Hi, I'm Mel C.

We are a small breeder of short and long hair mini dachshunds. Our dogs live inside the home as part of the family. They have access to a large fenced yard on our property in the Hunter Valley located just outside Cessnock. We aim to breed healthy, well rounded puppies with great temperaments and conformation. …

Newborn & Planned Litters

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Breeding & Welfare
Health Practices
Home Environment
Documentation
Feeding
Physical Condition

Our Breeding Practices

Behaviour and socialisation

Our puppies are born and raised inside our home. They’re exposed to household sounds and smells as well as outside nosies in the environment and recordings. We start toilet training and introduce them to a crate, to help puppies transition to their new homes.

Health

All our breeding dogs and outside studs are DNA tested. Our dogs are fed a raw fresh food diet. We raise our puppies on a fresh food diet. Puppies are wormed, vaccinated, vet checked and treated for fleas and ticks.

Home environment

Our dogs spend their time inside and outside. Resting or sleeping in their beds or on the lounge, playing together or with their toys. They have access to outside in our large fenced yard playing, exploring or sun baking. Our puppies spend their time inside and outside. They have an area inside and outside with…

Included with our puppies

We provide new families with regular photos and video updates, so they can see their puppy grow. To help puppies transition into their new homes puppies go home with a puppy pack that includes toys, a blanket, collar, treats, food sample (if possible), folder with paperwork and information. You will also have…

Health Tests

Core Tests(1/2)

Dach of Pawfection (MDBA - Living Water) conducts 1 out of 2 core health tests which RightPaw believe are most important to conduct for the Miniature Dachshund.

PRA

Genetic Test

Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) in dogs is a type of genetic eye disease causing deterioration…

Additional Tests

Dach of Pawfection (MDBA - Living Water) conducts 4 additional tests available for the Miniature Dachshund.

Transportation options

Dach of Pawfection (MDBA - Living Water) will send their puppies to the following states for their new families:

All states (QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, NT, ACT & TAS)

Our payment process

We provide new families with regular photos and video updates, so they can see their puppy grow. To help puppies transition into their new homes puppies go home with a puppy pack that includes toys, a blanket, collar, treats, food sample (if possible), folder with paperwork and information. You will also have…

Getting your puppy home

Dach of Pawfection (MDBA - Living Water) supports the following options for getting your new puppy home safely.

In person puppy pick up

Meet the breeder in person for puppy pick ups

Ground transport service

Supportive of on-the-road pet transport by car or van

Domestic air travel by plane

Supportive of domestic air transport by plane

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About the Breeder

Mel C

Member since Oct 2022

A little about us

My dogs are my world. They get me through each day. I’ve always loved fluffy dogs and had a few as a kid. I fell in love with Labradors and became a registered breeder when I was 15. I bred Labradors for over 10yrs until I injured my back and found it too hard at the time. I had planned on returning but ended up…

Why we got involved in breeding

I wanted to breed dogs since I was a kid. I raised my first accidental litter when I was 13. I fell in love with the Labrador and I knew I wanted to breed them. In 2001 I got my first Labrador and became a registered breeder. The 10 years I bred them had amazing highs and some incredibly hard lows. But after my…

Our special touch

Our dogs are part of the family, treated like royalty and are we work toward high health outcomes.

Credentials

State registration

B001083947

Association

MDBA

Association number

31102

Prefix

Dach of Pawfection

Breeding since

2004

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