I'm Alicia M., the breeder behind Northwest Dachshunds located in Arlington, WA. Our Mini Dachshunds are exceptionally bred and raised in our home including new techniques to ensure long, healthy lives. We breed for structure health and temperament. Puppy massage, early neural & core strengthen to prepare your puppy for your loving home. Crate & litter box train. Akc & genetics.
Q. & A. with Alicia
Why did you start breeding?
We love Dachshunds and couldn’t have just one. We found that in WA, backyard breeders and sadly we fell into the category of buying puppies not bred correctly. This led to severe health issues, heart, teeth, back failures, seizures & more. So we decided to keep our breed alive we would breed only high quality Dachshunds that have exceptional structure and Health, genetics Akc & for temperament
What makes your program special?
We start with an exceptional pedigrees and correct Structure to ensure a Healthy Dog is the result of correct breeding. We are hands on with your puppy until they go home introducing Early Neurological Stimulation & puppy massage. Water techniques for core are started with your puppy at 4 wks old to insure strong correct structure and proper growth plates, crate & litter box trained & socialized
What are the different breed sizes in your program?
Our puppies are miniature size. Sizes will vary depending on the parent dogs.
What are the different breed coat types in your program?
Our puppies have longhaired coats. Coat types may vary depending on the parent dogs.
What are the different breed coat colors in your program?
Our puppies are cream. Colors will vary depending on the parent dogs.
Where do your breeding dogs live?
They live in my home.
Matched dogs
These dogs are already reserved or have gone home.
Petals
Went home
Female
Zuzu
Went home
Female
Bailey
Went home
Female
Heidi
Went home
Female
Gretchen
Went home
Female
Guinness Boy 1
Went home
Male
Elsa (peanut)
Went home
Female
Getting a puppy from Alicia
Alicia has been certified by Good Dog’s screening team for responsible and trusted breeding practices. When you’re ready to reach out, feel free to ask any questions about the breed, their program, or specific puppies.
Together, you’ll choose the puppy that’s right for you, stay in touch with regular updates, and plan how to bring your new puppy home.
Price
Puppy prices include a $300 non-refundable deposit and between $3,100 - $3,500 final payment, before taxes & fees.
“Price includes AKC Limited Registration, microchipping, health check up, 1st shots, litter and pan, 5lb bag of food vitamins. Toys, bully sticks blanket binder, 1st shots & vet checked. I reserve the Pick of litter, contact me, will give details. Must meet me at my house to get approved for puppy. Deposit once puppy is chosen at 5 wks. If no response you loose spot or move up.”
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Northwest Dachshunds meets or exceeds our community standards in these areas:
Responsible breeding practices
Health of breeding dogs and puppies
Puppy environment and enrichment
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Litter and program updates
Alicia M.
Litter update on 13 Mar. •
English Shaded cream long hair, mini dachshund male puppy. Parents are Ava Gardner snd Frank Sinatra. He will look like his parents by the time he is 1 year old. See full details in listing.
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Frankie and Ava's litter
Parent dogs
Peanut, mom
Dachshund
About Peanut
Peanut is a clear long haired cream more typical in true cream coloring. She will have her 2nd heat either in December 2025 up to Feb 2026 she will be paired with Dino my white clear pie to produce very thick coated long ear long tail gorgeous clear creams. Both from long lines of show dogs with amazing structures and temperament. They both have amazing coats and black pigment. Very striking dogs! This litter will be gorgeous! Her father is my frank Sinatra aka frankie mom is Lana. All genetically tested. Akc limited registration only.
Lana, mom
Dachshund
About Lana
English shaded cream long hair ay/ay so lightens up more than normal Carrie’s no piebald. Genetically tested. Lana has excellent loving big kisses low barking temperament. She is stunning with exceptional structure and her babies are gorgeous playful and great temperament. Ad picture is of her last litter but with a different male. Her and Dino should produce 3/4 pups as white same as this litter with 1/4 shaded but turning very light cream. Both smaller parents and thick coats black pigment. Akc limited registration on all puppies
Dino, dad
Dachshund
About Dino
Dino is a rare clear cream extreme piebald making him almost all white with a touch of very light cream. He has string pigment black eyeliner nose . Very sweet temperament. He has extra long ears and extra long tail. I do not have any full adult pics of him. He is only 7 months old. Will have a long thick coat. Unproven male, will have 1st litter this December. Genetically tested and clear of all things. Akc limited registration on puppies.
Daisy, mom
Dachshund
About Daisy
Daisy is a clear piebald cream mini with a sweet loving temperament. She has been genetically tested and is AKC registered. She is an exceptional agility dog and extremely fast and agile. She is not show quality but, mated with Frankie throws some exceptional show quality puppies with amazing structures. She can throw both smooth and long haired puppies as well as English Cream long hair and clear creams and cream Pie’s with frankie possible to throw a black and cream. Last litter with Frankie she threw only one smooth Cream pie, all other puppies were long hair English creams in a variety of cream shading. Their puppies full gown and properly fed will only be 7-11 lbs depending on sex. It is possible to have the males be no more than 10 lbs and girls as small as 7 lbs . If show quality the males will be closer to 11 lbs never more than 12 lbs and girls will be closer 8-9 lbs. All her puppies were bright very smart and playful with exceptional structure and amazing coloring. She lives with us in our home as our fur-ever pet.
We supply you with a lot more than what I can list in this ad, to insure your puppy has everything it needs to make coming home to you the very best experience, we do not skimp, we supply high quality vitamins, food, litter and so much more.
Your puppy will be crate trained, litter trained, swimming, have Early neural Stimulation, continued puppy massage and brief leash training ( get use to being on a leash around house with me). I am very hands on to insure the best start in your puppies life! Swimming is for exceptional structure growth plates in dachshunds.
Frankie, dad
Dachshund
About Frankie
Frank Sinatra is a Shaded English Cream mini Dachshund who is Show quality with an exceptionally correct Structure, proven stud, that his structure passes onto his offspring producing some exceptional show quality dogs who have exceptional structures . He has had a full spectrum genetic test and tested clear of all health issues, as did his parents. His back ground is from the finest Cream lineage’s and kennels with several Grand Champions including his Father, and grandfather and Uncles so on..He has an exceptional temperament, very laidback and chill but an extremely fast agile runner. He is extremely smart and a fast learner. He is one of the best pets we have ever owned and lives with us as our fur-ever pet in the house enjoying a wonderful life! His AKC pedigree is exceptional. I could have shown him, that’s how exceptional his structure and gait are. He was 7mo o.d in this picture and will still drop 2 shades by the time he is 2yrs old.
We supply you with a lot more than what I can list in this ad, to insure your puppy has everything it needs to make coming home to you the very best experience, we do not skimp, we supply high quality vitamins, food, litter and so much more.
Your puppy will be crate trained, litter trained, receive water techniques & we start Early neural Stimulation at 3 days old then, continued puppy massage. Water swimming techniques for back and leg core strength. I do several set ups start climbing techniques very young. Each puppy is litter box trained from time they can walk. I start socializing pups at a very young age to insure they are very well adjusted in temperament and do a temperament test before go home. Will have limited Akc registration as well.
Ava, mom
Dachshund
About Ava
Ava has an exceptional Structure and could have been a show dog and comes from a long lineage of Show dogs. She is very quiet and very chill. She is playful with other dogs, very fast and agile a great jumper, even jumps her sister sideways in full run, but prefers snuggle cuddle time or a bone. Not a big barker, actually never barked until 6 months old and even then was rare she is extremely smart with a great temperament. Ava is an English Shaded cream genetically tested and clear of all things. Her puppies will be exceptional.
Lana and Ava, mom
Dachshund
About Lana and Ava
Lana and Ava are sisters, both English cream exceptional pedigrees. They are not done filling in with coat and coat will get 2+ shades lighter
Parent health testing
Breeder-Reported Testing
Good level
Northwest Dachshunds reports to performing the health tests below on their breeding dogs. Ask your breeder about the tests performed on the parents of your litter. Learn more about health testing for Dachshunds.
Eye Examination (rDVM, not registered with OFA)
Eye testing reduces the chance of passing down a wide range of hereditary eye illnesses including retinal dysplasia, lens luxation, and glaucoma, which can cause impared vision or blindness.
Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
A breeder may perform additional tests on their dogs that do not fall into these general categories. These tests may be more uncommon or very specific to a particular breed.
Wisdom Panel, PRA, Cone-Rod Dystrophy 4 (PRA-crd4), DNA Profile, DNA Coat/Trait Panel, D Locus (Dilute) DNA test, Chondrodystrophy (CDDY and IVDD Risk) with or without Chondrodysplasia (CDPA), Animal Genetics Panel, Agouti DNA Test, DNA Disease Panel
Genetic testing reduces the chance of passing down a wide variety of hereditary diseases of differing prevalence and severity such as Progressive Retinal Atrophy (an eye disease) and Von Willebrand's Disease (a blood disease).
Verified owner stories
Hear what other owners say about working with Alicia to bring home their puppies.
Danielle W.
Verified owner · June 2025
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Alicia was and continues to be extremely responsive and knowledgeable about English Cream Dachshunds!! She breeds high quality dog and has been an incredible support throughout the whole process. Our family is convinced that we got the most perfect puppy that was sent from heaven! Charlie is even tempered, great with our kids, gentle, smart, and just the sweetest addition to our family!!