My Introduction to Dachshunds:

Hi I'm Jo this page is a little background information on how I came to become a breeder and love these breeds so much. The highlight of my week when I was a child was going to my nan’s on a Friday after school for two reasons. One because of her amazing roast dinners, the other her menagerie of pets! Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Fish, Birds, Tortoise and 6 Dogs.  Dachshunds! My favourite of them all was a little Miniature Black & Tan Male Called Fritz.  What a  wonderful little dog he was and we became the best of friends. My Nan kept both Mini Smooth Haired and Long Haired and I loved them both.  If anything I would say the longs are a tad calmer in nature compared to the smooths and obviously their coat does require more care but both varieties are just adorable. 

My first ever pure bred Dachshund that I owned was my beloved Mabel  (we had owned a Wire Haired Dachshund x JRT called Timothy previously for 17 years! ) this beautiful girl who I still miss, I bought when we lived in Spain.  She was what they call Continental size slightly larger than a Uk Mini but not a UK Standard either.  Either way she was an absolute beauty and I was totally besotted with her.  We found an equally as gorgeous Spanish husband (Percy) for her and they went onto have some beautiful Puppies together.   Whilst living in Spain we rescued a lovely little Chihuahua and I quickly realised that this was going to be my second choice of dog to keep/breed so I bought 'Violet' and she became firm friends with Mabel. The two breeds live very nicely together actually.