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I was reminded again this morning that PD is really smart. I was first aware that he was special before he turned one. I had climbed up to an 18" downward sloping ledge on the second story of our house to do a quick window repair. When I turned around to get down, I realized that I had not...

We lost Henry in 2012, and wife at first said no to another companion for PD. But as PD became more demanding, she saw that he really did need a "brother." She found Frank online at an adoption center in a nearby town. I was commuting to work there, so I stopped in to visit. Frank had been...

How many animals have your dachshunds killed? Frank just delivered a fresh-killed squirrel to me. In the house (thanks to a doggie door). On the carpet. Kathy was screaming, I'm not sure what. I thanked Frank, picked up the squirrel and put it in the trash. Kathy doesn't have a recipe...

I think it was Jax Mom that introduced me to the term "Zoomies." I felt that is the perfect term for Frank's little runs that he does most evenings. I finally caught the end of one this evening. Hopefully, now I'll get it posted here: If it doesn't work, I'll try again later on a "real...

we went to see my son's property and his 3 beef cows last weekend. PD took the opportunity to explore new things to eat, including cow pies and cattle feed. I doubt the cow pies were harmful, but I'm wondering about the cattle feed. My son says the pellets are mostly alphalpha and...

And a new family has moved in under our house. My wife was awakened the other night while I was away to the sound of something making chittering noises. Once the dogs began barking, the noise went away, and was replaced by a familiar odor: I caught Oscar later in the week. I'm away...

I recently "read" Dog Sense by John Bradshaw. I really listened to it through Audible.com. He is an anthrozoologist (??) and presents an interesting perspective on dogs. He is pretty down on pure-bred dogs, pointing out that the amount of inbreeding that has to happen to make pure-breds...

New Zealand SPCA teaches dogs to drive: Must See: New Zealand SPCA teaching dogs how to drive | todaysthv.com So, look at the dogs, one the owners couldn't control, another was found running the streets. I'd hate to see what happens when this band of bad dogs hits town: car thefts, joy...

I sure wish this was available when Henry went down: BBC News - Nose cell transplant enables paralysed dogs to walk I wonder if the procedure will eventually be readily available. And if it will ever be affordable.

I guess the next time I hand out kibble treats to my doxies I had better make sure I give both the same number! Genius dog in Guangdong does math - China.org.cn

After locking ourselves out of the house and having to bother our elderly neighbor for our emergency key, we finally decided to get something we could hide in the yard. And there it remained buried for a couple of years. Our two dachshunds, Henry and PD left it alone. Shortly after we got...

I had to laugh when I read this article this morning: Burglary call puts pet in doghouse Scroll down past the photo to read the whole article. Sounds like something Frank is capable of doing.

The comment of fur trimming and nails prompted this post. We take our dogs to the vet every 6 weeks or so for Anal gland expression and nail trimming. We've had three short hairs, a Standard, a Tweenie, and now a Minnie. All of them have needed help expressing themselves. We didn't...

Here it is, in the local papers: I'm not sure what he did to get the District Attorney so excited about him, but he seems pretty pleased with himself:

Can your dachshund fly? I've had three dachshunds, and Frank is the first one the "flies!" From a dead stop he can leap onto chairs, onto laps, anywhere he wants to be. It looks like he jumps straight up, and then floats over and down onto the lap! Impossible, I know, but that's what it...

Yesterday our 8 year-old tweenie started acting a little lethargic, but then he perked up later in the afternoon. He often walks with a little bit of a hunch in his back, but this morning he was really humped up. He'd take a few steps, and then straighten out again, but he wasn't really...

I have two jobs. One is close to home, but the other is about an hour and a half away. We bought a small patio home in the other town so I wouldn't have to drive back and forth everyday. Frank is a two year old minnie that we adopted a couple of months ago, and PD, our 8 year old tweenie is...

The lady who works at the local Dry Cleaners has a dachshund, and she often visits with my wife about the dogs. Today, she told Kathy that her dachshund was having back pain, and so she took her dog to a local vet. The vet did laser therapy on the dog. She said she could tell when the laser...

I used to cut my yougurt containers in two and let my doxies lick out the bit that I couldn't get with a spoon. However, I've stopped this since PD's pancreatitis. The vet wants him on a low fat diet. Fortunately, we haven't had to change his diet much, since he rarely got any people food...

DoxMom, Are you a Dachshund Mom, yet? Tell us all about the the pupppy, show us some pictures!