About Us
Both my husband Ken and I have always had dogs in our families as we were
growing up. My family had a dachshund that was never far away from me. Kens
family had miniature poodles. Ken hunts upland birds and water fowl so he moved
to sporting dogs. After we were married, we bought our first Labrador retriever.
We raised and worked our Labradors for 12 yrs. We did field trials and hunt
tests, putting various titles on our dogs over the years. In 1995, I decided
that I wanted to go back to my first breed, the dachshund and compete in
conformation. After over a year of searching, we met Mary Dowski of Car-Rae
Kennels. She sold us our first conformation puppy a longhaired miniature
dachshund; Ch. Car-Raes Calista Magic
ML. Callie and I learned the show ring together, fortunately she learned faster
than I did! Later, I bought another miniature dachshund puppy from Mary, Ch. Car-Raes Baby Ruth.
Both became AKC Champions and completed as a brace team for over three years in
which they received multiple Best Brace in Show awards. We have several
Champions now, some were purchased as puppies, the others we have bred
ourselves. I enjoy showing dogs and especially those of our breeding. Showing to
us is the teamwork and trust that is built between the dog and the handler. We
hope you enjoy our website and our wonderful dachshunds. Please contact us at any time
if you have questions about our dogs, puppy inquiries, available miniature
longhaired dachshund PRA Clear dogs for stud
to approved bitches, or about our future breeding program of Calista Dachshunds.
In 2007 our goals are to attend
the DCA National Specialty in Sacramento (March), the NMDC Annual Specialty
(June) St. Louis, MO and the AKC/Eukanuba Championship in Long Beach (December). |
