A few months ago, Dan Harrison started posting (to Facebook) some pictures of great dogs from the Golden Age of Dachshunds, which led to a series of questions concerning the Top Winning and Top Producing Dachshunds of all time. It became obvious to a few of us that there was nowhere we could go to get the answers we were seeking. There seemed to be a need for this type of information to be available in an easy-to-access way.
In mid-November, we started planning and working on such a place. It is this website, filled with information on our breed’s abilities in all venues open to competition, and it celebrates the accomplishments of the breed’s best along with the people and kennels who truly had such a positive influence on the Dachshund breed.
We quickly realized that this site was always going to be a work in progress. Its success depends on everyone feeling they have a vested interest in making it as accurate and as comprehensive as possible. In other words, we want your feedback and we want to know where we need to add things, what subjects you want covered and whether our information is accurate.
Look around and check your dogs’ pages in the ROM section and see if we have listed all the offspring. Feel free to send us a picture for the page as well as a short bio (please keep it at under 250 words). Look at the Top Producers list and see if there are missing CHs that you can add. The DCA pages are under construction, but plans are for there to be pictures of Reserve on up for every DCA for which we can find the information. Roam around the performance sections and see the accomplishments recognized…there will eventually be pages for each OTCH, MACH and CT Dachshund. What notable kennels and breeders do you want to know more about? Please, we want this to be an interactive site and we will depend on your feedback to let us know what everyone finds informative and useful.
Look around and see what we have in store, but remember, it is still under construction. We will be anxious for your feedback, but please be patient, as this is just the beginning!
Bob Bray
Fran Colonna
Jeff Dionne
Karyn Dionne
Tracy Freeling
Dan Harrison
Dawn-Renée Mack
Jennifer Megginson
Jeanne Rice
Cindi Todd
Joyce Warren