Our kennel is located in St-Sauveur,
in the beautiful Laurentian region, in Québec, Canada. We are at
45 minutes driving distance north of Montréal, and 1 hour
driving distance East of Hawkesbury, Ontario. We breed
Miniature Smooth Dachshunds ( teckels ) . Due to the
presence of the recessive gene for Long Hair in some of
our bloodlines, we also have occasionally some of these
available. Our dogs are Purebred,
Canadian Kennel Club (C.K.C.)
registered and so is our kennel name, FOOTLOOSE. We are
members of the
C.K.C. and also of the
Eastern Canada Dachshund
Club (E.C.D.C.).
We are a small home-base,
family type of kennel; therefore, we just produce a limited
number of litters, (1 to 4 per year). Our brood bitches are
never bred before their 2nd heat (sometimes even 3rd
or 4th), and they produce only in average, every
second year. We enjoy participating in Dog Shows (conformation)
with our dogs/puppies and we have obtained the Canadian
Championship certificates on most of our breeding stock. We
strive to produce good healthy companion puppies (pets) and
occasionally, we have some breeding/show quality puppies also
available. Our dogs produce the following colours: Black and
Tan, Chocolate and Tan, Red, and Sable. Our males are also
available at stud to approved bitches/kennels.
Even though our love for
“Hounds” has always been there, having owned since childhood
different breeds of that group, our breeding has evolved with
time. We first started in 1983, breeding Beagles for hunting and
conformation shows for many years. After a little break of a few
years, due to my going back to school and beginning of my new
career, we then passed to Miniature Dachshunds in early 2004.
This whole venture actually started with the adoption, for my
daughter, of a little
Smooth female in 2001, known as “Winnie”.
With owning this little gal came back the fancy for showing and
breeding dogs again, and it is in March 2004 that we eventually
produced our first litter of Miniature Smooth Dachshunds.
At our beginnings, Beverly Candline and her (late) husband
David, long time Dachshund breeders, were kind enough to give us
lots of advices and encouragements. Their “mentoring” was and
still is precious to us, and for that, we are very thankful. It
helped us establish some good bases for our breeding stock, to
which we have added a few more females and a male from other
kennels over the years.
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