We ended up having our "S" and "U" litters by Zalud Staccato out of Gerte vom Dornenfeld. These were the two best litters that I ever produced. At a very early age the majority of the puppies showed a very strong desire to track old cold lines. They work slowly, show excellent concentration and are very good about checking back to a point of loss on their own. They are a little stubborn, but with work and firm discipline they become desirous to please.

A majority of the deer that we track are wounded by archery hunters. When deer wounded by arrows stop bleeding externally there is little wound scent to follow. For this kind of blood work the average dachshund nose is not good enough. We have been very impressed with what the "S" puppies could do before they were two years old.

The dam of these puppies, Gerte vom Dornenfeld, has an excellent nose and found nine wounded deer this year. However she had not been as effective as a producer until she was bred to Zalud. The two litters by Zalud were superior in every respect: conformation, voice and blood work.

Sometimes a breeding succeeds for reasons that are not very clear. We do not have all the answers, but we would like to know more about Czech dachshunds and about the breeding program of Staccato Kennel since Rudolf Kristl passed away. We have heard that the hunting tests for Czech dachshunds are very rigorous. We would like to know if they are different from the DTK model.

ZV - aptitude test (include loudness on the fresh trail, scent of a hare; etc)
NL - earth hunt test (with fox)
NJ - earth hunt test (with badger - Meles meles L., till 1975 ?)
LZ - forest test (tracking on 1-4 hours old blood [used max. 0,5 litre of game or beef blood] trail, scent, 650 paces long; etc)
BZ - test for blood trackers (tracking on min. 12 hours old blood [used max. 0,5 litre of game or beef blood] trail, scent, 650 paces long; etc)
PZ - field test (include retrieving; etc)
HZ (ZH) - test for hounds (include sharpness and loudness against wild boar; tracking on blood [used 0,3 litre of wild boar or beef blood] trail 12-24 hours old, 650 paces long; etc)
BH (BZH) - tracking test for hounds (min. 3 hours old trail, scent, done with wild boar hoofs [weight of this wild boar should be min. 50 kg], 650 paces long; etc)
VZ - versatility test (top test, include retrieving; tracking on 1-4 hours old blood [used max. 0,5 litre of game or beef blood] trail, 650 paces long; work in water; etc)

Subjects (sharpness etc) valuation: 4 - excellent, 3 - very good, 2 - good, 1 - sufficient, 0 - insufficient
Tests valuation: I.prize (the best), II. prize, III. prize

At the pedigree you can usually read:
"ostrost 4" - sharpness against fox, valuation 4
"hlasitost (hlas.) 4" - score for giving voice on scent line
"nos 4" - quality of nose, valuation 4
"barva 4" - blood tracking, valuation 4

(Till 31.12.95)
"NLI. V. (64)" - earth hunt test with fox in the I. prize (work as a dog that drives fox from den), with 64 points as a sum of all subjects valuations (sharpness etc)
"NLII. H. (56)" - earth hunt test with fox in the II. prize (work as a dog that bays fox in den) with 56 points as a sum of all subjects valuations (sharpness etc).
"NLI. D. (64)" - earth hunt test with fox in the I. prize (work as a dog that strangles fox in den) with 64 points as a sum of all subjects valuations (sharpness etc).
"KBS (Klubova barvarska soutez)" - the competition for blood trackers organized by the Czech Republic Dachshunds Breeders Club
"I.c." - Tests valuation: I.prize (the best, also II. prize, III. prize) "-M3" - missing third molar (tooth)
"divocaka" - colour of the Dachshund hair is like the hair of the boar/wild pig
"drsna" - Wirehaired
"nornik" - earth dog/terrier )
"vyborny / vyborna" - excellent (the best, 1.))
"tmaveho divocaka" - colour of the Dachshund hair is like the hair of the DARK boar/wild pig)
"diviaciar" - the working title for the dog which is excellent/very good in the test for hounds) (esspecially in sharpness and loudness against wild boar) hold in the open nature (not in the boar-park))
"velmi dobra" - very good (2.))
"Mez. samp. prace (Mezinarodni sampion prace)" = CACIT (FCI) International Dog Champion in the work (field/water, forest, blood tracking or earth hunting))
"sucheho listi" - colour of the Dachshund hair is like the dry leaves)
"oko hnede" - brown eye

My former bred dog no. VI/817 (+ 1987). Exhibition: very good, Field tests: aptitude test - I. prize, test for blood trackers - I. prize, earth hunt test - 5 x I. prize , test for hounds - I. prize
father: Cvik z Romanovskeho
dam: Fatima Jabali