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Wake up and walk the dachshunds

February 2, 2013|Tags: , , , , |

The morning wake-up routine has switched from getting dressed and off to school to a good stretch and going potty outside Every morning the six of us (that’s me and the five dogs) have a routine. It’s actually not that different from a few years ago when it was kids instead of dogs. Back then it was chasing sleepy children out of bed, making lunches, finding shoes, and herding them into the car for school. Now it's chasing sleepy dachshunds out of bed, finding missing slippers, and herding the pack outside to its business. The routine begins with the German [keep reading...]

Cooking with Dachshunds

January 25, 2013|Tags: , , |

It's Food Channel meets Animal Planet in a daily culinary adventure I don't how it is with your dachshunds, but cooking with mine is a life challenging event. After years of doing it, I'm pretty sure I could do that scene in Indiana Jones where he has to escape the Temple of Doom without being crushed, flayed, skewered or incinerated while juggling chainsaw with my eyes closed. My kitchen is fairly small and all three of my dachshunds -- as well as my two German shepherds -- insist on stationing themselves in it at meal preparation time. Given that the [keep reading...]

Sleeping With Dachshunds

January 17, 2013|Tags: , , |

Every night around here is a Three Dog Night I know many of you already know this, but sleeping with dachshunds is no easy task. For such small dogs (assuming you have a mini or tweenie), they sure have a big impact at bedtime. It’s not just that they spend half the night moving around, stomping across your body looking for that perfect spot to burrow and settle down with precisely zero concern for your comfort. It’s once they have settled down and you’re finally able to drift off to sleep, every creak or random noise in the house becomes [keep reading...]

A first post: My Dachshunds at Work

January 13, 2013|Tags: , , , |

My husband took this video a couple of years ago after noticing that he hadn't heard or seen the doxies in a couple of hours. After wandering the "lower 40" (that's what we call the dry creek area below the orchard) for a few minutes, he finally found the three of them hard at work being Dachshunds. Here's a video of what he saw. (Spoiler alert -- watch until the end.)

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