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| Hi, my name is Krista Cogburn, welcome to Muirhund Dachshunds-formerly Mtn View Dachshunds. I wanted to make this page a personal introduction of myself and of Muirhund Dachshunds. If you don't mind reading all about me and my love for this smart and loveable breed that is so human-like, then this page explains how it all began. I got my first dachshund when I was 10 years old. He was a red smooth male, purchased for $50 out of the local newspaper and he had no papers. My family had grown up with mixed breed dogs and we wanted a purebred. I happened to notice the ad for him in the paper and begged my parents to "just go look". When we saw the litter of cute,red, smooth puppies we all reached for the same rusty colored puppy that went home that day as "Rusty". Rusty became my dog, as we formed an attachment I cannot ever explain. Rusty slept at the foot of my bed under the covers, laid beside me on the couch in his typical dachshund sleeping position, on his back, all four legs in the air. If anyone tried to rouse him from sleep and move him from his spot beside me they were greeted with a ferocious growl meaning, "leave me be for I am content". My whole family loved Rusty .We were so taken with his needing love like a human and his funny antics. He loved to dig and had one special hole he always dug in. He would dig and bark, dig and bark. No matter how many times my dad filled the hole in with old motor oil, sand, rocks, dirt, etc...he still managed to dig around it, and bark his way to China. Yes, we loved that little dog endlessly. When he was killed tragically by a car while we were on vacation, my dad buried him in his hole. A hole that would forever be filled with a dog who had stolen my heart and my family's hearts as well. It took us a long time to get over his passing, there was a hole in our hearts as well as a hole that now held my beloved Rusty. We did eventually own several more dachshunds through the years that we loved dearly, but no dog ever held the spot of my dear dog, Rusty. I have owned several breeds since growing up with dachshunds, but no breed has my heart like this loveable, little hound. I grew up with red dachshunds in smooth and in long coats. Sometimes I would see a black/tan and be enthralled over the fact that there was another color. Little did I know how many color varieties the dachshund has, more than any other AKC breed. I began breeding dachshunds in 2002. I was at a point in my life where I needed a hobby as I had lost my oldest child in 1997 at the tender age of 9, to Myocarditis, suddenly. This roller coaster of emotions with losing my child was a nightmare I wish on no parent. Your heart is literally ripped apart, as mine was long ago at the death of the first dachshund I so loved, much more so with it being my child.. Kelly has been gone for 10 years now, resting in the arms of Jesus and waiting with that first little hound I owned named Rusty, yet both have left footprints on my heart that can never be erased. . I want to thank my friend Cindy, of Coldwater Creek Dachshunds, for being the best friend I have ever had. I met Cindy in 2003 when I had just begun breeding dachshunds. She has been with me through times when I get down over Kelly, when I have lost a puppy, when I need a shoulder to cry on or a friend to just laugh with. Cindy helped me get into the dachshund breeding by giving me some of her puppies to start with and this has become a passion and an addiction that has given me alot of goals and dreams to raise the best dachshunds I can possibly raise. Before I met Cindy I had purchased several dachshunds that just did not cut the mustard for me in quality. I was frustrated with what I was finding that was supposedly breed quality but turned out to be pet quality. I ended up selling them to pet homes and starting over with some nice dogs I got from Cindy. During these times, Cindy has been my rock and I thank her from the bottom of my heart. Thank you, Cindy! Raising dachshunds is no easy task. It takes alot of hard work, homework, studying the breed, and hanging on when the roller coaster goes down and waiting for it to come back up. Many times I have wanted to throw in the towel as it has its downfalls such as buying bad stock, and those can come with worms, coccidia, ear mites, giardia, introducing it all into your kennel and causing you to invest in alot of money, sweat, and tears to treat all of your dogs and your kennel. Breeding can be rewarding but it can also be heartbreaking. I encourage everyone who wants to just breed a litter to please study all they can and to find out the many things that can go wrong. We put alot of money into the dogs. We feed them nice quality food, provide a nice kennel set up with heat and a/c for their comfort, take them to the vet for checkups, medicate, vaccinate, and de-worm as necessary. Many people wonder why our dogs cost more than the dogs in the newspaper and the reason is because we put alot of money into the breeders we buy that have nice healthy bloodlines, the puppies go home with a 1 year health guarantee against life threatening genetic diseases/disorders, all are UTD on vaccinations, de-wormings and well taken care of. We put the majority of our money back into the dogs for their upkeep. We do ask that you please study the breed to be sure that it is suitable for you and your family and to please responsibly spay/neuter your pet! This makes all the difference in the world and cuts down on adding more dogs unnecessarily to the shelters. We will take back any dog or puppy we have bred with no money owed to you if you feel you cannot take care of your loveable hound. I want to also thank my husband and my two daughters Kasey and Kari, for supporting my hobby and for being there for me. I also want to thank Jesus for carrying me everyday! Thank you for visiting with Muirhund Dachshunds and taking the time to read all about our love for this wonderful breed! Yall come back now and God bless! |
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