Boondox “A” Litter
Download this page in PDF formatIn ’78, I was specialing my first Champion, CH Rose Farms Choo Choo ROMX, so I decided to breed my first Show dog, a CH Moffett’s Harvest ROMX daughter, who had a nice front, with a little less forechest than I wanted and she also needed help in the rear, but she did have a nice neckset and a nice topline. In ’76, when I decided that I wanted a Harvest (who I considered the best Smooth I had ever seen with a GREAT front) daughter, I contacted Lorrainne Masely who steered me to Pat Prellwitz who had a young litter that I went up to see and bought a young red bitch, named Zeidgeist’s Frolic. She was not weaned but I was to pick her up at the ’76 Chicago Specialty which was also when Wally and Mary Jones picked up their first show dog . I showed her as a puppy and she got all of her points but needed a major to finish and I planned to get that major after she had her litter.
CH Moffett’s Harvest ROMX, sire of my brood bitch, Zeidgeist’s Frolic and owned by Knolland Farms.
Zeidgeist’s Frolic, Harvest daughter, dam of Boondox “A” litter
Since I was so enamored of Choo Choo and other Lionel offspring, when I bred her, I chose to breed her to CH Karlstadt’s Lionel ROMX who was being shown by Hannelore Heller for co-owners Dee Hutchinson and Miriam Solsberry . Lionel was a gorgeous boy with a great outline, but not quite as good in front as I wanted later. He had a great head, beautiful neck, straight topline and nice rear. His front could have been set back further and the neckset was a little forward as well. Lionel’s father had that great front and I hoped that it could be passed on. The dam, Tatum, had a nice front as her mother and father did as well, but not a nice rear. This was my first litter and I wanted to see what is passed on by the parents to their offspring and whether these traits were passed on down the line.
CH Karlstadt’s Lionel ROMX, owned by Dee Hutchinson and Miriam Solsberry, sire of Boondox “A” litter
The litter was born on July 7, 1978 and consisted of one male and six females. This was quite an experience for me, since this was the first litter of dogs I had raised. I got along great with the puppies until they came up with parvo when they were about three months old and I lost the male and a black and tan female.This was before parvo was named and so that was a big surprise to most Dachshund people. I sold most of the puppies to pet homes, but liked three pretty well: Amanda, Annie and Anka (Tinker). Amanda went to a pet home so I never saw her as an adult, but I kept Annie and she, in my opinion, was very nice everywhere except the front I wanted to achieve. She was a nice bitch who really stood over a lot of ground and always looked great looking around. Unfortunately, she had a poor temperament and looked great because she was always scared someone was going to grab her!! This was my first time dealing with that temperament and I decided then and there that temperament needed to stay far away from my show dogs as it made it impossible to really show them. I sold her to Nancy McCue where she did produce one Champion male, sired by Choo Choo’s brother.
CH Boondox Anka v Zencor winning a BV from the Open class at a Specialty weekend. Owned by myself and the Mays family.
CH Boondox Anka v Zencor winning a BOS-V/BOS-B at a DCA weekend in Denver Colorado. She was a great bitch and one I was proud to breed.
As a class dog. she was a Specialty BB winner at the SW Ohio DC and a multiple Group placer. As a Special, she was a Group One winner, Group placer and a Specialty BB winner and a multiple Specialty Winner, including a Specialty BOS during the National weekend in Denver in 1980. She also got a Group placement under Judge John Cook which made me very happy as I had never shown to him before, but the Mays always did well under Mr. Cook. After seeing Tinker, Mr. Cook wanted to meet the breeder and , after meeting him, we became very close friends. As a Judge, I certainly did not agree with all his placings, but I certainly kept them in mind as I showed and kept my next generation of winners.
I bred Tinker one time and had some nice puppies, but right after she whelped, I lost her mother to epilepsy after she started having seizures. I was totally surprised in losing her and asked local breeders if the breed had epilepsy. I was told that her maternal grandfather passed it on and it was really evident in this dog’s offspring. Thinking this over, I decided then and there that I would not pass on such a malady that did not even show up until the Dachshund was five years old. I did not breed her mother, Frolic, or Tinker again . It was a hard choice but one I had to make. It really hurt.
In looking at this issue, I saw that the front I liked and needed was passed on as long as both parents carried that front. That front made them move like they should and made the look like I wanted from the side. Seeing that front that Tinker had moving around the ring with the beautiful layback and free flowing, reaching movement that really covered ground showed me what I wanted in Dachshunds and seeing that these properties were passed on so easily made me realize that front and rear and general look would be what I presented in the Dachshund ring. No matter what they said about my dogs, I knew I always wanted to produce that big fronted, long backed and necked, short hocked Dachshund in the Dachshund ring and knew after this litter that I could produce it if I kept those things in mind.