Testimonials

We drove six hours to pick up Poppy and it was worth every mile. Melissa had her on a routine already — crate, potty schedule, the lot — and sent us home with a folder of everything she had done. Our vet asked which breeder we used and wrote the name down.

Rusty is the third Dachshund we have owned and the first that came to us already used to being handled. He lets us brush him, clip his nails and check his teeth without a fight. That is not luck — that is somebody doing the boring work for eight weeks before we ever met him.

I lost my wife in the spring and my daughter thought a dog might help. Gus has not left my side since October. Melissa called twice in the first month just to see how we were getting on. I did not expect that from a breeder.

Everything was as described — coat, size, temperament, all of it. The only thing I would flag for other buyers is that the wait was longer than we first hoped, about five months from deposit to pickup. Melissa was upfront that she would not rush a litter, and honestly I respect that more now than I did then.

Nobody warned me about the burrowing. Winnie has claimed every blanket in this house and sleeps under the covers like a mole. She is the funniest, warmest, most ridiculous animal I have ever lived with and I would take another one tomorrow.

I work twelve-hour shifts and I was honest with Melissa about that. She did not try to sell me a puppy — she asked about my schedule, my neighbours, my back-up plan. When she finally said yes I felt like I had passed something. Sadie has been the best part of coming home for two years now.

The coat was what worried me — I had heard long-haired Dachshunds are a full-time job. Melissa had already started brushing him before we collected him, and she showed us exactly how on pickup day. Ozzie sits still for it now. Our groomer says he is her easiest client.

Three generations under one roof and Clover somehow belongs to all of us. My mother is 81 and this dog is the reason she gets up and walks the block every morning. Worth far more than we paid.

We had her flown to us and I will admit I was a wreck about it. The health certificate, the crate and the flight details all came through, and the airline staff commented on how settled she was. My honest gripe is the week before travel — I chased twice for the flight confirmation and it came late enough that I nearly rebooked my own day off. The puppy was flawless. The scheduling was not.

My biggest question was whether a Dachshund would settle with our cat. Melissa's puppies grow up around other animals and it showed — there was maybe a week of nonsense and then they worked it out. Pickle now naps against him.

The paperwork was thorough — registration, microchip, vaccination record, the health report, all of it in one folder. I am the sort of person who checks, and everything checked out. My only gripe is that I had to ask twice for a copy of the sire's OFA certificate, though it did come.

Bramble came from Melissa in 2019 and Fig came from her last year. Same steady temperament, same good coat, same honest conversation before we committed. That kind of consistency over that many years is the whole reason we went back.