Welcome
to Kiyana's Haus!
We are a very
small breeder of wire, smooth, and long hair miniature dachshunds in Central Florida. For now, we only have three females
for breeding, but will be adding a few more later in this year. Our puppies only come in solid and dapple patterns. I
am the first generation of my family to choose the dachshund breed, but my whole family has shared the common love of German
breeds. I had wanted a dachshund for 14 years when my husband decided to buy me my first dachshund for my first Mother's
Day. As they say you can never have just one, we have gradually bought more and subjectively decided to pick up my family
tradition of responsible dog breeding.
As of late
2007, we have decided to proceed with a 100% showing of our breeding smooth coat and wirehair dachshunds. We have recently
added a show results page to our web site, and will continue to formalize it later in the year as more of our guys make it
into the show ring. All of our show results will also be covered in our quarterly newsletter, and an occasional announcement
on our home page. Since only our smooth and wires will be showing in the ring, we have also decided to not further breed long
hair dachshunds after the retirement of the long hairs that are already a part of our breeding program.
All of our dogs are strictly raised in our house, and treated like a part of our family. They live
very active lifestyles with daily walks, soccer games with our family, and lots of fetching and tag. They have 24 hour access
to the outside so the games of tag never seem to end. We only feed our dogs Hill's Science Diet and Merrick's
Wilderness Blend dog food. We decided to do a 50/50 mix because one dog likes white meat while another likes red meat, so
the blend keeps everyone happy. They are pampered daily with filtered water (they will refuse tap water), lavender squirts
in their beds, yummy toothpaste (they love having their teeth brushed), and belly scratches. They are also pampered monthly
with complete grooming including handstripping, hair trims, oatmeal scrubs with tea tree oil, leg and back massages, and nail
cutting. They truly do live their own little lives of luxury.
My family before me has only bred
AKC dogs. For my own personal reasons, I have chosen to use Continental Kennel Club (CKC) as my main registry;
however, AKC registration is available with any of our puppies. While some will disagree with me, I do not see a club
affiliation as a determining factor in the quality of the dog; the breeder alone will produce a quality dog. We spend
a lot of time looking at and meeting studs in advance to perfectly match together a wonderful dog to join your family. We
take pride in the puppies that we produce and sell.
I once told a breeder that our dogs just let us live here,
and it's true! When you come to meet your new family member, you will notice that the dogs have run of the house. If you
find yourself like most, wondering how we came up with the name Kiyana's Haus, here's the short version. Kiyo and
Yana were our first two dachshunds. We married their names together since the third letter in Kiyo's name is the same
as the first in Yana's name. Haus was selected at the end because the dachshund is a German breed, and haus is German
for house. Hence, Kiyo and Yana's house.
You will find that our flexibility and personalized service will be
an enjoyable and memorable experience for you; we strive for each puppy sale to be an experience from our whole family to
yours, not just person to person. We like to see a relationship built between where the puppy is born and where the puppy
is going to live. We firmly believe that getting to know you and your family will help us better prepare you and the
puppy for the transition process. We openly listen to all of your concerns such as a particular feeding schedule
for an owner that may not work first shift, etc. We have even had a puppy that was bought for a birthday gift, and we offered
to be available during the night so that the parent could pick up the puppy after the child went to sleep, and the
puppy would be there in the morning when the child woke. If you have a special circumstance or situation, tell us so
that we can assist in any way possible.
Our commitment to our new, extended families goes well beyond the
completed sale of a puppy and includes a lifetime return policy for the puppy if something should happen. Without saying any
more, please feel free to browse my web site and contact me with any questions you may have.
