Standard Longhairs from Rose Farm : As Good As They Get?
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Dee Hutchinson awarding CH Delldachs Rolls Royce L ROMX BV at DCA for owner Bev Kelly Dodds
In the early 1970’s, when Dee Hutchinson’s friend, Sheila Ledbetter, decided that she wanted a Standard Longhair Dachshund to own, Dee Onthank Hutchinson purchased a nice Standard from Eunice Huffman of South Carolina and that was Dee’s entrée into the last Variety of Dachshunds that she hadn’t started on yet. In starting so late and with such a well-bred bitch, her knowledge brought her to the fore of the Variety very quickly. Eunice had just bred the twice DCA BB Longhair (’75, shown by Bobby Fowler, and ’76, shown by Bev Kelly Dodds) CH Delldachs Rolls Royce ROM and another one, CH Delldachs Bentley L was ’77 DCA BB as well, so she was on quite a roll. However, selling this bitch to Dee gave the Rose Farm Kennel a great shift in Longhairs, especially when Dee saw how well the puppies started doing in the ring. This B&T Longhair bitch, Delldachs Blackberry Girl, was a full sister to CH Delldachs Bentley L (BB at DCA 1977 for owner Mrs. Alan Robson, shown by Bobby Barlow) since both were sired by CH Han-Jo’s Ulyssis L ROMO and out of Delldachs Mercedes Benz L who was a full litter sister to CH Delldachs Rolls Royce L as these littermates were sired by CH Bayard le Cardinal ROMX and out of CH Pegremos Favorita L ROMX who also was WB at the 1970 DCA for owner Eunice Huffman. Looking at all these DCA winners so closely makes us understand how these stars produced dogs that made even MORE winners at future DCA’s.
Mrs. Ledbetter kept Blackberry Girl as a pet, but Dee got to breed her once and what a difference the Delldachs Blackberry Girl offspring made to the Longhair variety in the coming years. From this litter, so many DCA winners came and came so often that it was almost useless trying to keep track of them. The only breeding of Delldachs Blackberry Girl was one made to CH Trailblaze’s Red Baron who also was out of DCA winners (his maternal and paternal granddam, CH Hasten Bayard Marianne was WB/BW at the ’68 DCA, shown by Tom Coen) and the offspring kept by her were CH Rose Farms Ginger Girl L ROMX, owned by Dee Hutchinson, and Rose Farms Black Berry Buff L ROMO, owned by Dee and myself. Dee finished Ginger Girl herself at the larger East Coast shows and she is pictured on the page here looking great, but Lardi (or Lardass as Black Berry Girl was called as a puppy) was a portly smallish bitch with a great front and rear, beautiful head and neck and gorgeously set under herself. She literally was one you could never set up wrong as her legs always went to the right spots on the body and she always managed to look terrific no matter the setting. These two made quite a contribution to the Rose Farm line and got Dee into the Major Leagues in the Standard Longhair variety in a very quick fashion. Personally, Rose Farms Black Berry Buff L was one of the best producers that I ever had at my Boondox Kennel.
Dee Hutchinson awarding CH Kemper Dachs Bad Habits ROMX BV at a Specialty for owner Charles Baris (co-owner John Hart)
After finishing Ginger Girl, Dee bred her to CH Kemper Dachs Bad Habits ROMX, owned by Charles Baris and John Hart, a dog she had given a specialty to in Virginia and he was a dog that Dee was quite an admirer of. Looking at Ginger’s list of Champions, the quality Dee looked for was there, right from the start. Dee Hutchinson always wanted a Dachshund who stood over a lot of ground, held its stack, looked great from the side and was good coming and going. Dee usually got those things and, when I came along, I wanted a great front, well set under and carried well back on the body and a beautiful neckset and head along with what Dee wanted and so between the two of us, we had what the Dachshund breeder-judges and the all-rounders were wanting in our Breed.
CH Rose Farms Merrakesh Express L ROM
In that first Bad Habits/Ginger Girl litter, there were five Champions, starting with two sons, CH Rose Farm’s The Senator and CH Rose Farm’s Merrakesh Express ROM. The Senator was named for, I understand, Mrs. Ledbetter’s husband who was running in 1980 for a Senate seat in the Connecticut legislature. At this time, The Senator was owned by Peter Monks and Richard Luck and, when he finished, was acquired by Robert Hausloner and shown by Bobby Barlow, one of our more knowledgeable handlers, and he wound up being a Group winner on the East Coast. His littermate, CH Rose Farm’s Merrakesh Express ROM, who was a Westminster KV BV Winner and he was also a Group winner besides being one of Dee’s real favorites as well as being a top producer for Rose Farm.
CH Rose Farms Country Girl L ROMX
Their littermates were CH Rose Farms Short and Sassy L, owned by Carol Spritzer, who was a very nice producer for her, and CH Rose Farms Country Girl L ROMX, owned by Dee Hutchinson and myself, and CH Rose Farm’s Sweet Treasure L. All of these were Champions and two of these bitches were ones who produced even nicer Champions for their owners.
The next year, 1981, Ginger Girl was bred again to Bad Habits and produced two new Champions, CH Rose Farm’s Red Rock, another Group winner for co-owner Carol Spritzer, and CH Rose Farm’s Whopdedoo. These two litters presented seven Champions to the Rose Farm kennel and made Dee even more proud of these offspring!
CH B’s Javelin de Bayard ROMO winning BV from the puppy class at DCA under famed Breeder-Judge Dorothy Pickett for handler Jim Swyler
Ginger Girl’s litter sister, Rose Farm’s Black Berry Buff L ROMO, came here to Boondox at about nine months old and, as soon as she came out of the crate, I instantly fell in love with her head, neck, beautiful conformation and lovely movement. She came here as a ‘celebration’ of me finishing CH Rose Farms Choo Choo ROMX, but, in looking back, I think it was because she had a big knot in her tail and Dee was pretty much stuck with her. No matter what caused her coming to me, Lardi instantly became a large part of the Boondox kennel and I certainly NEVER regretted getting her from Dee as she became my most important producer. Her first breeding was to CH B’s Javelin de Bayard ROMO and it produced six males and two females. After the litter was produced, I took the litter to Cleveland for Dee to pick hers and she just walked over and picked the two bitches out and then we looked at the rest of the litter. I do have to say that was the joy of working with Dee as she always got what she wanted, when she wanted it, but I quickly did learn to live with that and, working around what she required, I wound up much better off in working with her and we always tried to make a better Dachshund for the Dachshund Fancy to appreciate.
CH Rose Farms Zesabel of Boondox L ROMO
That first litter of Lardi’s produced CH Rose Farms Boondox Spritzkof, a B&T son who was our first Longhair Champion as well as being Andrea Spritzer’s Junior Showmanship dog. The pictures of the very small Andrea showing the Standard puppy were great to see and to appreciate that the Judges knew what they wanted to award. Next were CH Boondox Beggar’s Banquet who was WD/BW at the Denver DCA Host Show in 1980 and CH Rose Farms Zesabel of Boondox ROMO who also was WB/BW at the 1980 Denver DCA. Zesabel was one that Wally, Mary and myself bought back from Dee after she was finished and she then produced 6 DCA Winners or AOM’s for us and, as beautiful as she was, she always produced better than that for us in every litter. Her produce included all of these DCA winners : 84 WD CH Boondox Indigo v Walmar ROM pending, 89 WD/BW CH Walmar’s Kodiak v Boondox ROMO, 89 WB CH Walmar’s KK v Boondox, 89 AOM CH Walmar’s Giggles v Boondox L ROMX, 89 AOM CH Walmar’s Kismet v Boondox and 90 WB CH Walmar’s Madge of Boondox ROMO.
Rusty was a Group placer and Zesabel was a Group winner and she was the first Standard LH Dachshund bitch to ever win a Group in the USA. Then, finally, there was CH Boondox Barnstormer, a red male, who finished easily shown by Hannelore Heller and so our first efforts in breeding Longhairs were pretty good for the Boondox kennel.
CH Rose Farms Dolly v Boondox L
The next Java/Lardi litter was again a nice mix of top-quality Dachshunds. Most important were CH Rose Farms Dudley v Boondox ROM who was a top special for Pete and Cherie Jensen, our friends from Iowa, and Dudley had many Group placements and Specialty Wins in the early 1980s. He also became a Top Producer for them as well. My favorite of all the Java/Lardi puppies was the B&T CH Rose Farms Dolly v Boondox who was an early Special for me. She started out winning five Best in Sweepstakes under five different judges even though we almost lost her due to another problem with Parvo as a puppy, but she bounced back winning a BV to finish, going over five Specials for another great major for her. She had some excellent Specialty wins and then was BOS-V at the 1984 DCA as her final win. Unfortunately, we lost her right after that win due to another bout with Parvo before we had a chance to breed her. In retrospect, Dolly was one of my cherished ones and was one I loved from her moment of birth. My friend, Thelma Moffet, said I named her Dolly after Dolly Parton and her big boobs, but that really was not the case although an excellent choice after seeing the bitch in person.
CH Rose Farm’s Xavier L
The last Champion from this litter was CH Rose Farm’s Delilah v Boondox ROMO who became Dee’s next great producer. After being bred to the Ginger Girl son, CH Rose Farm’s Merrakesh Express ROM, Delilah produced the Specialty and All-Breed BIS winner CH Rose Farms Xavier and the Top Producer and Top Junior Bitch, CH Rose Farms Lady of the Night ROMX and seven other Champions. Xavier was kept by Dee and was an early BIS winner who was built pretty spectacularly with a long, beautiful B&T coat and he really stood over a lot of ground. Dee had two nice studs in Express and Xavier, but they were not used much as Dee usually bred to Top Producers that were close to her and available. Also, in this litter was a bitch I sold as a pet to Clair Adkins, who was a huge backer of Lakeland Terriers and she was often a big winner at Montgomery Co KC and other large Terrier shows. She bought Rose Farms Maggie Red ROMX and started the Mayapple line of Standard Longs and her dogs were still being shown by Kim Haupt till now.
CH Rose Farms Hannelore Boondox L ROMX
Anyway, after this Lardi litter, Dee got disgusted as she could not lead break her new show puppy, CH Rose Farms Country Girl L ROMX (named Pammy when she came here and she had several namesakes through the years from the Boondox Kennel) and asked me if I wanted her. I, of course, said ‘yes’ and so got this very elegant bitch with a long level topline that she could make float around the Ring…IF she wanted to. It was a long hard trek to get her moving, but I soon did and, showing her without touching the lead, she never moved better or more sure of herself. When she finished, as she was Lardi’s niece, I bred her first to Java so we would have several of basically the same breeding to have to produce the qualities we had so far in the line of Rose Farm/Boondox. This first litter consisted of two fantastic bitches, CH Rose Farms Honey v Boondox L ROMX, owned by Lon Strauch and John Brading from Bloomington and CH Rose Farms Hannelore Boondox ROM who was DCA’s WB and BW and went on to produce CH Boondox Chaps L ROMX who again was a Top Producer as well as being an All-Breed BIS Winner, a Westminster Group placer and twice BV at the 92 and 93 DCA.
CH Rose Farms Orchid v Boondox L ROMO
In Country Girl’s next litter, we went to again my old standby, CH Gerolf das Zwerglein L ROMO, and got three standouts: CH Boondox Opium v Walmar ROM who was a top winning Special who was BOS at the 86 DCA held in Arizona, the most amazing CH Rose Farms Orchid v Boondox L ROMO who produced the greats, three times BV at DCA, (88,90 and 95) CH Boondox Shoney of Boondox L ROMO and my Favorite of all-time, CH Boondox Bermarg Treasure L ROMX, who was a tremendous producer, and finally the litter sister, Boondox Sunni O’Ember who, though unfinished, left a long line of Champions behind her as well. What a litter that one was. too.
CH Rose Farms Lime Soda ROM
CH Rose Farms Lady of the Night ROMX (Hooker) was the next bitch bred and she was a great Juniors bitch for Andrea Spritzer to show and win with. She produced several Champions for Dee and the Spritzer’s including the CH Gerolf das Zwerglein L ROMO sired Top Special, CH Rose Farms American Hero who was a big winner for Carol Spritzer in the Midwest as well as CH Rose Farms Lime Soda ROM was a nice producer for her new owners from the West Coast.
CH Boondox Umbra au Liebe L ROMO being awarded BV by Judge Pat Fellerman for owner Cheryl Snedaker-Sims
Finally, Dee realized that she hadn’t bred to my dog, Ch Boondox Panama Jack L ROMO (who basically was all Rose Farm breeding), and so she sent a bitch to breed to him and so I kept a bitch back and she too became yet another incredible producer, CH Rose Farm’s Boondox Essence L ROMX. She was a great show dog with several Group placements and was a fabulous mother who produced large litters, full of quality. In her first litter, bred to CH Boondox Yorktown L ROMX, she produced another record breaker, CH Boondox Umbra au Liebe L ROMO, who was the next all-time Top Producing Longhair female for her proud owner Cheryl Snedaker-Sims, CH Boondox Ubermensch L. WD at the 93 DCA weekend and the pretty great CH Unbelievable L for Wally and Mary Jones. The next litter was sired by CH Walmar’s Quo Vadis L ROMX and consisted of CH Boondox Ziggurat L, WD at the 94 DCA and exported to Australia as well as CHs Zachery L and Zinnia L. Finally, Essence produced CH Nadia as her last effort, but I remember Essence as a real people-pleaser that I was glad to show and own.
CH Rose Farms Chunky Monkey L and handler Carlos Puig
The last major DCA winner was a dog sired by CH Walmar’s Casanova L ROMO and out of a CH Bermarg Shoney of Boondox L ROMO daughter who was from Essence’s side of the family. He was CH Rose Farms Chunky Monkey L who picked up WD and BW at the 2000 DCA Show along with being Carlos Puig’s Special for the next few years. That was sort of Dee’s farewell to the Dachshunds, but it was a great ride for all who took advantage of it.
CH Rose Farms Lady of the Night ROMX winning BOS-V at Westminster KC under Judge Bob Stein for co-owners Andrea Spritzer and Dee Hutchinson
I have always been an admirer of Dee Hutchinson’s career in Dachshunds as, in my opinion, no one had her advantage in growing up with them and seeing so many great ones up close and personal. After reading about the records, it certainly seems to me that the success she had here really put all the other Varieties to shame. No one ever landed all these points, Varieties and AOMs from buying a pet, breeding it once and producing a couple of hundred Champions all coming down from the great Delldachs Blackberry Girl L. The two bitches, CH Rose Farms Ginger Girl ROMX and Rose Farms Black Berry Buff L ROMO, gave us the offspring that we used to get this Variety even further down the road and they kept these amazing ones coming throughout this time frame winning at all the big shows from Coast to Coast. Their quality was truly amazing.
CH Rose Farms Merrakesh Express L ROM being awarded BV at Westminster KC by Judge Joan Urban to owner Dee Hutchinson
These dogs produced Specials like CH Rose Farms Merrakesh Express L ROM, BIS Ch Rose Farm’s Xavier L, CH Rose Farms Zesabel v Boondox L ROMO, CH Boondox Panama Jack L ROMO, BIS CH Boondox Sting v Kanawha L ROMO, CH Boondox Yorktown L ROMX, CH Rose Farms American Hero, DCA BV Winner and BIS CH Bermarg Shoney of Boondox L ROMO, DCA BV winner CH Boondox Chaps L ROMX, CH Bermarg Treasure v Boondox L ROMX, DCA BV winner CH Walmar’s Quo Vadis L ROMO, DCA BV winner CH Walmar’s Casanova ROMO, DCA BV Winner CH Walmar’s Jezebel v Spritzkof and BIS CH Rose Farms Chunky Monkey L. This was back when the Longhair Variety was where THE top competition was and that was where these dogs made their reputation. I won’t even mention their Westminster reputation where these dogs won Variety after Variety and they were always there in the Group Ring to gather up those ribbons as well.
The number of Winners Dogs, Winners Bitches BOS-V and AOM at DCA was really more than you can possibly imagine and the local Specialties racked up by these Rose Farm bred dogs and bitches was really astounding. Their records were second to none and they certainly made the point that this was where the quality was.
CH Gerolf das Zwerglein L ROMO winning BV at the Westminster KC under Judge Jim Clark for owner Hannelore Heller,
The number of top producing CH Kemper Dachs Bad Habits ROMX, CH B’s Javelin de Bayard L ROMO and CH Gerolf das Zwerglein L ROMO daughters that these bitches produced and were available to share with anyone interested were different than I had seen before in my short time in dogs. There were so many choices to breed to that the best were always bred with the best and the higher competition really went forth from there. The resulting litters made for better and better choices among the best dogs and it took a lot of advancement to stay ahead of the competition here.
My hat is off to Dee Hutchinson and those two great bitches she had that no matter how good the quality was, a concentrated effort will get you even farther down the road. My hats are off to the great people who saw the difference and worked just as hard as Dee did to get better Dachshunds inside the Show Ring.
Dan Harrison
Dec 2021