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Crystal's Dachshund Crossing
| As a little girl born and raised in Florida by my grandparents, my days were filled with new, animal experiences with, cats, dogs, ducks, lizards, hamsters, and so on. My grandmother taught me the values of loving animals and particularly her passion for the dachshund breed throughout my childhood. Her very principles and teachings evolved and bonded me with her forever by molding the foundation of who I would later become. I married Brian, my high school sweetheart, shortly following my completion of high school, and we soon thereafter also purchased our current home. My husband understood, supported, and shared my inherited love for animals and dachshunds. We then knew that it was the appropriate time to buy a dachshund of our own, and we actually purchased two close together. For us, we could continue with my love and passions, but for my grandmother, she could rekindle what had felt like a lost dachshund dream for so many years. My grandmother soon fell ill, and moved in with us around the same time that we were having our only child, Bailey. She found comfort and healing in our two dachshunds; therefore, teaching us just how wonderful of a breed that the dachshund is. We were hooked, it was a family affair, and we knew that we wanted to begin breeding ourselves. After months of research, we finally found the beginning of our stock and put together our breeding plan for the future. My grandmother saw herself within all of us, and was filled with joy throughout the final days of her life. She is now deceased (see our In Loving Memories page), but her unsurpassed amount of love is in each of my dogs, me, my husband of now 8 years, and my now 6 year old son. Bailey has proven himself to be a further evolution of who I am growing into, but more importantly who I once was as a child. I continue to mold closer to the lady that my grandmother was by passing on her teachings, and Bailey has the same heart that I had at his age. He would live in the puppy room if I let him, but I obviously don’t. Since I do not let him live there, he always gives each of the puppies good-bye hugs and kisses before he leaves, immediately reunites with them when he gets home, and sleeps with three of his own adult dogs every night. To see his behavior, is more support than anyone could ever wish for. I truly can not say enough about the support system that has made, and continues to make Crystal’s Dachshund Crossing what is today; a grandmother’s spirit encompassing 3 family generations, a vet that is there for me 24 hours a day, 2 cats, and 30+ dachshunds, and not to mention the many friends I have encountered along the way. We wouldn’t have it any other way. |
| About us |
| Crystal Antlsperger 941-474-2767 crysdach@yahoo.com |
| BOOTS |
| FRECKLES |
| Our Non- Dachshund Family members. |