A little information about us.
| Frank & Marcia Aiello |
About The Aiello's
Aiello's Long Haired Dachshunds
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We are Frank and Marcia Aiello. We live in a small rural town, in the middle of no
mans land. No high speed internet, no cable, (but we do have a satellite for tv!). We
drive at least 45 minutes on the highway to any bigger stores (like Walmart or Kmart
or Kohl's, those are the choices), but we love it. We're surrounded by trees, we have
deer and turkey, and occasionally a black bear, or red fox stroll through our yard. We
see Bald Eagles, mostly in the spring during mating and rearing time. Elk too, they
are as large as a horse. Have one of those jump out in front of your car, WOW~!!
We've been married 31 years, have 3 grown children, all moved out, 1 married and
the other 2 almost (getting married this year 2008~both of them!) and our 1st
grandchild is on the way! Marcia is a Registered Nurse and works in the Intensive
Care Unit, the midnight shift. She loves it. Frank is retired and he takes care of all
the fur-kids while Marcia sleeps all day.
Our first dachshund was our 1st anniversary gift to each other, and we both wanted
to breed and show. Frank had a dachshund as a teen, and loved the breed. He
quickly had me hooked too. Then the children started coming, and we never did any
of those things we dreamed of back then. Children first, always. After the kids were
all moved out we had that empty next syndrome, so we started filling the void with
dachshunds. Finally we could pursue our dream!
I'm always researching about dachshunds, getting advice from our vet (who is
awesome!), other breeders, books and the Internet. We plan to start having our crew
DNA tested for hereditary genetic disorders. We started this adventure in Ernest in
2004 once we felt we had learned enough to safely bring new life into the world. We
have participated in a few AKC Conformation events, and would love to do more.
Our adult nephew who was our house/pup sitter when we were away has moved out
of state. That has made it more difficult for us to attend them recently. (Anyone
nearby interested in the job of pupsitter?) :) They all live in the house, are crate
trained, house broken (or working on it), have tons of toys and chew treats and
doggy beds all over the house.
Everyone of our fur-kids gets a microchip, are kept up to date on all vaccinations,
worming and flea prevention, and have a yearly health exam. Of course if anything
concerns us we go visit Dr. Bungard right away. He likes our dachshunds, he says
they are friendly and great to care for. He has referred people to us looking for a new
puppy. I like to get an x-ray a week before pups are due to know how many to
expect, and to see the size and know if any might be large (in the smaller mom's
especially) and hard to pass. I like to be prepared. This last time I thought to bring
my camera along and take a picture of it while on the back light, and share it with
everyone. Just click this link: to view the x-ray if your interested. I put another copy
of the x-ray with the babies circled underneath to help you see where they are
located in the picture.
We take the puppies in to the vets for their 1st vaccinations at 6 weeks of age and for
a complete health exam. I worm them with Nemex 2, at 2,4,6, and 8 weeks of age.
This on my vets advice of product to use and how often. I remove the dew claws
myself after I was taught by my vet how to do it. I still can't bring myself to inject the
microchips (And I'm a nurse!), the needles are so large I just cringe at trying. Silly
isn't it? I can do the Dews, but not the chips. My husband just thinks I'm silly. But he
won't do it either. I debated doing my own vaccinations, but dachshunds are prone
to having allergic reactions to them, esp the Lepto part of the mix. Dr Bungard adds
a tiny bit of IV Benadryl in with the vaccine, and has instructed me to give them
Benadryl liquid (1/4th tsp puppy, 1/2 tsp adult) at home every 8 hours for the 1st 24
hours. It has worked for us, I've never had a reaction in any of our dachshunds. We
feel more secure in their well being having him do them. It costs more. Oh well! The
sense of confidence we feel in their health with him doing them is priceless.
Puppies are kept in their whelping box for the first few weeks in a bedroom for
privacy (mine usually). The mom's are very protective, and need to feel that their
puppies are safe. Once they are moving around more, the whelping box is removed,
and an exercise pen is set up in the kitchen or bedroom where they will get daily
interaction and stimulation and room to toddle around. It's a nice 8 foot square, and
is perfect for this stage of their development. Room to walk around, play, potty
(hopefully in one area) and grow. Around 6 weeks I start letting them out of the pen
for short periods to roam around the kitchen. By 8 weeks they are bouncing around,
curious about the world around them, chasing each other, mom is playing tag with
them, & they are down to eating 2 meals a day, morning and dinner time. I feed all
our dogs a premium food, Canidea all life stages. I do feed the puppies Eukanuba
small breed puppy, it's very tiny kibble and easy to eat and digest. They go home
with a sample pack of the Eukanba puppy food, and a very nice plastic folder to keep
all their records in for life.
mans land. No high speed internet, no cable, (but we do have a satellite for tv!). We
drive at least 45 minutes on the highway to any bigger stores (like Walmart or Kmart
or Kohl's, those are the choices), but we love it. We're surrounded by trees, we have
deer and turkey, and occasionally a black bear, or red fox stroll through our yard. We
see Bald Eagles, mostly in the spring during mating and rearing time. Elk too, they
are as large as a horse. Have one of those jump out in front of your car, WOW~!!
We've been married 31 years, have 3 grown children, all moved out, 1 married and
the other 2 almost (getting married this year 2008~both of them!) and our 1st
grandchild is on the way! Marcia is a Registered Nurse and works in the Intensive
Care Unit, the midnight shift. She loves it. Frank is retired and he takes care of all
the fur-kids while Marcia sleeps all day.
Our first dachshund was our 1st anniversary gift to each other, and we both wanted
to breed and show. Frank had a dachshund as a teen, and loved the breed. He
quickly had me hooked too. Then the children started coming, and we never did any
of those things we dreamed of back then. Children first, always. After the kids were
all moved out we had that empty next syndrome, so we started filling the void with
dachshunds. Finally we could pursue our dream!
I'm always researching about dachshunds, getting advice from our vet (who is
awesome!), other breeders, books and the Internet. We plan to start having our crew
DNA tested for hereditary genetic disorders. We started this adventure in Ernest in
2004 once we felt we had learned enough to safely bring new life into the world. We
have participated in a few AKC Conformation events, and would love to do more.
Our adult nephew who was our house/pup sitter when we were away has moved out
of state. That has made it more difficult for us to attend them recently. (Anyone
nearby interested in the job of pupsitter?) :) They all live in the house, are crate
trained, house broken (or working on it), have tons of toys and chew treats and
doggy beds all over the house.
Everyone of our fur-kids gets a microchip, are kept up to date on all vaccinations,
worming and flea prevention, and have a yearly health exam. Of course if anything
concerns us we go visit Dr. Bungard right away. He likes our dachshunds, he says
they are friendly and great to care for. He has referred people to us looking for a new
puppy. I like to get an x-ray a week before pups are due to know how many to
expect, and to see the size and know if any might be large (in the smaller mom's
especially) and hard to pass. I like to be prepared. This last time I thought to bring
my camera along and take a picture of it while on the back light, and share it with
everyone. Just click this link: to view the x-ray if your interested. I put another copy
of the x-ray with the babies circled underneath to help you see where they are
located in the picture.
We take the puppies in to the vets for their 1st vaccinations at 6 weeks of age and for
a complete health exam. I worm them with Nemex 2, at 2,4,6, and 8 weeks of age.
This on my vets advice of product to use and how often. I remove the dew claws
myself after I was taught by my vet how to do it. I still can't bring myself to inject the
microchips (And I'm a nurse!), the needles are so large I just cringe at trying. Silly
isn't it? I can do the Dews, but not the chips. My husband just thinks I'm silly. But he
won't do it either. I debated doing my own vaccinations, but dachshunds are prone
to having allergic reactions to them, esp the Lepto part of the mix. Dr Bungard adds
a tiny bit of IV Benadryl in with the vaccine, and has instructed me to give them
Benadryl liquid (1/4th tsp puppy, 1/2 tsp adult) at home every 8 hours for the 1st 24
hours. It has worked for us, I've never had a reaction in any of our dachshunds. We
feel more secure in their well being having him do them. It costs more. Oh well! The
sense of confidence we feel in their health with him doing them is priceless.
Puppies are kept in their whelping box for the first few weeks in a bedroom for
privacy (mine usually). The mom's are very protective, and need to feel that their
puppies are safe. Once they are moving around more, the whelping box is removed,
and an exercise pen is set up in the kitchen or bedroom where they will get daily
interaction and stimulation and room to toddle around. It's a nice 8 foot square, and
is perfect for this stage of their development. Room to walk around, play, potty
(hopefully in one area) and grow. Around 6 weeks I start letting them out of the pen
for short periods to roam around the kitchen. By 8 weeks they are bouncing around,
curious about the world around them, chasing each other, mom is playing tag with
them, & they are down to eating 2 meals a day, morning and dinner time. I feed all
our dogs a premium food, Canidea all life stages. I do feed the puppies Eukanuba
small breed puppy, it's very tiny kibble and easy to eat and digest. They go home
with a sample pack of the Eukanba puppy food, and a very nice plastic folder to keep
all their records in for life.
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