Golden Badger Kennels

Shelby is a female Dachshund 7 weeks old. Carefully selected as a great representative of her breed, Madison decided to make her part of their program. Madison has passed Good Dog’s screening process, which involved a review of their breeding practices, environment, and the mental and physical health of their dogs.

We are very excited to have added Houston to our home. Houston so far is a feisty little dog who goes out of his way to chase around the other Dachshunds. He has fantastic confidence already and no one is a stranger. He is still young so we are seeing how he grows out and matures. Once he's older we are going to see what all he enjoys to do! We plan to do conformation with him and potentially fast cat, barn hunt, and other fun things. Houston is out of some very accomplished lines so we have high hopes in finding something that he will succeed in. He will not be used as a stud until he is older, titled, and passed his breed relevant health testing.

We were given the opportunity of getting Higgins from a breeder who was retiring and we just couldn't pass it up! He is the sweetest and most gentle dog you'll ever meet. Higgins is a chiller dog who enjoys to spend his time hanging out at home. Although he does have moments where he acts like a young playful puppy. He is a great representation of the breed standard structurally. He doesn't have much interest in the show ring and that's just fine with us as we believe our dogs should enjoy what they do. We do still occasionally enter him in some smaller local shows but he spends most of his days enjoying himself at home. He is out of some accomplished lines with some influence of Russian lines on his sire's side. Higgins has been working towards some simple companion titles and farm dog. We hope to try to see if he enjoys some fast cat or barn hunt soon!

Molly was brought to us by our friends over at Red Prairie Retrievers for us to show her in conformation for them. They were gracious enough to let us lease her for a litter! Molly is a very outgoing confident little dog. No one is a stranger to her. Her first show with us she earned herself a 4-6 month puppy Group 1. Since then she’s been working hard and has earned a total of 8 points, she just needs her 2 majors to finish in AKC. Molly has gotten many compliments from both judges and other exhibitors. She has also earned herself her AKC farm dog title, is working towards her BCAT title, and others! After her first litter here with us she will be going back to her owners!

Nala is one of the dogs that we really go into Titling with. She truly has amazing drive and work ability. She's a very biddable dog that picks up new behaviors very fast. Nala also has an amazing on and off switch. She is out of a breeder in SD. We are still trying to actively participate in things with her in between whelping. We have started to train to try to obtain her rally novice title. So far she has gotten to participate in barn hunt, fast CAT, farm Dog, and companion titles. As well as some agility fun at home. We also plan to keep doing fast CAT with her as she absolutely loves it and go for her FCAT title. Nala herself is not a dog that'll do well in conformation so we are trying to prove her in other venues. We think she will produce good sport/performance prospects and active puppies!