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marz and tasha practice for track fest

2/21/2015

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Cliff Shrader and Jim White are looking forward to Track Fest in Texas next weekend!
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marz at HOME in the bayou

2/16/2015

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As the 2014-15 deer season closes I have to give a big shout out to this lil Wienie dog. Marz did one hell of a job tracking this year despite the fact never knowing what a white tail deer looks like are even smells like lol. It's been a hectic year for him from flying down to United States from Denmark on a plane 9 hours, a boat ride, and then living with Cliff Shrader and his gang for a couple weeks then finally moving in with his new family... what is now HOME and he couldn't be happier! Looking forward to track fest in a couple weeks and will see what Cajun Marz thinks about the crawfishing and gator hunting this summer! ~ Nick White, Louisiana
Nick is the son of Marz' owner Jimbo White. Thank you, Nick, for the awesome photo collage - GREAT JOB - and the wonderful comments! We are all happy to have Marz here in the US!
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WUTJCH KBHV2011 DECH VDH DECH-KLB Maxi-Tax Maroon Marstax, Best in Show -1, aka Marz
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aravella v nebelstein

2/14/2015

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Here is a dog that I am keeping tabs on. Aravella v Nebelstein, call name Peltsi, was born in Germany and imported to Finland by Pauliina Sjoholm. She is living and hunting with Ilse Kokkonen, the breeder of Marz. 

"Nebelstein" in Germany is synonymous with "hunting longhairs" and Peltsi's pedigree is quite interesting. Her paternal grandfather, the red Kobold von der Ilenkuhle and a father of German hunting champions, is also in the pedigree of Taya. And her maternal grandfather, the HIGHLY accomplished black/tan French dog Pegase de la Voute Azuree, is a great-grandfather of Teo.

Peltsi, who turned two in October and weighs 16-17 lbs., is pictured with her first raccoon dog.

All the Best to Peltsi and her people!
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a new home for viljo - and why

2/3/2015

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Photo by Laura Knoll
The short version is that I had too many dogs.

Yes. Though there were years in the past when I had twice as many dachshunds, that was then and this is now. Now, with just four dogs, I found myself feeling overloaded. Part of the reason was that three of the four dogs were under five years of age.

4.5, 2.5, and 9 months, to be exact.

A larger part was that all my dogs are energetic, intelligent, cooperative, and begging to work. The kind of dogs that I love to develop and train. So much potential! Too much, in fact, for the resources needed and available on my end.

Quality time has become more important than quantity of dogs. I want to do more with less.

Here is the longer version.

Deb Koch first wrote to me about a puppy in December 2012. They had an elderly beagle and were looking for another dog. Joe Koch had grown up with Dachshunds and wanted another. Deb did not think dachshunds were athletic enough for their active family. Deb's preference was a Golden Retriever.  Searching online, she came upon my website and saw photos of agile, athletic dachshunds with coats something like a golden. I received a nice email from her.

I didn't have any puppies but Deb kept in touch. About a year later, they were asked by a friend who breeds and exhibits Basset Hounds if they would consider a puppy born in a litter that wasn't supposed to happen. A visiting Cardigan Corgi male mated one of the Basset females and the breeder was paying all due diligence in finding good homes for the puppies. That is how Sophie became a member of the Koch family.

Still, Deb and I occasionally corresponded and I enjoyed the emails and photos.

In mid-September 2014, I imported six-months-old Teo from Denmark. Wow, what a bundle of energy and intensity with red hair! Determined to get his puppy training all in, I began working with Teo nearly to the exclusion of Viljo and Taya. After awhile, I realized that something had to give. I am not content having young dogs that I am not actively working with.

Deb's daughter Kristen was interested in becoming involved in dog sports. I looked at Viljo, thought about that, and looked at him again. Viljo is trained in tracking to the TD certification/test level. He was certified at a young age but never entered in a tracking test.

Viljo was also trained in agility to the Open level. He competed in his first Novice agility trials - both specialty and all-breed trials - during DCA week in Georgia two years ago. Those first trials also were his and my last when, due to pain in my knees, I stopped training and competing in agility.

Viljo is an active, exuberant dog who loves to train. He is friendly, fun, and likes people and other dogs. Housebroken, highly accustomed to crate, car, long travel, and hotels...I believed that Viljo would be a great canine partner for Kristen. After writing his breeder in Finland, Tia Eskelinen, to let her know what I was thinking, I suggested this possibility to Deb.

By then, their Beagle Milo was in his mid- to late-teens (birthdate not known for sure) and had become infirm. The Koch family was  very interested in Viljo but had their hands full with their oldster Milo and youngster Sophie. They wanted to meet Viljo but it would have to wait.

Unfortunately and of all times, Milo worsened Christmas Eve and had to be put down Christmas Day. It was a very sad time for his family. Deb wrote to me that they wanted Viljo to visit sooner rather than later.

It is dicey to plan an eight-hour trip from south-central Ohio through the Alleghenies and into the Poconos in northeast Pennsylvania in January! But we did and good fortune was with us. The weather for my travel was brightly sunny both ways. Two of the four days that Viljo, Teo, and I visited the Kochs it snowed but the dogs had fun playing in all the white stuff. We enjoyed fires in the fireplace while the snow fell. Watched a movie each night before, during, and after watching the dogs get to know each other and play. (Matt and Kristen had never seen The Incredible Journey, I had never seen Turner and Hooch or The Christmas Story, and it had been ages since any of us saw The Ugly Dachshund!) Kristen ran Viljo on a 350 yard track that I laid. We took Viljo and Teo for a long walk. Deb snapped a number of photos. We did a little shopping and a lot of talking. It was a great visit with a super family, during which time Viljo slowly but surely gave indication that he would become Kristen's dog.
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Kristen Koch and Viljo
So last week, Viljo stayed with the Kochs on a two week trial, though by the time I left it was more formality than anything else.

I plan to visit again this summer! It will be fun to see Viljo and his new family again!

Many thanks to the Koch family. To Jennifer Fry who kept Owl and Taya while I was away. And to Doris, Heather G., Kathy L., and Janet who worked for me Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday which were days that I was originally scheduled to work.

Links to more information about Viljo, and photos.

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superlative sun - and clouds

1/6/2015

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Tonight, I enjoyed one of the most spectacular sunsets of the 14 years I have lived here. It is so cold that I shot the photos through the patio door, which accounted for the only editing I did. Besides my signature, I cropped the photos a bit to get rid of the frame of back porch roof and rail. Otherwise, what you see is what I saw. I am glad that I can take and post photos instead of trying to describe something like this!

And I was thinking as I stood and watched, if it were not for clouds, the sun wouldn't look that good. An inspirational tidbit for Jan 6!  : )

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track #40 this season for cliff and tasha

1/3/2015

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Tasha made plenty of friends this morning. We had a great track and realized this is one of the reasons why we track. This was the first time that they got to watch a dog track! I think they are hooked! ~ Cliff Shrader, Louisiana
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I'm so pleased to be the breeder of Tasha, and that she is with you, Cliff. Great pictures and way to go, team Tasha. Lise-Lotte Schulz, Denmark
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on your mark...

1/1/2015

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...as we begin a new calendar year! Happy New Year, Everyone!
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new year, 'nother nice recovery

1/1/2015

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Tasha made some friends this afternoon. Steve was second guessing his shooting ability but Tasha proved he was right on the money. ~ Cliff Shrader, Louisiana
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Christmas greetings from russia

12/30/2014

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Received this nice Christmas card from Natalia Zav'jlova. The dog on the left is Sky Spirit Uverennost v Sebe aka Ugo.

Ugo, multi show winner and Group winner at the National Dog Show in St. Petersburg in August, has also won a diploma in work on fox (pictured in practice below). Ugo's mother, the Swedish-bred Ornbergets Amber is a granddaughter of Nick v Dorndorf!
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Christmas attic

12/29/2014

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Another great performance by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio last night! I could do with more music and less story-telling but TSO's Christmas Canon is alone worth nearly the price of admission to me! It was their traditional last performance of the tour which I am happy to say they ended on an awesome note!
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15 absolute wins for oslo

12/29/2014

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I posted congratulations to the Knoll Family for Seiko winning Absolute in Kirbyville, Texas on Saturday. But now an even bigger Congratulations to the Knolls for Oslo winning Absolute in Kirbyville on Sunday! For this is a special announcement on behalf of Stan and Oslo for an extra-special accomplishment. Yesterday was Absolute 15 for Oslo and it tied Ilsa's record for Absolutes won by a longhair. For that matter, very few dachshunds of ANY coat variety have been Absolute Winner (Best in Trial) at 15 field trials!

So all these years later, FC Ilsa v Dorndorf L becomes co-holder of that illustrious record - with her talented 10 year old grandson Oslo.

C@NGRATULATI@NS x 15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am very proud of every one and all of your awesome achievements!
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another deer for tasha

12/28/2014

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Nice deer! Great dog! Happy hunter! Wonderful photo!

Thanks so much for the good photo, Cliff!
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seiko absolute winner

12/27/2014

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With Stan Knoll handling, FC Seiko v Dorndorf L TD was Absolute Winner of 63 dachshunds at the field trial in Kirbyville, Texas today!

Congratulations to the Knoll family, how nice a birthday present for Tina!

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happy dog photo

12/26/2014

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One of Tero Ratinen's longhaired bitches working natural earth on badger and raccoon dog. Raccoon dog, a small species of canine with body size like that of fox, is not a species found in the US. Indigenous to East Asia, the raccoon dog was introduced into Latvia in 1948 and is abundant now throughout Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Happy Dog photo. A working dog is always happy. ~ Tero Ratinen, Finland
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Christmas card from the breeder of teo

12/25/2014

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Tia and the other dogs from Kennel Basotto wish You a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! ~ Inge Bruno Thomsen, Denmark
Thank you, Inge! The same returned to you and your household!

Teo sure has the look of his mother Tia in this photo of her. I am very glad to have him and I am thankful to you that I do!
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have a Wonderful Christmas

12/24/2014

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Thank You, Lord God, for the Greatest Gift the world has ever known, the gift of Yourself. To all my friends and family and everyone else, I wish a Wonder-full and Well-lit Christmas 2014!
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l@@k what kristen made and sent to me

12/23/2014

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I have made friends through my website and I am so glad that mother and daughter Deb and Kristen Koch are among them.

Kristen, Thank You x five!!!!! The ornaments are wonderful and I smile each time I look at them!
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happy hunting

12/23/2014

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There she goes!
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taya doesn't have a curl on her forehead...

12/23/2014

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...but she does have a cowlick!
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No, it wasn't me. I was not eating our brand new dog bed. It was...um...Viljo! Yes, Viljo was eating our brand new bed.
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teo at nine months

12/22/2014

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Basotto's Teo, imported mid-September from Inge Thomsen in Denmark, is nine months old now. I believe Teo's potential is enormous and I have started him in two different daily training programs. He learns very quickly and we are having a lot of fun!
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Yesterday I thought about how few photos I have taken of Teo so far. Today, then, with the warmer temp and the still-dry sky, we went out and took several. It is hard to get attention and take photos by myself so I fed the cat close by and that is what Teo is watching!
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nexus, by christian stock photography

12/20/2014

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Nexus has been living with his good friend Jennifer Fry in Columbus since September.  A few weeks after Nexus went to Jennifer's, Christian Stock met the two of them at a park where Christian took this wonderful photo! Christian posted it today on Facebook.
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During the fall, I had the pleasure to take photos of a very accomplished dachshund champion: DC Nexus v Dorndorf L TD JE RN VC BHP-G Wa-T LH. Not only has Nexus achieved a lot in competition, but he also has a wonderful temperament. ~ Christian Stock, Columbus, OH
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from david loring brown

12/19/2014

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Wishing you all a Merry and Blessed Christmas
Thank you, David. It is a beautiful card. Merry Christmas!
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lap time (again!) for nexus

12/15/2014

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Hanging out on the couch with the kids. Gretel loves her uncle Nexus. ~ Jennifer Fry
Thank you for taking such good care of him, Jennifer!
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oslo 3rd of 15 field champion males

12/13/2014

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Today in Kirbyville, Texas
Many thanks to Matt Leonberger for the great photo of Stan Knoll and Oslo!
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mars and tasha team up for recovery

11/29/2014

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Tasha, owned by Cliff Shrader
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Tasha's father Mars, owned by Jimbo White and DIane Webb
Tasha and Mars teamed up to recover another deer tonight. Tracking conditions were pretty tough as it was so dry the dogs would get dust up their snouts. ~ Cliff Shrader, Louisiana
Congratulations! to all of you on another successful recovery!
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