What did we do before the internet when we couldn’t find five great Dachshund pictures to colour courtesy of people like Demented Pixie? Of this little fellow, she says, “(He’s) really flying – he’s out to win the Wiener Nationals!”
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July 2008
Unfortunately, there’s a lesson in this very sad story: Research who you’re buying a puppy from. And don’t buy from pet shops or Nova Scotia “breeders” you know nothing about.
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South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel reports:
Dachsie Lance, from Miami, had a spinal condition that caused him to lose function in his back legs. Although he could not be helped through surgery, the veterinarians at the university suggested Lance get a doggie wheelchair and instructed his owner, Claudia Machado, how to care for him.When he isn’t chasing his Frisbee, Lance today works as a certified therapy dog at Miami Children’s Hospital and other medical facilities. Read on for the heartwarming details.
Lance sounds like a canine Helen Keller to the Daily Dachshund and Dog News. Bravo, little guy!
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Ten very different dog owners from around the world have united to share their stories of being a slave to the dachshund. From clearing up nasty preconceived notions about the small but mighty breed, to letting you learn from our mistakes, prepare yourself for the most honest look at life with a dog-and-a-half.
Click on the link to check it out.
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Macy, a 5-week-old Dachshund-mix, was found outside the Macy’s store at Rolling Oaks Mall Tuesday. A kind-hearted San Antonio Police officer took Macy to the Animal Defense League. The veterinarians there found she was suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration and immediately began treating her.Macy was doing well enough by Thursday, she was allowed to go home with a loving foster family.
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The Scottish Terrier and Dog News has the story.
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Even though she swore she’d never get another puppy, she did:
I went back to work and I just kept thinking about that little dog in the shelter. I had put a hold on “Cletus” – the unfortunate moniker someone had given him. When I called back someone was actually in the shelter and interested in the dog. “What are they like?” I asked – prepared to let him go to a happy family with happy children.The couple was nice enough, but they seemed a little snooty, the staff member said. “I’ll be there at 3,” I told her.
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Kristy Gray, columnist for the Casper Star-Tribune, in Wyoming documents the many ways her long-haired wiener dog has almost died. They include death by stepping, death by dangling rope and death by chicken.
Just one question, though — how old is Rosie the Dachshund?
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The Bellingham Herald reports on a rescued Seattle wiener dog:
(Restaurant owner Ginger) Luke’s efforts started after (her husband) heard a barking dog in the background every time he made a food delivery to a nearby apartment. When Luke handled the next delivery herself, she asked the owner about the dog. She was told it was a mean dog that was kept locked in the bathroom because it needed to be put down.Luke carefully opened the bathroom door. A flash of dachshund streaked from the room and into her arms. The dog’s collar was so tight it was embedded in his neck. Luke had to shell out $50 before the man would let her take the dog.
She got the dog cleaned up, e-mailed 40 friends and found it a home.
Read more Dachshund rescue stories by clicking on the label directly below.
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Since she hung out her pet detective shingle last summer, Ronda Fraser of Kitchener, Ontario estimates she’s solved 30 of the 40 cases she’s worked on.,
“You have to think like a dog,” Ms. Fraser, who gets help reuniting pets with their owners from her standard poodle, told the Globe and Mail newspaper.
Read all about how she tracked down the Ottawa Chihuahua who got lost during a blizzard.
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