Alas, poor star shaped squeakie toy we hardly knew ye.

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.

Mikkey failed for entirely different reasons.  Given the opportunity to try and lick snow or lick Phoenix there really was no contest in his mind as you can see above.  So while our attempt at teaching the finer points of winter frolicking to the dachshunds was less than successful it should be noted that a good time was had by all.  Particularly Weasel who was able to test out his birthday present a Canon 40D which replaced the outdated Olympus E-10 he’d been using.

I discussed the idea with Abbie to see if she was willing to give of herself to some poor needy animal.  She listened attentively as I mentioned how the mother dachshund seemed to really dote on her adopted child.  In response Abbie rolled on her back and showed me her stomach.  I’d forgotten - Abbie has been fixed - she can’t feed puppies or anything else.  Oh well - if you have a baby you can’t be the baby and Abbie really likes being the baby of the house!

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.

Okay, maybe hovering by is not the right word - I guess it’s more like huddled beside under a very nice warm fuzzy blanket.

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.

Don’t waste electricty.  Don’t burn extra oil or gas to keep the room warmer.  Just use your attractive and ecconomical dachshund bum warmer to keep your body at a comfortable temperature. 

Eccomonical you say? 

Yes!  Our genuine dachshund bum warmers operate for mere pennies a day.  A 20 lb bag of our specially blended dachshund bum warmer fuel should power your bum warmer for two months of average use.  (Results may vary upon size and use of dachshund bum warmer.)  You would normally pay $20-30 dollars for a similar size bag of dachshund bum warmer fuel but we’re offering it today for less than half that, $9.99.  That’s right, you can use your bum warmer every day for two months for less than 17 cents a day!

 This offer won’t last long, operators are standing by.

Offer not available in Utah and Idaho due to state bum warmer regulations.

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!

The starfish was returned to it’s native enviornment with Beautiful’s help. After a great deal of patroling the beach area where the starfish was found Mikkey decided their work was done and allowed the group to return to their cabin. Abbie had long since decided “heroing” was all well and good but a girl dachshund has to have her beauty rest. She grumbled at Mikkey on the way home about his lack of good sense but forgave him after a nice long nap.

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. In this picture Mikkey takes his turn monitering the creature while Abbie keeps an eye out for trouble.

There was a lot of discussion at Wild Doxie central and Mikkey thought maybe we should just turn off the comments at least for a while.  Mikkey is pretty laid back and it seemed like an easy answer.  Abbie on the other hand is more aggressive (as long as she is behind a door, fence or Weasel’s legs) and wanted to fight at all costs.  The tie had to be decided by Weasel and he voted with Abbie which didn’t really bother Mikkey since it allowed the meeting to be over so he could go back to napping.  Trouble is that both dogs get to go nap and Weasel has to do research tonight on some anti-blogspam options.  Maybe voting with Mikkey was a wiser thing to do.

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!