocoa Mulch article at the bottom of the "101 Things" page - and the rest of the page, too! It's all posted for your information, and I do keep adding stuff to it, so check back every once in a while to see what's new.
ANNOUNCING THE GREAT 2012 FLICKENNEL VALENTINE'S CONTEST!
ENTER TODAY TO WIN THE GRAND PRIZE OF ONE FREE DACHSHUND PUPPY*
2ND PRIZE - $100 OFF THE PRICE OF THE PUP OF YOUR CHOICE*
3RD PRIZE - $50 OFF THE PRICE OF THE PUP OF YOUR CHOICE*
THE CONTEST COMMENCES AT 12:01 AM, FEBRUARY 1, 2012 AND CLOSES AT 11:59 P.M., FEBRUARY 10, 2012. NO ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED. (Save them for next-year's contest and submit them on time - woohoo!)
If you've been looking for that PERFECT gift for your beloved, look no further! We're Cupid's little helpers! We have no shortage of puppies longing to go home with a special someone. They're warmer than a mink coat, their eyes sparkle like diamonds, they're more valuable than emeralds, they're non-fattening, non-alcoholic (but they can't hold their lickers!), and sugar-free, but they're sweeter than candy! They'll warm your heart, your lap AND your feet! Make this Valentine's Day truly unforgettable, with a gift of love that never stops giving!!!
* The pups in the available selection for the Grand Prize will be those males and females valued at $500 or less which are old enough to go home by February 14, 2012 (see the list on the homepage). If you want a more-expensive one as your Grand-Prize pup, you will have to make up the difference in its value over $500, in cash when you come to take it home. [AKC papers on prize pups, if you want them, are still the usual $50 extra.]
Regular rules of reservation apply: IF YOU ARE A WINNER and want a certain pup but cannot pick it up immediately - put a deposit on it by using its PayPal button, call and let us know which it is, and pay the balance in cash when you come to pick it up - minus the discount you won. In the event that your entry is chosen as the Grand Prize winner, you may choose and reserve a pup this way, then we will either refund your deposit when you pick it up, so that it is then FREE, or you may transfer the deposit to another puppy with the balance to be paid on pick-up, essentially getting two pups for the price of one. If you prefer to let your sweetie choose their own puppy when you bring them here, and have not previously reserved a pup, their selection will be limited to the available puppies at the time - and we have some honeys!
DEPOSITS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE GRAND-PRIZE FREE PUPPY.
ALL PRIZE WINNERS MUST PICK UP THEIR PUPS NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 29, 2012.
Any prizes unclaimed after February 29, 2012 will be forfeited, and considered null and void.
Chances of winning any prize will not improve by placing a deposit on one of our puppies - NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER, OR TO WIN. ALL DECISIONS OF THE JUDGES ARE FINAL.
QUALIFYING ENTRIES WILL CONSIST OF:
An email essay of 300-500 words (the equivalent of about half a page to a page), in prose or poetry, telling us why your Valentine deserves to win the free Flickennel dachshund. (You could write a love-letter to the dachshund of their dreams - our dachshunds are looong on love!) Make it humorous or poignant, but "just becuz" ain't gonna get it!!! If the pup will be for one of our service members - we'd like to know that, too. Whatever, make it appealing and different from the "because my mom/girl/guy is the best mom/girl/guy in the whole wide world" kind of letter. Tell us WHY they're the best! Our dachshunds are the best, and we want to make sure they go to the very best homes and families we can find for them. We can keep secrets, too - if you don't want your sweet-heart to know until you bring him or her to pick up their prize pup - we won't divulge your name as the winner! We do need to know how to contact the prize-winners, so please include your full name, address, email address, and a contact phone number. That info is for our purposes only, and will NOT be published.
NO OTHER DISCOUNTS (MILITARY/ELDERLY) APPLY FOR WINNERS - "NO DOUBLING OF COUPONS"! - BUT IF YOU'RE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, ANY NORMAL DISCOUNT DOES APPLY.
ALL FLICKENNEL PUPS ARE MADE IN AMERICA, BY AMERICANS!!!
ENTER TODAY TO WIN THE GRAND PRIZE OF ONE FREE DACHSHUND PUPPY*
2ND PRIZE - $100 OFF THE PRICE OF THE PUP OF YOUR CHOICE*
3RD PRIZE - $50 OFF THE PRICE OF THE PUP OF YOUR CHOICE*
THE CONTEST COMMENCES AT 12:01 AM, FEBRUARY 1, 2012 AND CLOSES AT 11:59 P.M., FEBRUARY 10, 2012. NO ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED. (Save them for next-year's contest and submit them on time - woohoo!)
If you've been looking for that PERFECT gift for your beloved, look no further! We're Cupid's little helpers! We have no shortage of puppies longing to go home with a special someone. They're warmer than a mink coat, their eyes sparkle like diamonds, they're more valuable than emeralds, they're non-fattening, non-alcoholic (but they can't hold their lickers!), and sugar-free, but they're sweeter than candy! They'll warm your heart, your lap AND your feet! Make this Valentine's Day truly unforgettable, with a gift of love that never stops giving!!!
* The pups in the available selection for the Grand Prize will be those males and females valued at $500 or less which are old enough to go home by February 14, 2012 (see the list on the homepage). If you want a more-expensive one as your Grand-Prize pup, you will have to make up the difference in its value over $500, in cash when you come to take it home. [AKC papers on prize pups, if you want them, are still the usual $50 extra.]
Regular rules of reservation apply: IF YOU ARE A WINNER and want a certain pup but cannot pick it up immediately - put a deposit on it by using its PayPal button, call and let us know which it is, and pay the balance in cash when you come to pick it up - minus the discount you won. In the event that your entry is chosen as the Grand Prize winner, you may choose and reserve a pup this way, then we will either refund your deposit when you pick it up, so that it is then FREE, or you may transfer the deposit to another puppy with the balance to be paid on pick-up, essentially getting two pups for the price of one. If you prefer to let your sweetie choose their own puppy when you bring them here, and have not previously reserved a pup, their selection will be limited to the available puppies at the time - and we have some honeys!
DEPOSITS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE GRAND-PRIZE FREE PUPPY.
ALL PRIZE WINNERS MUST PICK UP THEIR PUPS NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 29, 2012.
Any prizes unclaimed after February 29, 2012 will be forfeited, and considered null and void.
Chances of winning any prize will not improve by placing a deposit on one of our puppies - NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER, OR TO WIN. ALL DECISIONS OF THE JUDGES ARE FINAL.
QUALIFYING ENTRIES WILL CONSIST OF:
An email essay of 300-500 words (the equivalent of about half a page to a page), in prose or poetry, telling us why your Valentine deserves to win the free Flickennel dachshund. (You could write a love-letter to the dachshund of their dreams - our dachshunds are looong on love!) Make it humorous or poignant, but "just becuz" ain't gonna get it!!! If the pup will be for one of our service members - we'd like to know that, too. Whatever, make it appealing and different from the "because my mom/girl/guy is the best mom/girl/guy in the whole wide world" kind of letter. Tell us WHY they're the best! Our dachshunds are the best, and we want to make sure they go to the very best homes and families we can find for them. We can keep secrets, too - if you don't want your sweet-heart to know until you bring him or her to pick up their prize pup - we won't divulge your name as the winner! We do need to know how to contact the prize-winners, so please include your full name, address, email address, and a contact phone number. That info is for our purposes only, and will NOT be published.
NO OTHER DISCOUNTS (MILITARY/ELDERLY) APPLY FOR WINNERS - "NO DOUBLING OF COUPONS"! - BUT IF YOU'RE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, ANY NORMAL DISCOUNT DOES APPLY.
ALL FLICKENNEL PUPS ARE MADE IN AMERICA, BY AMERICANS!!!
2-2-12 I got a late start posting new puppy photos this evening, so only two litters have been done - Blue Dove's and Lickota's. These are some beautiful puppies, though, so please do check them out! I'll be working on more tomorrow - Petunia's and Rhonda's puppies are turning out to be just as pretty as the rest - fancy that! We'll get more pictures taken and posted as we can - winter is a very busy time, with the shorter daylight hours, snow & cold limiting the dogs' play-time outside, etc. - we don't want to have pup-sicles, you know! They sure do love bounding through the snow, and tunneling in it - they're like a bunch of otters at play, and we know the reputation otters have as being playful. Some animals live to eat, but otters live to play - and so do our dachshunds! ... Anyway, we're working on getting new pictures of all our available pups, so please keep checking their pages for fresh stuff...... You'll be glad you did, when you find the wiener of your dreams, right here at Flickennel - Dachshunds with ALTITUDE!!!
2-3-12 Okay, Petunia's and Rhonda's pages have new puppy pictures now, too! Enjoy!