About Us…

Updated 9-5-11

My name is Bev Eichenlaub, and I am a retired schoolteacher. I taught

keyboarding and computer applications to 6th, 7th and 8th graders at the

Northwest Middle School in McDermott, Ohio. I taught for 35 years, and retired on Dec. 31, 2010. I just celebrated my 57^th birthday on July 25^th. Maybe that explains all the aches and pains! Hahaha! I tried to alleviate those pains, especially in my knees, by having double knee replacement surgery on October 11, 2006. I'm on the mend now, and things look a much brighter than they did before.

My husband is Ray Eichenlaub, and he works for USEC in Piketon, Ohio. He loves to do woodworking, build things, and he will trade anything. He also does small backhoe/excavator work. He is licensed by the State of Ohio to install septic tanks. Check out his page HERE. He also trades things -- check his "Trader Ray" page and see if he has anything available. You never know about him! He turns 53 this December. Some boys never grow up!

Ray built all these for me. He's planning to build me a Gazebo someday.

Covered bridge Flower Basket Flower Bed with Fountain Pond

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We have 6 children – 5 boys and 1 girl. Two of our sons have served with the US Army. 2 of our sons live in Florida, and 3 sons and Kendra live here in Ohio.

· Daren, after a 4-year stint in the Army, is now living in Portsmouth, Ohio. He has attended classes on becoming a licensed electrician, an EMT, and now works for the VA. He’s very talented in art.

· Jason, after spending 6 years in the Army is now attending Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, OH, majoring in Computer Science.

· Chris works St. Andrew’s Virtual Schools (www.vschoolz.com) as a curriculum writer in Coral Springs, Florida.

· Justin works for Vision Database Systems as tech support in Jupiter, Florida. He and his wife, Jerilyn, live in Palm Beach Gardens.

· Keith lives in here in Ohio and works for Ricer Equipment in Piketon, OH (www.ricerequipment.com). He and his wife, Keisha, have a son, Jayden Kamron, born 1-20-11.

· Kendra works for Life Ambulance and lives in West Union, OH, with her fiancé, Adam, and our grand-daughter, Xavian Mya.

We are very proud of all our children and love them very much.

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Both of us are animal lovers, so we thought “what better way to ease into retirement than to work with what you love…animals…specifically dogs”. We began raising Blue Heelers in about 1999. In 2004, we bought our first Chihuahua, and have been hooked on them ever since.

Our kennel is located in southern Ohio about 85 miles south of Columbus, Ohio, and 100 miles east of Cincinnati, Ohio, near the city of Portsmouth in Scioto County in a beautiful country setting surrounded by state forest land…see for yourself…

All of these pictures were taken at our kennel location on Cramer Road, Lucasville, OH.

If you have any questions about our website or our puppies, please don’t hesitate to ask. If we don’t know the answer, we’ll direct you to someone who does.

Thanks for stopping in.

Ray & Bev Eichenlaub

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