Salem's Finest AKC Chihuahuas & Miniature Dachshunds
AKC Inspected January 2019 & March 2025. We are 100% in compliance.
"We don't just sell puppies to people; We choose our puppy parents to be part
of our extended SFC family for a lifetime."
Located in Salem, Oregon but offering our puppies nationwide.
Emails welcomed: salemchihuahuas@gmail.com
Texts welcomed:
541-292-0159
To ensure we respect everyone's time, phone calls are available by appointment only and can be scheduled after a completed puppy application has been submitted. Otherwise, please use our texting feature or send us an email if you have questions.
Sunday: CLOSED, not available
Monday: 1:00-5:00 PM (PST)
Tues-Fri: 9:30 AM-5:00 PM (PST)
Saturday: CLOSED, not available
Website last updated: 1/7/2026
Please note that we are only in our "Pawffice" 1-2 days per week and do not process applications daily.
The Oregon Wienery
Home of the Finest Miniature Dachshunds in the Willamette Valley
Our adventure with the Weens is new but we have done all of our due diligence on our adult breeding dogs to ensure we are planning the best outcomes within our future Dachshund litters. We come into this breed with twelve years of breeding experience from our Chihuahua program. At this time, all of our adult breeding dogs are short coat, but they all carry the recessive long coat gene so we will be able to produce both coats within our upcoming litters. We have recently added some long coats to our growing program! Our Dachshunds are raised in our home and alongside our Chihuahuas. We have completed all recommended health testing for the breed, plus a few extras that we thought were beneficial with ensuring the wellness of our future pups. Our dogs range in size from 11 lbs to 16 lbs. While this is above the Miniature Dachshund size, but smaller than the standard Dachshund size, we have learned that this is called the "in-betweenie" size and the dogs can produce varying sizes of offspring. (Actually, similar to Chihuahuas, too!) We are accepting applications for our current litter and planned litters for 2026. Our first litter arrived in mid September. Puppies will be ready for new homes just before Thanksgiving!
Our puppies and future litters will be raised with the same Puppy Culture philosophy as our Chihuahua pups. Puppies will be vetted prior to leaving us and will have 1 to 2 vaccines completed with Bordetella prior to their release date, depending on ages. Go home dates will be between 8-10 weeks old. Puppies will be selected from our website from photos and videos only. We do not allow visitors at our private home for puppy selecting. Puppy Application will be required to be on our waiting list or to adopt an available puppy.
Our Story
All my life I have enjoyed meeting Dachshunds and have always wanted one. I finally made that dream a reality in 2022! I brought my first baby girl home. I had a long list of physical traits I wanted in my Dachshund but let me be honest. I didn't get any of those in this amazing dog. I fell in love with her because we shared a birthday, she was the color of my heart Chihuahua and the same color as my late grandma's Dachshund. I followed fate when choosing her instead of color/pattern and coat length. Oh yeah, she is also a long coat. Her name is Tallulah. She is the most spectacular dog and although she is not part of our new breeding program, she taught me the love for the breed and what to look for in my next group of dogs for the breeding program. Tallulah is not part of our program because I wasn't sure I wanted to venture into breeding a second breed at the time and I had her spayed. I do regret that decision now, but it's okay. She gets to be a pillow princess everyday and boss all the other Dachshunds around.
We decided as a family to try breeding a new breed. We all fell madly in love with Tallulah and felt it was our next adventure. So we began our search in 2023 for our future team of wieners! We worked with several breeders across the U.S to find the right Dachshunds so we would have the most desirable traits we wanted in the least amount of dogs. We wanted our dogs to be PRA clear so that meant finding a breeder who health tests. This was a challenge because so many Dachshund breeders only do a genetic panel and label it as health testing. That's simply not enough! We knew we wanted to do better and by better, I mean we were going to follow the AKC guidelines for what health testing is recommended for the Miniature Dachshund. Recommended health testing for Miniature Dachshund are certification for Eyes from a ophthalmologist, patellar evaluation (knees) and cardiac (heart) evaluation. Additionally, It is important to know what kind of Dapple (Merle) we are working with so we have had the Merle sine lengths evaluated, too.
Meet the Weens behind the Wienery!
Salem's Finest Rude Remi "Remington"
Call name Remi
Nickname is Rem-Rem
Black & Tan Harlequin Dapple
12 lbs
PRA Clear 1-4
UC Davis Merle sine length: N271
Degenerative Myelopathy: DH-DM209/3F-PI
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IIIA: DH-M3A150/3F-PI
Narcolepsy: DH-NAR124/3F-PI
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis: DH-NCL167/3F-PI
PRA-CRD4/CORD1: DH-C4453/3F-PI-
Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy: DH-MD11/3F-PI
Osteogenesis Imperfecta: DH-OI36/3F-PI
Eyes: DH-EYE2855/5F-VPI
Merle: DH-MRL35/4F-PI-CAR
Patella: DH-PA4226/12F/P-VPI
Cardiac: DH-BCA2483/12F/P-VPI
CHIC #: 211295
Expecting with Colt!
Remi's litter is due in the new year. Remi & Colt
***Pregnancy confirmed***
Remi LOVES walks and enjoys going to the park to walk with us and smell all the good smells. She does great in the car and on a leash. She enjoys pets from friendly people admiring her. Remi is NOT a double Dapple. Please look at her health testing to see that she only has one copy of Dapple. Remi enjoys digging holes and guarding the yard and yelling at the Fedex driver.
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Expecting all base colors (chocolate, blue, black & isabella)
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All will be tan pointed
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Expecting mostly short coats with the chance of long coats
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Dapples in all base colors
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Expecting piebald with ticking
Colt does not enjoy the park or walks but he is very loyal to his family and friends. He is a lover boy and we adore him. He is extra cuddly. Colt loves to bark at Ruger. Colt does great in the car and at his vet visits meeting new people.
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Benelli's litter is due in late January. Benelli & Winchester
***Pregnancy confirmed***
Benelli LOVES walks and enjoys going to the park to walk with us and smell all the good smells. She does great in the car and on a leash. Benelli is extremely loyal and also does well off leash walking next to me. She enjoys pets from friendly people admiring her. She is not a fan of dogs not in her own family. Benelli loves to go to work with me and follow me everywhere. She is an outstanding heart dog.
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Expecting all base colors (chocolate, blue, black & isabella)
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All will be tan pointed or brindle pointed
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Expecting mostly short coats with the chance of long coats
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Dapples in all base colors