Romandachs Champions of 2004

Romandachs Champions of 2005

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International Jungsten CH Romandachs Indiana Girl MWCP
CH Romandachs Son Of The Wave MWP x Romandachs Chocolate MNM MS

"Indy"
Indy has already went Reserve to a 4 point major in her first show
at just 6 months, 1 week. She is a pretty bitch and one of three
very nice bitches in her litter. Indy has her first 4 points.
FLASH!! Indy got her first major under Betty Stenmark at the Wentzville, MO shows
the last weekend in January. She now has 10 points!

Indy's first litter kids, Lady Di, Stoney and Coal are pictured below.

Indy's sister Madison
Romandachs Madison V Sherricks MW

CH Romandachs Son Of The Wave MWP x Romandachs Chocolate MNM MS
 is now owned by by me and now has 14 points toward her Championship.

She needs 1 single point to finish her Championship!
She is a Beautiful Girl!!

Pictured above picking up her second major a 3 pointer while at the
Columbus, IN shows, Sept 2007. Madison has been shown on a very
limited basis and has done very well. 
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CH Romandachs Romancing The Stone MW
CH Romandachs Bacardi MWCP x CH Romandachs Indiana Girl MWCP
Stoney is an AKC CHAMPION Now!!

Stoney
FLASH!!!! I took Stoney to Two Specialty Shows in Ohio on September 7th & 8th
and an All Breed show on September 9th. He picked up 3 MAJORS and
13 points toward his Championship (An AKC Championship requires 15 points and 2
Majors from at least 2 seperate judges) Stoney needs 1 single point to finish his Championship!!

Here he is the first day getting a 4 point major under judge Neena Vancamp
He got Best of Winners

I have been showing Stoney strictly in the Bred-By Exhibitor Class.

Here he is getting his 5 point major under Susan St. John Brown
He got Best of Winners and Best Bred-By in Specialty Show.

At the All-Breed show the major broke in Wire Dogs but that didn't stop
Stoney, he went Best Of Breed/Variety, Best Of Winners over two specials
to get a 4 point major under June Penta.

I got LOTS of compliments on him!
 

Solo needs 4 single points to finish his Championship.
This is Solo, I took him to the Specialty shows in September. It
was his FIRST shows and I didn't expect
 him to do much since he is still a puppy and needs to mature.
Solo took a 4 point major.

I am Sooooo proud of him, he was shown in the Bred-By Exhibitor class
 

FLASH!!
CH Romandachs Son Of The Wave MWP
Dylan gets an "Award of Merit" at the Alabama Dachshund Club specialty, a
show for DCA (Dachshund Club of America) 2006 in Pine Mountain, GA.
MANT Thanks to my BEST Friend, Mentor, co-breeder of the litter
and Dylan's handler, Sherry Whitt.

I am SOOOO Proud of him!!!

Of course MANY Thanks to breeder judge Ann Harrison for taking note of and awarding
the AOM, based on what she saw in Dylan.

Dylan takes a Best of Opposite Sex to Best of Variety at the Columbus, IN
Dachshund Specialty under Canadian Breeder/Judge Guy Jeavons, then he went on to take
Best of Opposite Sex to Best in Specialty Show!! Excellently handled by co-breeder
Sherry Whitt. I can't THANK her enough!

Sherry owns Dylan's sire CH Duchwood's A First For Me MS, Crosby.
She bought him, showed him, campaigned him and then selectively chose
dams that she felt would further promote him in the Dachshund world.
She has gotten NOTHING but Grief from Crosby's breeder. Sherry was
put down heavily and openly on internet forums for doing this breeding, yet this breeding
and the Champions finished out of this breeding made Crosby a #3 Top Producer
for 2004. There were 5 puppies in the litter and 4 that went on to get their
Championships all of which were Owner/Breeder or Owner Handled.

Sadly, Dylan at 4.5 yrs of age is completely blind from a hereditary disease
afflicting dachshunds, which is PRA. Progressive Retinal Atrophy is a Simple Recessive
disorder of which Dachshunds do not have a DNA marker to identify the disease in
our breed. I am working with Michigan State University in hopes of finding the markers
for PRA in Dachshunds. If we can find the markers, we can, over time, irradicate the disease.
We need affected dogs to donate blood samples and cheek swabs to Michigan State.
The more samples they have the greater chance of finding the genes causing the problems.
If your Dachshund goes blind or starts to have vision problems, take it to a Vet Opthamologist
qualified to do Eye CERF exams, find out if it is PRA. If your dog has PRA, it will eventually
go blind, if it lives long enough. Some hae late onset PRA, others have earlier onset PRA. Even
Dylan's PRA is considered late onset, His Grandfather, Milo (Dominos Texas Livewire MW) has
PRA as well. On April 1 2008, he will be 9 yrs old and although he has some vision problems
which are hard to detect (I only notice because I know he has considerable retinal degeneration
based on an ERG exam. Why Milo continues to have vision at almost 9 yrs of age and
Dylan is completely blind at 4.5 yrs of age is currently unknown.

Update: 11/2009 Although Michigan State University has no idea WHY Dylan went

Blind, though SARDS was suggested, it is no longer believed that he suffers from the

Hereditary Disease of PRA. Dylan is NORMAL or "CLEAR" for the RPGRIP1 or

Cord1 Disease.  I have done extensive inbreeding with Dylan to try to Produce PRA Affected Puppies, 

not to mention the breeding and line breeding which had been done prior to

him going blind and before I knew he had vision problems. ALL of my dogs have had extensive

eye testing for the past 4 yrs, NONE have been diagnosed with PRA or have become Blind, even the inbred

Puppies we produced in which half should have been affected with PRA, had Dylan's disease been actual PRA.

Milo had also been diagnosed with PRA at the same time Dylan was diagnosed with PRA, there was NO DOUBT

that both Dylan and Milo had extensive retinal damage to their eyes, Yet Milo continued to see, even in a

Pitch Black room when his retinas were so deteriorated, Simon didn't know why he could still see. My dogs went

through yearly CERF Exams, given by Simon Peterson Jones at Michigan State, as well as, ERG Exams, 

RetCam Exams (Pictures taken of the retinas of each dog). One puzzling aspect was that Milo retained

obvious Arterial Blood Flow to his retinas, though the vessels were smaller than normal, with PRA,

the death of the retina is caused by the death of Arterial Blood Flow to the Retinas. Thus again, Simon stated 

he did not believe Milo had PRA based of the fact that he still had blood flow to his Retinas and obviously

still had vision at 10.5 yrs of age. Milo passed away last Sept, 01, 2011 at 11.5 yrs of age, with Vision.

Both Dylan and Milo had such extensive damage to their retinas that Simon stated there would be

NO WAY to know for sure what had caused their degeneration because, when the damage is that

extensive- regardless of the cause, Ophthalmologist will automatically diagnose PRA. When

doing the retCam exams, Simon noted that a few of my dogs had asymmetrical retinal

degeneration, which is definitely not associated with PRA, but some serious acute illness

that had damaged their retinas for unknown reasons. Based on the extensive testing, it is believed that

My dogs DO NOT suffer from PRA, thus, they do not have a Hereditary Disease of their eyes.

FLASH!!

Romandachs Return To Cinder NW JE ROM
**NOW an ROM (Register Of Merit)** and Eligible for her ROMX
(Click Image for Cinder's Pedigree/Info page!!)

Cinder qualifies for her ROMX, I just have not sent in her paperwork to make it official!!

Her son, Dylan, went BOS to BISS at the above Specialty Show which is the same

show weekend that his Piebald Sire did the same thing a few years earlier!

Cinder tied for #3 Top Producing Wire Brood Bitch in 2005!!!

I am SOOOO Proud of her and her offspring!
 

Please sit back and enjoy your visit. These guys are a Labor
of Love that I have shed MANY tears over the past few years
in getting where I am at, they are The Future of Romandachs
and a Dream come True!
I HOPE you enjoy!!!
Names can be clicked for pedigrees.
(eventually)

If you want to see more pictures, please go to my "Photo Album"
located Here: http://romandachs.com/pics
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Shay Shay, the foundation bitch for my Piebald Breeding Program, This is
Shay with her 3 daughters from her ONE and ONLY registered litter.

Rosie, Shay, Maggie and Cinder
Maggie is the only Champion of the litter, she is a Canadian and American Champion, she has
2 Champion Offspring.
Rosie has a 5 point major and a 3 point major but HATES to show. She has 2 Champion Offspring.
Cinder has 1 single point, she got her Junior Earthdog title in one weekend, She has her ROM
(Register of Merit) and Qualifies for her ROMX (Register of Merit Excellent) She was the #3
Top Producing Wire Brood Bitch in 2005 and has 5 Champion Offspring and counting!!

A Little Romandachs History

I started breeding in 2001, and in that time I have bred the following:

CH Romandachs Romancing The Stone MW

CH Romandachs Indiana Girl MWCP
CH Englelong-Romandachs Keepin' The Faith MS New Champion in 2006!
CH Romandachs Bacardi MUCP New Champion on 12/18/2005
CH Sherricks Bold-N-Beautiful MWP New Champion on 11/13/2005
#10 Romandachs Home Bred Champion to date.
CH Romandachs Just Henry MSCP New Champion on 05/29/2005
owned and loved by Sandra Noe. He is the 9th Homebred Champion for Romandachs.
CH Romandachs Ridin' The Storm Out MSP New Champion on 05/22/2005,
8th home-bred Champion, 3rd Champion Offspring for Cinder
CH Romandachs Unleashed MWCP New Champion on 02/12/2005,
7th Home-Bred Champion, 2nd finished out of Bred-By classes and 2nd
Champion Offspring for Rosie.
CH RomandachsWaitin' On Joe V Sherricks MWP New Champion on 12/12/2004
CH Romandachs Trouble From The Start New Champion December 3rd, 2004
Oliver was co-bred with Sherry Whitt. Proudly owned and Handled by Kim Ragsdale.
Oliver is a littermate with Dylan and is the second Champion for his Dam Cinder.
CH Romandachs Son Of The Wave MWP New Champion on June 21st, 2004.
Dylan is my 4th Homebred Champion. Co-Bred with Sherry Whitt of Sherricks Dachshunds.
CH Englelong Sweet Charity MS Bred By Betty Adams and Pearl Dilg,
Shown and finished by Marty Roach, up in MN. June 19, 2004
CH Englelong Ozzie MS Bred By Betty Adams, Shown
and finished by Marty Roach, up in MN. June 18, 2004
CH Romandachs Lil Texas Tumbleweed MWP, New Champion
on May 15, 2004 out of the Bred-By Exhibitor Class. Milo, Tweed's sire,
 has two Champion Offspring that finished the SAME day. (See Maggie below)
FLASH Tweed will be going to the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship
in Tampa, Florida January 2005. He is the ONLY Piebald Dachshund invited to the show!!
CH Romandachs Goodtime Charlie MS -Finished his Championship 11/08/2003,
He has several very nice offspring out of Cinder and Now Rosie. Charlie is my
First Home-Bred Champion.
Can/Am CH Dominos Sweet Magnolia  (American CH on 05/15.2004)-
Maggie may not carry my kennel name but I STILL bred her
and Melissa Keshlear was the co-breeder.
Rosie, A littermate to the Above, has a 5 Point Major and a 3 Point
Major.....Rosie has Two CHAMPION Offsring
(Oslyn, who was the ONLY puppy in the litter and Keith) Several others look very promising.
Cinder, Another littermate to the above, has 1 single AKC point and has Produced several show quality offspring. 

(CH Stormy, CH Lynsey, CH Dylan, CH Oliver, CH Bacardi)

I have bred 15 (7 white or white factored) Champion dachshunds and
8 CH pointed Dachshunds, 3 of which are Piebald or Irish Spotted carrying Piebald!!
I have finished 4 Champions which were not of my breeding and I have a
couple more CH pointed. I have a few others out in show homes that have
not entered the ring yet, and I have a few babies waiting in the wings for maturity.

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