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.
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.
Walking in a wiener wonderland......
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?" FlicKennel pups can't hold their lickers!
9-19-09 GRAB YER GIRDLE, MYRTLE! THE ENGLISH ARE HERE!!! Butterscotch and Romeo's litter of pure English cream longhairs is newly activated - six of the prettiest and furriest golden butterballs you've ever seen! These are our first English cream (EC) pups we've offered, and they're at prices so reasonable, we don't expect them to last but a few hours. Grab yours while they're fresh! We are also offering two outstanding part-English males from Sugar Baby and Romeo's litter - they're red longhairs and GORGEOUS. Their page is now up, too .......
9-23-09 - blue 'cuz it's so COLD up here!!! Wow - what a week this has been! Monday, the last day of SUMMER, we had two inches of SNOW, and it has been snowing off and on, ever since! Thankfully, we warm up enough during the day to melt it off, but we sure aren't ready to go from T-shirts and shorts, to long-johns and sweats, either so suddenly or so soon! Our daytime highs aren't even hitting 50, and it's been at least as low as 30 at night... My own woodstove is going at my house, and the furnace and space-heaters are keeping the puppies toasty at the kennel. My son and I just got our wood in for the winter, thank God, and now we're cutting for him and some neighbors... the joys of living in the mountains!
9-24-09 - still cold and snowing - thank goodness it's supposed to warm up over the weekend!
Finally got Cinnamon's page and Mona Lisa's page done and activated - nine pretty LITTLE puppies for your shopping enjoyment. You know, we have the very best job in the world: raising and selling happiness! If you can't smile and laugh with joy at the antics of your dachshund; if you can't feel the love welling up out of the soulful eyes and beating heart of that little dog - you must be dead. God knew how much we would need encouragement and unconditional love, so He gave us these precious, loving pups to show us how unconditionally HE cares for US. After all, "Dog" is "God" spelled backward!
We also want you to know how much we appreciate having you spend time on our website, reading, drooling, chuckling over what you find. YOU are the reason we exist as a kennel, and we value every person, each family, who comes up here to take one or more of our doxies home. You take a little piece of our heart with each one, too - they're all special to us. Thank you for keeping us going!
Finally got Cinnamon's page and Mona Lisa's page done and activated - nine pretty LITTLE puppies for your shopping enjoyment. You know, we have the very best job in the world: raising and selling happiness! If you can't smile and laugh with joy at the antics of your dachshund; if you can't feel the love welling up out of the soulful eyes and beating heart of that little dog - you must be dead. God knew how much we would need encouragement and unconditional love, so He gave us these precious, loving pups to show us how unconditionally HE cares for US. After all, "Dog" is "God" spelled backward!
We also want you to know how much we appreciate having you spend time on our website, reading, drooling, chuckling over what you find. YOU are the reason we exist as a kennel, and we value every person, each family, who comes up here to take one or more of our doxies home. You take a little piece of our heart with each one, too - they're all special to us. Thank you for keeping us going!
9-26-09 Our great old Heide finally made the journey across the rainbow bridge today, to join other wonderful dogs young and old who have already crossed over. It's a happy day for her, but a sad one for us - there will always be a shadow of her in the kennel, and always her sweet face in our hearts. She was here for 17 years and 7 months. Rest well, old girl - you've earned it.
Two puppies went to their new home today. Ben and Stephanie C. came up to get Blondie's golden girl and she so bonded with Steph, Ben decided HE needed a puppy, too - so they picked Squeekers' last remaining boy. Turns out, that one's dad is Dagwood, who is a half-brother to Blondie, so the perfectly color-matched pups are cousins, born 6-11 and 7-22, respectively! How nifty is that?!
Two puppies went to their new home today. Ben and Stephanie C. came up to get Blondie's golden girl and she so bonded with Steph, Ben decided HE needed a puppy, too - so they picked Squeekers' last remaining boy. Turns out, that one's dad is Dagwood, who is a half-brother to Blondie, so the perfectly color-matched pups are cousins, born 6-11 and 7-22, respectively! How nifty is that?!
9-28-09 Well, we had one last Squeekers girl-pup, until Heather Y. decided she just had to take her home tonight for a dear friend of hers! Thanks, Heather, and thanks to Tim K. and his mom, Michelle, for bringing Heather to us! It was great to meet all of you (Janet handled Tim's recent adoption of Blondie & Remington's only boy-pup - I wasn't at the kennel that day), and it is our sincere hope that you will enjoy your FlicKennel doxies immensely for a long, loooooooooong time.
Just a reminder - If you see a puppy (or two) on our website that really interests you, please use its PayPal button to put a deposit on the one you want. When Heather called early this morning to arrange this evening's visit, she specifically wanted to see certain pups, but when she arrived, someone had already placed a deposit on them. Thankfully, we had a couple of others that filled the bill, but she could have had a long drive for nothing, if we hadn't. The phone was ringing when I walked in the door this morning, with a buyer who subsequently paid in full for the pup of her choice, and while I was speaking with her, getting ready to hang up, Call Waiting beeped in with yet another buyer, who also specified a different pup she wanted! (That's a GREAT way to start the day, but one of the pups reserved was one that Heather had wanted to see.)
Some days are like that - the puppies just "fly out the door" (or would if they were ready to) - and some days we wonder if the phone is working. Guess it's like that in any business, but where we are selling happiness and love, we'd love to have that phone just ring itself silly, every day. So think of us when you decide you need a puppy - or to adopt a retiring adult dog. All we ask is that you pay for the spay and teeth-cleaning before picking her up at the vet's. It's a lot less expensive and easier on the dog if it's all done at once. If you're interested in giving a great adult dachshund a home, please check out the Adopt An Adult page, then call us!
Just a reminder - If you see a puppy (or two) on our website that really interests you, please use its PayPal button to put a deposit on the one you want. When Heather called early this morning to arrange this evening's visit, she specifically wanted to see certain pups, but when she arrived, someone had already placed a deposit on them. Thankfully, we had a couple of others that filled the bill, but she could have had a long drive for nothing, if we hadn't. The phone was ringing when I walked in the door this morning, with a buyer who subsequently paid in full for the pup of her choice, and while I was speaking with her, getting ready to hang up, Call Waiting beeped in with yet another buyer, who also specified a different pup she wanted! (That's a GREAT way to start the day, but one of the pups reserved was one that Heather had wanted to see.)
Some days are like that - the puppies just "fly out the door" (or would if they were ready to) - and some days we wonder if the phone is working. Guess it's like that in any business, but where we are selling happiness and love, we'd love to have that phone just ring itself silly, every day. So think of us when you decide you need a puppy - or to adopt a retiring adult dog. All we ask is that you pay for the spay and teeth-cleaning before picking her up at the vet's. It's a lot less expensive and easier on the dog if it's all done at once. If you're interested in giving a great adult dachshund a home, please check out the Adopt An Adult page, then call us!
10-8-09 Columbus Day will be next Monday - ol' Chris never discovered dachshunds in America, but if he were around today, we hope he would Google them and find FlicKennel! Celebrate the holiday by bringing the family up to see our pretty babies and taking one or more home with you - we still have a few older pups on the $100-off sale, as well as a bunch of weaned younger puppies who will be ready to go home a little later this month, AND some lovely adults who would love to make you happy. Please remember to call and set up an afternoon appointment first - 719-783-2955.
... It's now evening, and Janet called to tell me about a couple who came up today and adopted Flicka and Suzy Q - hooray, and thank you so much, Judy and Bud! We still have some others, though, so flip on over to the Adopt An Adult page and take a look at them. Tuesday night I brought home Tinsel, the aunt to my Samson who died in June, and she's working out wonderfully - there's definitely something to be said for adopting a calm adult dog instead of a rowdy, teething little pup who can't be left alone without a babysitter, loose in the house all day with our little family of older dogs. Tinsel has already figured out the doggy-doors, and that it's warm in front of the woodstove. She sleeps contentedly with my husband, who grieved deeply for Samson, his best buddy - this is good for both Jim and Tinsel, who just weaned her pups last Sunday and was feeling pretty lost and depressed without them. Jim is already calling her HIS dog, and asks about her when he calls me. I love it!
... It's now evening, and Janet called to tell me about a couple who came up today and adopted Flicka and Suzy Q - hooray, and thank you so much, Judy and Bud! We still have some others, though, so flip on over to the Adopt An Adult page and take a look at them. Tuesday night I brought home Tinsel, the aunt to my Samson who died in June, and she's working out wonderfully - there's definitely something to be said for adopting a calm adult dog instead of a rowdy, teething little pup who can't be left alone without a babysitter, loose in the house all day with our little family of older dogs. Tinsel has already figured out the doggy-doors, and that it's warm in front of the woodstove. She sleeps contentedly with my husband, who grieved deeply for Samson, his best buddy - this is good for both Jim and Tinsel, who just weaned her pups last Sunday and was feeling pretty lost and depressed without them. Jim is already calling her HIS dog, and asks about her when he calls me. I love it!
(10-8-09) I just took off a year's worth of posts so you wouldn't have to wade through all of them to read the newest stuff. I only kept one of the more important ones, then resumed with some recent September posts.
10-12-09 Happy Columbus Day! C'mon up the mountain and look at puppies - OUR weather is WARM AND SUNNY!!! (Call ahead, please, to make an appointment.)
Time to update the puppy pictures again - Cinnamon's page has all-new photos AND a newly half-priced pup! Check out which one - it's a real Halloween treat for you!
Time to update the puppy pictures again - Cinnamon's page has all-new photos AND a newly half-priced pup! Check out which one - it's a real Halloween treat for you!
10-18-09 Our lovely autumn weather is still holding, and there are deer and elk EVERYWHERE to be seen! C'mon up and see the puppies - we have a bunch ready to go, and more will be ready in the near future. We have both smooth-coats and long-hairs, boys and girls, in solid colors, dapples, brindles and piebalds, plus the gorgeous English creams. They all need to go to make room for several new litters expected this month, so please help us out and put a surge of sunshine, love and joy in YOUR home! Check out the litter pages, find a pup you want, put a deposit on it - or call us first to make sure it's still available (we've had some cash customers who don't use the PayPal buttons, so it pays to check first), and make an appointment to come see or pick up your new baby. We also have several adult females on their Adopt An Adult page who need homes!
10-22-09 Wow! This is already shaping up to be quite a winter! We "celebrated" the arrival of autumn with our first two-inch snow on the last day of summer - we don't normally get our first real snow until around Halloween. We typically get our first really heavy snow about Thanksgiving, but we had between one and two FEET of wet snow in the last 24 hours (Oct. 21)! Please remember to call ahead if you're planning to come up and visit, so we can give you a road-report!
10-31-09 Happy Howlowiener-dogs! We're celebrating with a real treat for all of you folks who devote large portions of your time to prowling our pages - FRESH PHOTOS ON EVERY PAGE (courtesy of the fast connection on Janet's HughesNet)! There are new pages, too, and we'll have more in the near future - we are going to offer some of our very "cream of the crop" pups, and they will be posted shortly. If you have been waiting for something REALLY SPECIAL to come along, put on your happy-pants - we have it! Don't wait for Christmas to get the gift that keeps on giving - these pups will not last long!!!
Yes, we had more snow this week, too - the roads to the kennel are plowed and passable, however, so call and make an appointment to come see our special wonder-wieners!
Yes, we had more snow this week, too - the roads to the kennel are plowed and passable, however, so call and make an appointment to come see our special wonder-wieners!
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 within the next 48 hours. 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 within the next 48 hours. 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
11-27-09 We hope you all had a joyful and thankful Thanksgiving. It's been a rough year for a lot of people, but there are still countless blessings in every day - not least of which is the wieny-dog warming your lap, or sleeping at your feet. Oh?! You don't have a wieny-dog? Well, you're in the right place, my friend! Please browse through our litter-pages, or the Adopt An Adult page, and find your new little best friend!
Evidently, our price roll-backs are quite appropriate and very much appreciated - we've placed several pups this week since announcing the new prices. Thank you, and we hope this trend continues! There will be new puppies born in the near future, and we must have room for them in the nursery. Two nursery litters will be weaning within the next week or so, and their pages will be posted then - they're awfully cute when they're just babies, learning to walk and bounce around. They sure love to be held and cuddled, too! We have a great job!
Evidently, our price roll-backs are quite appropriate and very much appreciated - we've placed several pups this week since announcing the new prices. Thank you, and we hope this trend continues! There will be new puppies born in the near future, and we must have room for them in the nursery. Two nursery litters will be weaning within the next week or so, and their pages will be posted then - they're awfully cute when they're just babies, learning to walk and bounce around. They sure love to be held and cuddled, too! We have a great job!
12-10-09 Wow - only 15 days till Christmas! We're getting lots of phone calls and emails about puppies, so if you see one you like today - or have been drooling over it for weeks now - you need to think about hitting a PayPal button and putting a deposit on it before Santa grabs it up for someone else! With our new reduced pricing making them even more attractive, there simply isn't anything in any store that will give you anywhere near the return on your investment, that a Flick Kennel dachshund will. Stores may have a huge selection of gifts and other products, but they don't sell anything that will love you back, for years - maybe decades, the way our doxies do. Give your family the gift of perpetual unconditional love!
We also are working on posting several newly-weaned litters of puppies, and some not yet out of the nursery! I just took pictures of them and am sorting and editing, and compiling new litter pages - keep your eyes peeled - they're little beauties!
We also are working on posting several newly-weaned litters of puppies, and some not yet out of the nursery! I just took pictures of them and am sorting and editing, and compiling new litter pages - keep your eyes peeled - they're little beauties!
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!
12-14-09 Just reporting in - have you noticed that some litter pages have disappeared this week? We finally placed Slider (Peaches pup), Bosco (Raven pup), and some of the other pups we were beginning to think were permanent additions to the kennel! Puppies have been a hot commodity this month, and we hope the trend continues! We love each and every one, and they'll always hold special places in our hearts, but we don't raise them to hog them all for ourselves!!! Everybody WE know needs at least ONE wienerdog, if not more, and we are determined to help see that they get one!
So, why are you reading THIS instead of cruising through the litter pages and finding YOUR new little buddy?! Get going!!! Christmas is almost here, and we want to place just as many puppies and retiring adults as we possibly can - you won't find better doxies anywhere!
So, why are you reading THIS instead of cruising through the litter pages and finding YOUR new little buddy?! Get going!!! Christmas is almost here, and we want to place just as many puppies and retiring adults as we possibly can - you won't find better doxies anywhere!
12-17-09 ONLY SEVEN MORE SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!!! I just posted Monica's three girls, including one Isabella and two chocolate dapples - check'em out!
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!!!
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!!!
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1-7-2010 Happy new year, and happy tails to you! We're still putting happy puppies into the arms of happy people - I just had the pleasure this afternoon of putting Fergie & Ace's last little boy into the arms of his new master, Bryan M. of Colorado Springs. "Cappie" is the pup's new name, and it's a match made in heaven - they were both thrilled with each other.
We celebrated New Year's Day with three pretty little puppies from Squeekers and Max - two chocolate & tan piebalds and a black & tan piebald, and one of the chocolates is the only girl. They will have their new litter page posted in the near future. Cuddles & Ace had two boys and a girl (red sable and red brindle - all longhairs) a couple of days ago, and Peaches & Buck are the proud parents of three girls and a boy born this morning! We didn't have ANY new pups for a month, and now they're popping out all over the place! The really GREAT thing is - WE get to love'em and play with'em before YOU do!!! ;-)
We celebrated New Year's Day with three pretty little puppies from Squeekers and Max - two chocolate & tan piebalds and a black & tan piebald, and one of the chocolates is the only girl. They will have their new litter page posted in the near future. Cuddles & Ace had two boys and a girl (red sable and red brindle - all longhairs) a couple of days ago, and Peaches & Buck are the proud parents of three girls and a boy born this morning! We didn't have ANY new pups for a month, and now they're popping out all over the place! The really GREAT thing is - WE get to love'em and play with'em before YOU do!!! ;-)
1-13-10 Fear not, O faithful reader! We have more litters of puppies in the nursery than the ones listed in the menu-bar! We like to let them get their eyes open and approach weaning age (6 weeks) before we post them - they look a lot more like real puppies then and are getting quite cute. During October there was an entire month when we didn't have any girls being bred, so there weren't any new puppies during most of December, but Christmas week and New Year's week made up for it - we'll have plenty of brand-new babies to share with you in the very near future, if you will be patient and let them grow a little bit first! And no, we don't allow them to have visitors until after they wean - that's when they have their first vaccinations and start building their own immunities. While they're in the nursery with their mothers, they only have the little bit the mom gives them, which isn't enough to stave off parvo or other diseases that can be brought in on the clothes and shoes of outsiders. (Who knows what evil lurks on the floors of dog parks, sidewalks, pet stores and vets' offices?!) I will try to get some photos posted in the next few days - a couple litters have their eyes open now, and I took pictures of them..... Hang on and keep checking the site! Thanks for being patient!
1-20-10 FINALLY! I've taken pictures of some of the older nursery pups, so their litter pages will be built and posted this week - I have the next two days off, so I'll have something to do while sitting at home!
Another FINALLY - our old Boer goat finally "blew up" this evening, presenting us with three cute baby boys! Two are very healthy, good-sized lads; the other (the middle baby) is miniature at this point, a quarter to a third the size of his brothers - he can stand up underneath their bellies! He's safely indoors, staying warm under a heat-lamp, and being bottle-fed his mother's colostrum (the "first milk"), which was milked-out by hand after the first brother was born. "Cha-cha LaMancha," another goat, is waiting in another pen for her turn to "blow up," and looks as if she will have at least twins, which is her typical "litter." It's a good thing I know a bit about goats, having had several dozens of them myself, so I can help deliver Janet's baby goats and milk the mothers when necessary. The last one born tonight was a breech delivery - hind feet first - and had to be pulled. Squeamish, I'm not!
Time to go home and hit the hay, then hit the computer in the morning and post new litters for YOU! Thanks for sticking around to see what's happening here.
Another FINALLY - our old Boer goat finally "blew up" this evening, presenting us with three cute baby boys! Two are very healthy, good-sized lads; the other (the middle baby) is miniature at this point, a quarter to a third the size of his brothers - he can stand up underneath their bellies! He's safely indoors, staying warm under a heat-lamp, and being bottle-fed his mother's colostrum (the "first milk"), which was milked-out by hand after the first brother was born. "Cha-cha LaMancha," another goat, is waiting in another pen for her turn to "blow up," and looks as if she will have at least twins, which is her typical "litter." It's a good thing I know a bit about goats, having had several dozens of them myself, so I can help deliver Janet's baby goats and milk the mothers when necessary. The last one born tonight was a breech delivery - hind feet first - and had to be pulled. Squeamish, I'm not!
Time to go home and hit the hay, then hit the computer in the morning and post new litters for YOU! Thanks for sticking around to see what's happening here.
2-11-10 WHEW! It's been a wild month already! Not only have we had exploding goats - there are now TEN babies (5 girls, 5 boys) - that tiny one is still in residence in the house, being bottle-fed several times each day & night. He's gaining size and strength rapidly, but will never be as big as his brothers. ...
We're also selling puppies like hotcakes - EIGHT so far this month, including four just yesterday! It's GREAT!!! There are still a good number left for your viewing pleasure, and hopefully you'll find just the pup you want. If not, there are still a few new litters I haven't posted yet - I'm working on those!
We're working on producing more wirehairs, too - our supply of wirehaired moms has dwindled to only two, but wire is dominant over both smooth-coat and longhair, so if we breed our three males to females of "other persuasions," they can still make wirehaired babies. We're even trying for a new type - "cream of wheat" - crossing a wheaten brindle wirehair with an English cream, hoping to get wheaten wirehairs. The brindle is so dominant over plain colors, though, that we haven't had any luck crossing it with American cream - we just got black & tan brindle and red brindle. The pure-gold color of a wheaten wire is just as pretty as either American or English creams in smooth or longhair (English are typically longhairs only, while American can be either smooth or long). Anyway, both of our wirehaired girls have recently come in heat, so we're breeding them, too - wires are SUCH great dachshunds, with their own quirky personalities - every doxie owner should have at least one, to see how wonderfully different they can be. I've sure loved the three wires I've had in my home, and can't wait to have another!
We're also selling puppies like hotcakes - EIGHT so far this month, including four just yesterday! It's GREAT!!! There are still a good number left for your viewing pleasure, and hopefully you'll find just the pup you want. If not, there are still a few new litters I haven't posted yet - I'm working on those!
We're working on producing more wirehairs, too - our supply of wirehaired moms has dwindled to only two, but wire is dominant over both smooth-coat and longhair, so if we breed our three males to females of "other persuasions," they can still make wirehaired babies. We're even trying for a new type - "cream of wheat" - crossing a wheaten brindle wirehair with an English cream, hoping to get wheaten wirehairs. The brindle is so dominant over plain colors, though, that we haven't had any luck crossing it with American cream - we just got black & tan brindle and red brindle. The pure-gold color of a wheaten wire is just as pretty as either American or English creams in smooth or longhair (English are typically longhairs only, while American can be either smooth or long). Anyway, both of our wirehaired girls have recently come in heat, so we're breeding them, too - wires are SUCH great dachshunds, with their own quirky personalities - every doxie owner should have at least one, to see how wonderfully different they can be. I've sure loved the three wires I've had in my home, and can't wait to have another!
3-14-10, nearly midnight. Wow - a whole month, plus, without "blogging!" - I am so sorry! We've been kept quite busy - more than usual. The crazy weather is at it again - we had a couple of nice days, but today dawned foggy, then mid-morning it started to snow. At 10:15 p.m. I went out and shoveled places for my own dogs to go outside, besides excavating the wood-pile and a path to the driveway. It's been snowing furiously all day, driven by a strong east wind, so it's piling up drifts everywhere. My husband will have to plow me a path to the highway in the morning, and probably lead the way to Janet's so I can get up her driveway, too - my little station-wagon has a very low ground-clearance. It's supposed to snow Monday, too... but not as much, thankfully. ... You should see dachshunds in the snow - they LOVE it! They remind me of otters, diving and rolling and bouncing in it. We don't let them stay out in it very long - but they sure do enjoy playing in it while they can. On hot summer days, I'm sure they dream of winter fun.
Have you checked out Fawn's new litter page? Those are some super-special puppies - two are already spoken for, but the three left are terrific, too! If you've never seen a blue & tan reverse-dapple longhaired dachshund, you definitely need to see these! Better yet is holding one - they're unbelievably soft and fuzzy, and incredibly beautiful. Even the black & tan reverse-dapple is unusual - she's a strange "tawny" shade of grizzled gray with tan undertones and a few dark spots. We debated for a long time, whether she was blue & tan, black & tan, or something else - but we didn't know WHAT else she could be! She even has a dappled strip down her muzzle from her forehead to near the edge of her nose-leather, something I've not seen before, and her tan points are uncommonly light, too - she's simply amazing.
I'm anxiously waiting to hear if Apricot Brandy has had her pups yet. Their father is Cash, so they will be extra gorgeous, and they will have personality-plus. Brandy is a little sweet-heart herself, and the color combination with these two parents guarantees that the pups will be extremely interesting, to say the least! Stay tuned for impending baby pictures!!!
Well, if I don't head for bed NOW, I won't get any sleep... hooray for Daylight Saving Time - it's light longer in the evening now, but at 12:30 a.m., it's definitely DARK. C'mon, my puppies - let's go snuggle for a few hours - I have four precious FlicKennel doxies of my own - little bed-warmers who keep me toasty all winter. Who needs electric blankets when there are dachshunds who love to sleep in my bed?! Good night...
Have you checked out Fawn's new litter page? Those are some super-special puppies - two are already spoken for, but the three left are terrific, too! If you've never seen a blue & tan reverse-dapple longhaired dachshund, you definitely need to see these! Better yet is holding one - they're unbelievably soft and fuzzy, and incredibly beautiful. Even the black & tan reverse-dapple is unusual - she's a strange "tawny" shade of grizzled gray with tan undertones and a few dark spots. We debated for a long time, whether she was blue & tan, black & tan, or something else - but we didn't know WHAT else she could be! She even has a dappled strip down her muzzle from her forehead to near the edge of her nose-leather, something I've not seen before, and her tan points are uncommonly light, too - she's simply amazing.
I'm anxiously waiting to hear if Apricot Brandy has had her pups yet. Their father is Cash, so they will be extra gorgeous, and they will have personality-plus. Brandy is a little sweet-heart herself, and the color combination with these two parents guarantees that the pups will be extremely interesting, to say the least! Stay tuned for impending baby pictures!!!
Well, if I don't head for bed NOW, I won't get any sleep... hooray for Daylight Saving Time - it's light longer in the evening now, but at 12:30 a.m., it's definitely DARK. C'mon, my puppies - let's go snuggle for a few hours - I have four precious FlicKennel doxies of my own - little bed-warmers who keep me toasty all winter. Who needs electric blankets when there are dachshunds who love to sleep in my bed?! Good night...
3-15-10, 11 p.m. Still no Brandy pups, but she's progressing through the signs of impending birth.... tearing papers, making her 'nest' in the whelping box, etc. One funny thing the mamas do in the last day or two is to spend a lot of time on their back, "sunning" their enlarged tummies under the heat lamp. It must feel good to stretch out that way - they all do it, and it's one of the final signs. There's a surveillance camera in the whelping room, sending real-time pictures to a TV in the livingroom, so we can observe the mother without disturbing her. Janet and I have spent many a night, watching the moms on the monitor as they start into labor, then deliver each baby - it's always fascinating to observe. Unless there seems to be a problem, only after a pup is born do we go in and make sure it is safe and healthy - the amniotic sac is removed so it doesn't suffocate; the umbilical cord is tied off so it doesn't bleed - just short enough so Mom doesn't chew it and accidentally hurt the baby; we expel any fluid from the lungs; and if Mom is a nervous first-timer who might trample them, the pups may be put into a special "bassinet" with a heating pad to keep them warm until the process is finished, then they're all put back with the mother, once she calms down afterward. I'm staying at the kennel tonight - my own doxies will have to sleep with Daddy instead of me, but they don't seem to mind!
3-19-10 It's snowing puppies!!! Well, the puppies were born yesterday, and it's snowing today, but we had TWO litters yesterday - Brandy & Cash, and Mandy & Ace! Mandy's were first: a black & tan girl, a red girl, and a black & tan boy - all longhairs. Brandy is a smooth-coat, Cash is longhaired, so we won't know for a couple of weeks what their pups will be. Firstborn was a marvelous black & tan dapple girl, then a tiny red dapple girl, followed by another and totally different red dapple girl, a black & tan girl with white hind toes and a slip of white on her chest, and finally a terrific black & tan dapple boy - five in all. These are all spectacular pups!!! I'll get their litter pages posted as quickly as I can, but in the meantime, if anything sounds wonderful to you, call us for more information or to get instructions on putting a deposit on one!
3-21-10 It's all white up here again! Friday's storm left around a foot of snow at the kennel, plus drifts to about three feet deep, but at my house there's at least twice that much. I spent part of yesterday afternoon at my home, shoveling it to make walkways for us and for our dachshunds. This winter sure has been a long, cold one!
Those last puppies of Mandy's and Brandy's I told you about, are all little beauties! Mandy's red girl is already placed, and so is one of Brandy's red dapple girls - the rest will be fast to go, too. We are deeply honored to be able to put our dogs in the homes of military families, to give them all the joy and love a dachshund can supply. Mandy's girl wasn't even 24 hours old when she was adopted by the widow and children of an Air Force pilot whose aircraft crashed. Having married a SeaBee and served in the US Navy myself, I feel a special bond with military folks - it means a lot to me when we can put one of our puppies in their often lonely homes and lives. One recent customer stated that while he had served in Germany, with his family, they were spat on by the locals for his having previously served in Iraq. No one should have to endure that kind of treatment, especially from "free" people who have gained from the service of our military people in their country, but our men and women and their families do endure it. (Then we wonder why veterans sometimes come unglued after they return home!) If one of our little wiener-pups can help make up for that abuse by bringing even one smile to the faces of a military family, we will consider our job "well done." Janet's husband, Barney, served in the US Army a few years before my husband and I served in the Navy, so we're a military clan at FlicKennel, with nothing but respect and admiration for anyone willing to serve, especially during war-time, in the awful places and terrible conditions they find themselves repeatedly put. Service-people and your families, we salute you!
Don't forget to look at Queenie's litter of American cocker spaniels, too! They're not dachshunds, but Barney thinks his baby's babies are pretty special, and is he ever proud of them! They are cute, and are now ready to go to their new homes. If cockers are what make your heart go thumpety-thump, be sure to come and see ours - five handsome furry boys, in crisp black & white, or golden-buff. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy a FlicKennel cocker spaniel, since Barney doesn't intend to breed Queenie again, and she's HIS dog. Remember, Queenie has been shown, and took top prizes in her cocker classes, then third in Best of Sporting Group. She's a winner, and if you show cockers, her pups will definitely be show-quality.
That's all for tonight, folks!
Those last puppies of Mandy's and Brandy's I told you about, are all little beauties! Mandy's red girl is already placed, and so is one of Brandy's red dapple girls - the rest will be fast to go, too. We are deeply honored to be able to put our dogs in the homes of military families, to give them all the joy and love a dachshund can supply. Mandy's girl wasn't even 24 hours old when she was adopted by the widow and children of an Air Force pilot whose aircraft crashed. Having married a SeaBee and served in the US Navy myself, I feel a special bond with military folks - it means a lot to me when we can put one of our puppies in their often lonely homes and lives. One recent customer stated that while he had served in Germany, with his family, they were spat on by the locals for his having previously served in Iraq. No one should have to endure that kind of treatment, especially from "free" people who have gained from the service of our military people in their country, but our men and women and their families do endure it. (Then we wonder why veterans sometimes come unglued after they return home!) If one of our little wiener-pups can help make up for that abuse by bringing even one smile to the faces of a military family, we will consider our job "well done." Janet's husband, Barney, served in the US Army a few years before my husband and I served in the Navy, so we're a military clan at FlicKennel, with nothing but respect and admiration for anyone willing to serve, especially during war-time, in the awful places and terrible conditions they find themselves repeatedly put. Service-people and your families, we salute you!
Don't forget to look at Queenie's litter of American cocker spaniels, too! They're not dachshunds, but Barney thinks his baby's babies are pretty special, and is he ever proud of them! They are cute, and are now ready to go to their new homes. If cockers are what make your heart go thumpety-thump, be sure to come and see ours - five handsome furry boys, in crisp black & white, or golden-buff. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy a FlicKennel cocker spaniel, since Barney doesn't intend to breed Queenie again, and she's HIS dog. Remember, Queenie has been shown, and took top prizes in her cocker classes, then third in Best of Sporting Group. She's a winner, and if you show cockers, her pups will definitely be show-quality.
That's all for tonight, folks!
3-25-10, 8:40 p.m. Raindrop is having her puppies as I write this - first out of the chute is a pretty blue & tan female, born breech (tail first, much harder on Mom than head first). We won't know coat lengths on this batch for a couple of weeks, as Mom is a smooth-coat and Dad is longhaired. We're hoping for a mixture, since we've had a bunch of requests for smoothies.
Be sure to check out the newly-reduced prices on Blazing Star's nearly-pure-white son, and on Queenie's litter - just in time for spring!
Did I say "spring"??? We just had another snow-storm, dumping 6-8 inches at the kennel and a little more than that at my house - it's now piled up over the top of my 4-foot-high chain link fencing in several places! (Thankfully, the storm this coming weekend is supposed to miss us.) I live about 10 miles from the kennel, over on Hwy. 96, where we've been getting more snow this winter than Janet has. That's okay, though - I'd sure rather deal with snow and mud for a few weeks than with forest fires all summer. It's going to be gorgeously green up here in the mountains this summer, where it's nothing but WHITE now! ... At least we HOPE it's going to turn from white to green, someday soon! Winter seems to last forever. .... The roads are plowed, but pretty muddy in places - please call ahead for a road report before you come to see the puppies!
Be sure to check out the newly-reduced prices on Blazing Star's nearly-pure-white son, and on Queenie's litter - just in time for spring!
Did I say "spring"??? We just had another snow-storm, dumping 6-8 inches at the kennel and a little more than that at my house - it's now piled up over the top of my 4-foot-high chain link fencing in several places! (Thankfully, the storm this coming weekend is supposed to miss us.) I live about 10 miles from the kennel, over on Hwy. 96, where we've been getting more snow this winter than Janet has. That's okay, though - I'd sure rather deal with snow and mud for a few weeks than with forest fires all summer. It's going to be gorgeously green up here in the mountains this summer, where it's nothing but WHITE now! ... At least we HOPE it's going to turn from white to green, someday soon! Winter seems to last forever. .... The roads are plowed, but pretty muddy in places - please call ahead for a road report before you come to see the puppies!
3-26-10, 12:52 a.m. Just getting back online on my home computer for a brief "pupdate." Janet and I wound up taking little Raindrop to our wonderful veterinarian for a much-needed C-section. The first puppy (mentioned above) was breech and had to be pulled - never an easy task - but we got her out safely. Then we waited, and waited, and waited for pup #2, which never materialized. So, after a couple hours of fruitless pushing, we packed up Raindrop and her baby girl and headed for Westcliffe. Sometimes the ride alone is enough to jiggle things loose and cause a pup to be born - Fawn did it with one of hers on the way to the vet. This was NOT one of those happy situations. Julie checked the dog over and decided something wasn't right enough to allow for normal delivery, so we went ahead with the C-section, which finally netted us two more lovely blue & tan girls. Julie found that both were trying to come out at the same time, "locking horns," as it were, and they were both about twice the size of the first pup, which we had had to struggle to pull out. There was absolutely no way they were going to be born naturally! ... We got them all home and found it's a good thing Raindrop stopped at three babies - she only has four teats for them to suckle!
It's after 1:00 now, and I'm falling asleep with my eyes open - except they keep slamming shut! Good night!
It's after 1:00 now, and I'm falling asleep with my eyes open - except they keep slamming shut! Good night!
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3-26-10, 2:30 p.m. Just another pupdate: Raindrop and girls are doing just fine - all eating like little horses and getting fat, even Mom. The daughters are all a rich silvery-gray with tan points, and are simply beautiful. I think one of the bigger girls is a smoothie, and the other two are longhaired, but we'll just have to wait and see how they look in a couple of weeks. First-day guesses are just that - guesses, and not always very accurate.
4-21-10 Boy, to quote Kermit the Frog: "Time's fun when you're having flies!" It's hard to believe just how MUCH fun we've been having - mostly catching baby dachshunds as they fall from the sky - or so it seems. We took Sapphire to the vet last night because her first pup was backwards, upside-down and BIG, so it got stuck... no c-section was needed, thankfully, as the vet just grabbed a-hold and pulled the pup while Janet held Sapphire. It was too late for the puppy, though, and we lost a most beautiful multi-shaded black & tan dapple girl... A smaller sister and brother followed, both chocolate & tan dapple longhairs - they're gorgeous!
Turns out, Raindrop's smallest pup was the only smoothie - the big sisters are both longhairs.
Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this 'blog' too well! We've had several other recent litters, and as soon as I post on the Upcoming Litters page what they are, somebody calls or emails and puts a deposit on one or more of them - before I can even get their litter pages constructed! The Princess litter is entirely sold-out, as is Fancy's boy, and others. Looks like I won't even have to put up those pages, except possibly to keep pictures updated for those who are buying the pups, so I don't have to email them to everybody every week!
We're planning on another litter of wirehairs within the next day or few... Ruby & Stripe are going to present us with a number of charming wee wires - she's packing a load of'em! Hopefully, we'll have at least one wheaten female - we've had a request for one since waaaaaaaay back, but all we've had were dark brindles. Stripe is the only male we have who can possibly produce wheatens (cream-colored), but his brindle overwhelms the cream-gene and has turned everything black & tan or red brindle. Oh well.... sigh!... We may have to try an English cream male on Ruby for her next litter, but that's going to be another six months or more down the road. Wirehair is dominant over smooth or longhair, so as long as one parent is wire, the pups stand an excellent chance of being wires.
Gotta go - looks like a thunderstorm headed our way!
Turns out, Raindrop's smallest pup was the only smoothie - the big sisters are both longhairs.
Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this 'blog' too well! We've had several other recent litters, and as soon as I post on the Upcoming Litters page what they are, somebody calls or emails and puts a deposit on one or more of them - before I can even get their litter pages constructed! The Princess litter is entirely sold-out, as is Fancy's boy, and others. Looks like I won't even have to put up those pages, except possibly to keep pictures updated for those who are buying the pups, so I don't have to email them to everybody every week!
We're planning on another litter of wirehairs within the next day or few... Ruby & Stripe are going to present us with a number of charming wee wires - she's packing a load of'em! Hopefully, we'll have at least one wheaten female - we've had a request for one since waaaaaaaay back, but all we've had were dark brindles. Stripe is the only male we have who can possibly produce wheatens (cream-colored), but his brindle overwhelms the cream-gene and has turned everything black & tan or red brindle. Oh well.... sigh!... We may have to try an English cream male on Ruby for her next litter, but that's going to be another six months or more down the road. Wirehair is dominant over smooth or longhair, so as long as one parent is wire, the pups stand an excellent chance of being wires.
Gotta go - looks like a thunderstorm headed our way!
5-15-10 Spring is finally sort of here... but we've had snow the last couple of days, too! The folks down below on the plains are dodging tornadoes and softball-sized hail-stones, but we're still watching snowflakes. I saw a single small clump of aspens turning green in the distance as I drove to the kennel yesterday, but that's the ONLY aspens I've seen leafing-out so far! Dandelions are blooming, and a few other little spring things, but it sure seems like a slow transition this year. We get a warm day or two, getting our hopes up, then we have a week of cold and wet...
Things are looking up, though! The mamas are responding to the longer days and we're getting ready to have a whole collection of wonderful spring puppies for you. The next couple of months are going to be super-busy ones, birthing pups and caring for them!
Things are looking up, though! The mamas are responding to the longer days and we're getting ready to have a whole collection of wonderful spring puppies for you. The next couple of months are going to be super-busy ones, birthing pups and caring for them!
6-21-10 Happy Summer! The weather is warming up, here at the wiener ranch, with everything greening and blooming - and puppies being born! Dakota presented us with three boys during the night - two chocolate & tans, and a black & tan dapple. I'll get you a litter picture as soon as I can, so you can drool over the little cuties!
The Chuckles pups page is activated, with a darling red longhair girl and a handsome black & tan longhair boy.
The Blue Sky pups page will be built and activated in the very near future - hopefully today. There are two blue & tan girls and a blue & tan boy, probably all smooth-coats. These will be VERY TINY dogs, although one of the girls is larger than her littermates. They're all "pocket-rockets!"
The Chuckles pups page is activated, with a darling red longhair girl and a handsome black & tan longhair boy.
The Blue Sky pups page will be built and activated in the very near future - hopefully today. There are two blue & tan girls and a blue & tan boy, probably all smooth-coats. These will be VERY TINY dogs, although one of the girls is larger than her littermates. They're all "pocket-rockets!"
6-25-10 Looky-looky! Check out Blue Sky & Buck's litter - two are micro-mini pups - woohoo!!! Mom and Dad are small (especially Blue Sky), so all three will be quite small, but pups #2 and #3 will be extra-tiny. Reserve yours today - they'll be ready to go home on July 31.
7-5-10 Check out all the new litter pages - and there'll be more coming in the next few days!
7-18-10 Evidently, there are a lot more doxie lovers than there are cocker spaniel lovers, because we STILL have all five of those lively rascals! They sure would love to have their own homes....
The recently-born Peaches pups are doing well and seem to be staying very tiny, but they'll eventually find their GROW NOW buttons and get at it. Some puppies seem stuck in the STAY TINY mode, like Blue Sky's two smallest ones, which will be micro-mini dachshunds. The teeny-weenie boy is still available, too!
Petunia's new babies, born three days ago, sure are pretty. The two boys were snapped up immediately, but the girls are still up for grabs, and if solid-black is your thing, you'd better be for grabbing the black girl right away - we have only ever produced a few of them and don't know when we'll get another of these very uncommon beauties.
We'll be bringing three girls up from the kennel to the nursery this week to hopefully deliver their pups next week, so keep your eyes peeled for the birth announcements - they'll go first onto the Upcoming Litters page, along with the first baby pictures posted next to Mom and Dad's photos. We're expecting some super-special pups - and I just realized that I missed putting Diva & Cash on the Upcoming Litters page - she's one of the three! Diva is a smooth isabella & tan, while Cash is a strange color that looks like isabella with blue spots, but he also has a couple of black spots, which will NEVER be found on isabella, chocolate or blue dachshunds. Whatever he is, he produces some of our very best pups, with whichever female we breed him to, so keep an eye out for this litter - they're going to be super-special!
The recently-born Peaches pups are doing well and seem to be staying very tiny, but they'll eventually find their GROW NOW buttons and get at it. Some puppies seem stuck in the STAY TINY mode, like Blue Sky's two smallest ones, which will be micro-mini dachshunds. The teeny-weenie boy is still available, too!
Petunia's new babies, born three days ago, sure are pretty. The two boys were snapped up immediately, but the girls are still up for grabs, and if solid-black is your thing, you'd better be for grabbing the black girl right away - we have only ever produced a few of them and don't know when we'll get another of these very uncommon beauties.
We'll be bringing three girls up from the kennel to the nursery this week to hopefully deliver their pups next week, so keep your eyes peeled for the birth announcements - they'll go first onto the Upcoming Litters page, along with the first baby pictures posted next to Mom and Dad's photos. We're expecting some super-special pups - and I just realized that I missed putting Diva & Cash on the Upcoming Litters page - she's one of the three! Diva is a smooth isabella & tan, while Cash is a strange color that looks like isabella with blue spots, but he also has a couple of black spots, which will NEVER be found on isabella, chocolate or blue dachshunds. Whatever he is, he produces some of our very best pups, with whichever female we breed him to, so keep an eye out for this litter - they're going to be super-special!
7-28-10 Just realized that I forgot to post about Splendor's new babies, born 7-24 - they're AWESOME!!! We've decided the little girl is too special to part with - she's an amazingly pale isabella dapple, but she alternates her barely-there washed-out chocolate (the isabella) with WHITE, which is too unusual for words. We've never even seen a doxie with this coloring - that's the incredible Cash genetics coming out in Splendor's baby - Cash is Grandpa to this litter. Then there's a beautiful but typical isabella & tan boy, followed by an extremely handsome blue & tan dapple boy. All of this litter are longhaired, as both parents are solidly longhair - no smooths or wires in their lineage. If you've drooled over Cash's wonderful looks, here's your chance to get one of his outstanding sons - as soon as J.L. decides if he wants one of them - his deposit says he has first choice of the boys. I'll get their page posted as soon as I can, after he lets us know which he wants. (For a male pup that looks EXACTLY LIKE Cash, take a long look at the #1 son of Blue Belle and Remington!)
BES (Black-Eyed Susan) and Diva are trying to figure out which one's going to pop first - BES is due today, and Diva on Friday, but both are looking quite ready. Each will have several pups, so you're going to have a number from which to choose YOUR new puppy! As soon as there's a birth to announce, it'll go on the Upcoming Litters page, with a photo of the litter to go with the parents' pictures, and we'll try to remember (a little better than with Splendor's!) to post a note here, too. So, if you're after a really spectacular pup, for show, breeding, family pet, gift-giving, or your very own new best buddy, hold your breath - it won't be long!
BES (Black-Eyed Susan) and Diva are trying to figure out which one's going to pop first - BES is due today, and Diva on Friday, but both are looking quite ready. Each will have several pups, so you're going to have a number from which to choose YOUR new puppy! As soon as there's a birth to announce, it'll go on the Upcoming Litters page, with a photo of the litter to go with the parents' pictures, and we'll try to remember (a little better than with Splendor's!) to post a note here, too. So, if you're after a really spectacular pup, for show, breeding, family pet, gift-giving, or your very own new best buddy, hold your breath - it won't be long!