Wild Doxies

Weather has been a bit strange in the Northwest this year.  In February the weather started getting so warm that we were sure Winter was all but over.  Unfortunately, Winter struck back and we found ourselves dodging falling snow on Saturday.  The snow didn’t last long but we did get a chance to give the dachshunds a lesson in the art of catching snow on your tongue.

Abbie did her best but she never quite got the hang of it.  She seemed to be doing a better job of imitating Michael Jordan than catching snowflakes.

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Dogster for the love of the dog blog recently reported about a dachshund who added to her already challenging role of mothering three puppies. 

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Probably the thing that Mikkey hears more often than anything else is “stop licking”!  There simply is no question he’s got a serious oral fetish.  I have tried to convince him to get a hobby (perhaps collecting football cards) but it has been to no avail. 

For the most part he is kept from licking family members, at least for any length of time, but whenever possible he is licking his paw, whatever blanket he’s laying on, or in this case Abbie.  Poor Abbie was simply resting nicely when Mikkey joined her and decided it was time for a good old fashioned spit bath.   While she didn’t seem fond of his actions she was patient and let him get it out of his system.  Unfortunately for all of us it would not be long until he was jones’n for another lick fix.

Last night was a rough one as phoenixtail came down with the flu.  While she feels better than she did today there is no question that she’s not up to her usual happy-go-lucky self.  Mikkey the wild dachshund has taken it upon himself to personally see to her eventual healing.  As I type this he is hovering by her bed (I mean couch) making sure she is not in need of anything.  (continue to see picture)

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Get them Now!

We have just received a brand new item that we’re very excited about here at Wild Doxies!  These high quality dachshund bum warmers are not only attractive but incredibly effective as well.  Yes, it may be summer time now but fall and winter are not far away.  Get stocked up on your dachshund bum warmers before the cold weather gets here and they are sold out.

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LC_dachshund-8Originally uploaded by Wild Doxies.

Mikkey and Abbie were quite diligent about protecting their find in Lincoln City. After making sure that nothing was going to harm the starfish (as Weasel and Beautiful told them the creature was named) they asked Beautiful to assist them in it’s rescue. Here Beautiful holds the starfish while Mikkey and Abbie show their delight at being heros!

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LC_dachshund-6 Originally uploaded by Wild Doxies.

On a recent outing to the Oregon Coast (specifically Lincoln City) Mikkey and Abbie came across a very strange creature. Being good and noble dachshunds they immediately checked to make sure the creature was alright and that nothing would attempt to harm it. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Weasel blogspam is not as effective as it once was for increasing rank in search engines but apparently some people haven’t figured that out yet.  We’ve always had to spend a few extra minutes at the keyboard doing some spam filtering but things have increased lately to the point that it’s gotten kind of annoying.  In the past WildDoxies would get around 300 spam comments in a month but recently we must have gotten on a new blogspammer’s list as it has increased to 500 in the last 7 days!

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The whole family went out to a local Balloon Stampede last weekend and Mikkey was allowed to join in on the fun.  (We were told later that when they fill the gas tanks for the balloons that it can hurt dogs ears - luckily that didn’t happen - but Mikkey will not join us on this type of event again.)  Mikkey felt like a prince (in other words the way he wants to feel all the time) as Beautiful carried him almost the entire time we were near the balloons.  40+ hot air balloons all lifted off from a local open field and it was quite something to see. 

What a sight!  You can just barely see Mikkey in the left hand bottom corner.

While everyone watches the last balloon rising into the sky Mikkey looks back to make sure Weasel doesn’t get left behind.  What a good doxie!

Mikkey alias “Thor” and his first mama
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After losing Zoey the entire family was depressed and it didn’t take long for us to go searching for another dachshund. Not finding any puppies in the local area a much wider net was thrown, all the way to Minnesota. (That’s right not only does Mikkey have the muscular body of the norse god Thor he also comes from the Norseland of the U.S. as well) This is one of the first photos we saw of Mikkey and it made quite an impression on Beautiful - she simply had to have him. Dacshund puppies are so cute before their noses “pop out” and Mikkey is as cute a doxie pup as you would likely ever find. Now if we could get him to stop licking he might be the perfect dog.