About Us

The two of us are school teachers. We have been teaching
since we got married in 1971. Pam has always taught third
grade, with a few combination classes with second and third
graders. Don has spent the most time in grades four through six.
He has also taught educational technology courses at California
Lutheran University where he earned his Master's Degree.
Currently we both team together, teaching third grade. We have
two classes of third graders and they switch between our
classrooms for different subjects. The 2007/2008 school year
will be Don's last year of teaching and Pam will have one more
after that.

We have owned basset hounds since 1978. Our first basset,
"Maggie," was rescued from the pound. She was a beautiful
basset, but her temperament was rather poor. We could see
why someone might have given up on her. We still loved her
and she was a special member of our family. Since Maggie
wasn't an AKC registered basset hound we decided to purchase
"Lucy" with "papers" from a pet store, something we will never
do again. After we got into bassets we discovered that she had
almost all the major faults possible, including knuckled over front
legs. Lucy was also afraid of anyone other than the two of us
and Pam's parents. She was a very poor example of a basset
hound, but a good companion to us.

After making that big mistake, we started going to dog shows
and have bought some beautiful basset hounds from reputable
breeders who show their dogs. We purchased three dogs from
Sue and Andy Shoemaker of Shoefly Bassets. Our first AKC
Champion was CH. Shoefly's Bud Light "Buddy." We also
finished "Moose," CH. Shoefly's Royal Moosehead, that we
purchased from them. Andy and Sue have become our mentors
and very special friends. "Mandy," CH. Vogue's Woebgon
Mountain Dew, was purchased from Heather Simonek of Vogue
Bassets. We currently have an excellent working relationship
with Heather and have combined our breeding efforts with hers.
By working together we hope to greatly improve the quality of
our basset hounds. Heather and her entire family are very
special friends as well.

Moose was bred to Vogue's Black Cherry Jelly, owned by
Heather Simonek, and produced "Bonnie," CH. Vogue's
Woebgon Bonnie Miss. Mandy was bred to Moose as well.
Their offspring, Joy and Moxie, both became AKC Champions,
CH. Woebgon's Kickapoo Joy Juice and CH. Woebgon's Moxie
Original respectively.
Special NOTE: Ch. Woebgon's Snow White delivered four
healthy puppies by c-section on Saturday, April 26. There
are four boys and one girl. Mother and puppies are doing
well. A tricolor male, Fred, from this litter is available to a
special home. Sale proceeds will go to a local basset hound
rescue group. Call them at 661-269-2682 for more
information.
One of the boys from this litter has been SOLD.
We are also selling the girl from Snowy's litter. Email HERE
for more information.

If you are interested in purchasing a basset hound puppy
from us or somewhere else please check out Purchasing a
Basset Hound Puppy on our site.