Boondox “B” Litter
Download this page in PDF formatAfter CH Rose Farms Choo Choo ROMX finished her American championship on February,1978, Dee Hutchinson (who co-owned her with me) sent me a Longhair bitch as a celebration. As someone who only wanted Smooths, I took the bitch and soon everyone in my family fell in love with her. I definitely did not want to breed Longs at all, but having this bitch who was small with, lots of hair, gorgeous head and neck, beautiful neckset and set of shoulders, well set back on the body, dead level topline, nice croup and extremely short square hock made it impossible for me not to breed her. She really had it all, but unfortunately had a big break in her tail and there was no coat to hide it. I showed her once and she lost so I decided to see what I could do breeding Standard Longhairs.
Here is Lardi with my cousin, Melanie, after winning Reserve Grand Champion at our 4-H Fair. Great day and my ONLY picture of Lardi!
CH Trailblaze Red Baron winning a BV under Dr. Gerda Kennedy with George Gomes for owner Mrs. Pickens. He is the sire of Lardi.
The breeding on this B&T bitch, Rose Farm’s Black Berry Buff L ROMO, was very interesting. Lardi, as I called her, was sired by CH Trailblaze Red Baron. Red Baron was a double grandson of CH Hasten Bayard Marianne who was Winners Bitch at a DCA and whose pedigree was an amazing blending of all these CH Bayard le Tartare ROMO offspring.
CH Han-Jo’s Ulyssis L, winning a Specialty BV under Judge Janet Wayock and handler Hannelore Heller. Great dog and gorgeous standing still or in motion. He is the maternal grandsire of Lardi.
The dam, Delldachs Blackberry Girl L, was sired by CH Han-Jo’s Ulyssis L ROMO, an outstanding Longhair who was the best mover I had seen in the Dachshund ring. He had a great front and an outstanding rear and passed them on to his offspring. Her mother was Delldachs Mercedes Benz L, a littermate to CH Delldachs Rolls Royce L a DCA BB winner in 75 and 76 and she herself was a littermate to CH Delldachs Bentley L, DCA BB winner in 77. When I bred her, I did not know she had this fabulous pedigree but as soon as I saw this litter and its quality, I knew what I had here. Her quality shown through in every litter and that quality was honed with each generation.
CH B’s Javelin de Bayard ROMO shown when he was Hannelore’s top LH Special. What a dog he was and had the best front that I had seen at that time.
Java winning a Group 1 under Judge Pat Hastings for owner Hannelore Heller. I am using this pic because may people say that Java was a small dog and , as you can see from this pic, he was NOT a small dog and looks big shown by Hannelore. Remember, he had very little coat and that size was all his.
At this time, I was helping Joe and Hannelore Heller show their dogs and really enjoyed the information I was picking up from them and realized that they had the best set of Longhair Dachshunds that I could use on any Longhairs that I owned. For this first Longhair litter, I picked out CH B’s Javelin de Bayard ROMO who was a VERY big Standard but who had that great front that Lardi had and who was pretty good everywhere else as well. I handled this dog at their motor home as he was always along and I saw his temperament and his attitude and really wanted that in this litter. My Longhair bitch was pretty good and so I hoped that this knot in the tail did not show up again in the litter. I hate to keep saying it, but I wanted that front and neckset to always be there in the dogs I showed as Boondox Dachshunds. That was what I was breeding for. Size wise, Java was bigger, but my bitch was small so I hoped her size would keep the size down on this litter.
With this litter,which was born on June 2, 1979, I looked at them long and hard from birth and stacked them and watched them walking around the ex-pen and soon decided that the best way to judge them was the way they stood and moved freely in the pen with their littermates and that you can tell that is how the dog looks naturally. I wanted that look and always chose the best stacking and moving ones to be the ones that I took to Specialty shows and finished. After much study, I found that this litter was VERY good. I loved every puppy from this bunch and tried to get them into show homes, but had little luck.
CH Boondox Barnstormer winning a BV for owner Christine Gwizdala. I liked this dog, but his front was not what I was breeding for.
First, I sold one as a pet and do not remember him at all except not quite as good in front as I required. Then, I sold Barnstormer to Christine Gwizdala who picked him up at a show and Hannelore finished him easily. He was not quite as good in front as the rest and one I probably would not have sold as a Show Dog in later litters. His front was just not there as an adult, but he was nice in many other ways.
Boonie and owner Andrea Spritzer winning Best Junior under Judge Mrs. Bishop. A real beauty, he had much to offer, but he was too closely related to all my Longhair bitches for me to use, but what a Juniors dog he was.
Andrea Spritzer, Ron and Carol’s daughter, bought CH Rose Farms Boondox Spritzkof who was the first Boondox Longhair to get points and was one of the first to finish. He was an outstanding dog who never put a foot wrong. He soon became her Junior Showmanship dog and was shown all over the country. He had a great head and neckset beautiful shoulder placement, great upper arm, good topline and , like his mother, Lardi, had a great rear that was really kind of unusual in the early 80s for Longhairs. As nice as he was, I don’t believe he was used in a breeding program.
When the puppies were about nine weeks old, I met DeeHutchinson and she came over and pick out the two bitches and another male that she had sold already to a show home. Many people get upset at this way of dealing with co-owners, but I have never had a problem letting them get back what they wanted when the breeder let me have a bitch such as Lardi. The end result was that she was happy with her puppies and I got her breeding into my kennel line. I always thought it worked out well.
Zesabel winning a BV at Met Washington DC for me and Wally and Mary Jones. She was great to show but was an even better producer.
Zesabel winning a Group One as the first Standard Longhair bitch in the USA to do this . Judge was Judith Fellton and I was the handler for myself and Wally and Mary Jones. Fun to show and loved everyone she ever met.
The male was Rose Farms Lance of Boondox who was bought by Nancy Upton and was a Specialty Winner and was almost finished when Nancy quit showing. Losing him was sad, but the pictures showed what a nice dog he was with his nice front and great head and level topline. Dianthe Gravelle bought the red bitch, Rose Farms Prelude and who also almost finished. She had many top qualities, but these were strong times in the Longhair ring and so she was unfinished. She might have been used in Nancy’s breeding program, but I am not sure. Finally Dee kept CH Rose Farms Zesabel v Boondox ROMO who finished as WB/BW at the 1980 DCA in Denver, Colorado. She was quite a show stopper in the ring and soon after the show, Dee decided to sell her. When I found that out, I told Wally and Mary Jones about her availability and so she soon was added back to the Boondox/Walmar line. Zesabel herself had a great neck and nice withers, shoulder and neckset with a GREAT rear which was very rare in the Longhair ring. She herself was a DCA winner and she produced six more DCA winners and was always a joy to be around. She herself became a Group One winner and was the first Standard Longhair bitch to become one in the USA.
Finally, I was left with CH Boondox Beggars Banquet who I sold to Mark Mays. What a dog this one was and he was a Specialty BV winner from the classes and was WD/BW at that DCA Weekend in Denver, Colorado. He had a great head, neckset , topline, front and rear with short hocks. Like his sister Zesabel, he was a great mover and covered ground very easily and was sound as can be coming and going. This is one I loved as a puppy and one I kept in my mind as what I wanted to breed as the years passed. He really never got the coat he needed to be a Top Special and as a result would not have been a big winner in the Specials ring.
After watching the litter grow up, I saw much I accomplished that I wanted to keep in my bloodline. Getting Zesabel back made that possible and her producing abilities made the Boondox/Walmar line always present and winning at the upcoming DCA Specialties. She was a great producer and always produced offspring that were better than herself in her weaker areas, such as front and topline, and always produced her strengths such as neck and rear. She actually was the first Boondox Dachshund to become one of the keepers of the next generation and she was well worth waiting for. This was the first dog I bred that really earned her place in my Boondox breeding program.
The males were all nice and a couple like Beggars Banquet and Boonie were of top quality, but were too close for me to breed them to any of my bitches. This is sad, but really typical of how we bred dogs back then as we kept our best bitches and bred them and rarely used any great males we had since there were actually so many good males with great fronts and rears to breed to. Trust me, those were the days to really understand how to breed a GREAT Dachshund!