Grand Dachshunds in History: A Royal Love Affair

It's not always about the Corgis, or the "Dorgis."  There had to be a Royal Dachshund or two.
Photo source:  unknown

Related:  Queen, Queen Mother, and Dachshund Watch Badminton Horse Trials

The Dachshund House - Berkeley, California

We're sure some of our readers feel the same way, but as Dachshund chachki collectors, sometimes we look around the house and wonder "Geez, do I really need all this Dachshund stuff?  Are we a wee bit crazy for adding another Dachshund figurine to the collection?  Do we really need these Dachshund towels for the kitchen?  These Dachshund flannel sheets are sure warm, but...really?" 

As part of our therapy for Doxiemania, it helps to look at the collections or displays of other Dachshund Lovers - "Wow - you've got over 1,000 Dachshund figurines!  No one will doubt you're a Dachshund Lover, your car looks great with 50 Wiener Dog stickers on it."  Puts things back into perspective for us at least, when we come to the realization that there are different levels of Doxiemania - maybe we're not so crazy after all.  But we always remind ourselves that there is a thin line between Doxie Pride and Doxiemania.

Enter The Dachshund House.  Dog Milk just posted several photos of what they term The Dachshund House, which can be found in Berkeley, California, right over the Oakland/Berkeley border.  They note:  It’s truly a visual treat for all those who have the fortune to pass by.

Some might think that the house is a bit over-done, but what is that point of going over the top?  It's neat and clean, and we're sure the Artful Dachshunds brighten up the neighborhood.  We're giving this house 4 paws up - every neighborhood should be so lucky to have one.  But that's just us.  Maybe the Poodle People across the street don't have the same view.

Check out all the photos at Dog Milk.  You'll feel better.  Honest.

Thanks to our friend Alison for sending in the link!

Meet Sam the Service Dog!

Golden Retrievers step aside, there's a new service dog in town, and his name is 'Sam,' a 4-year-old black and tan dappled smooth Dachshund who "enjoys tearing the stuffing out of toy animals in his free time."  Sam assists his human Amber Cornford, who attends Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois where she is majoring in Nursing.  Amber suffers from chronic pain caused by Ollier’s disease, a bone disorder resulting in tumors in the joints.  Excerpt from the Loyola Phoenix:

Amber was diagnosed with the disease before her first birthday, and since then, she has undergone six limb-lengthening procedures to help her condition.

When Amber experiences pain, she pets Sam to distract herself. At night when her arthritic hand aches, she often rests it on Sam’s chest, and his body heat relieves the pain.

“Instead of taking a lot of drugs that hurt my body, [having a service dog] is a treatment that is less harmful to my body and, in the long term, [it] has less side effects,” said the 22-year-old junior.

While she doesn’t like to think of herself as disabled, Amber said she realizes that her condition limits her physical abilities. She often needs to ask for a seat on the shuttle and public transportation because it is difficult, for her to stand for long periods of time.

Sometimes even walking can be painful, so Sam tags along anywhere and everywhere she goes. From the classroom to the IC, he’s there to assist.

“It’s not a convenience thing,” she said. “It’s what he’s for. You can’t choose when you’re going to have pain.”

Read all about Sam and Amber in a great little article at the Loyola Phoenix. 

Birthday Parties Done Right

Thanks so much to our pal 'Phoebe' from Northern Virginia for writing in with a photo of a party that we would have loved to attend!  She writes:

Greetings Maggie and Joey!



The Dachshund cake in last week's blog looked so good I thought I would share the one made for my "Mom" on her birthday late last month. Unfortunately, my humans wouldn't share any with me, but it looked yummie!

A big woof to all!
Phoebe

Crafters Corner: Dachshund Fabric

If there's one thing we've learned over our years of interactions with Dachshund Lovers, it's that, much like Dachshunds themselves, the humans sure are crafty!   Thanks to an Anonymous Dachshund Lover for sending in photos and a link to some new Dachshund fabric that you may not be able to live without for your next project. 

It was recently found at a fabric store in Gastonia, NC for just $7.98 a yard.  Labeled:  "Hot Dogs" by P/K Lifestyles - 100% made in USA. 

Find it online in both colors - Blue Jay or Flamingo - at fabric.com for $10.98.

Fun with The Long and Short of it All

If you've downloaded the latest web browsers, and you've got nothing but extra time on your hands, type the word "view" after our url, or just click here http://dachshundlove.blogspot.com/view to see what blogger (who hosts the site) calls "dynamic views."  You can select from 5 different views when selecting the drop-down in the upper right-hand corner.  It's just a time-killer at this point, but soon sites can be customized to be viewed like this all the time.  You've got to have an upgraded web browser to view.

Wirehair Wednesday: Meet Gustaf!

What beautiful photos of an extremely handsome wirehair boy!  Meet 'Gustaf,' who hails from Fall Creek, Oregon.  His human, Tamara Kabush writes:

Dear Joey and Maggie,

Love your site, love your doxies! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!

I check in every morning to savor all the Dachshund photos and stories. What a great way to start the day!!!!!!! Thank you!

In honor of Wirehair Wednesday, I'm including a couple photos of Gustaf, my 11 year old Wheaten Wirehair. He is my best buddy, soul mate and the love of my life.

Someone doesn't want to get out of bed.

Gustaf sure looks great for an 11-year-old guy!

Collector's Corner: A Vintage Bronze Dachshund Beauty

This handsome vintage piece - a smooth bronze Dachshund figurine mounted on a black marble base recently sold at auction for $455.  Dating to the early 1900's, it measures roughly 5 inches tall.  Excellent.

Krackjack Dachshund Commercial

Coming to you all the way from India, Krackjack is the world's first sweet and salty biscuit. "This delicious cookie is wonderful by itself or enjoy it with a nice cup of tea." 

Dachshund Hot Mess: Rage Over Doggie Doo Doo

If you love hot drama, you'll love this story.  Us?  Not so much - the only party hurt here is the Dachshund.  Meet Long Island, New Yorker Barbara Bottiglieri with her cute little black and tan smooth, 'Coco.'  Ms. Bottiglieri was walking Coco on Saturday when her neighbor Jaime Sanchez, who lives across the street, warned her to not let her dog doody on his grass, or he would sic his 50 pound dog on both of them.  Excerpt from the New York Daily News:

"She's constantly letting her dog defecate and urinate on our property," said Sanchez's wife, Antoinette, noting that there's been a bitter feud between the neighbors for two years over parking on the street.

But when Bottiglieri threatened to call police, Sanchez walked up to the woman, snatched the leash and flung the pup 6 feet in the air - and 10 feet into the middle of the street, cops said.

The landing caused injuries to the dog's tail and ruptured stitches on her belly from being spayed recently, cops and neighbors said.

Cops soon arrived and cuffed Sanchez. He was charged with torturing animals and reckless endangerment to property.

"I'm horrified by it," said a neighbor. "You're not a man when you confront a woman and toss a dog into the air."

Sanchez's frustrated wife said Bottiglieri let the injured pup pee on her lawn just hours later.

"I can't believe she had the audacity to do this," she said.

Meanwhile, in a follow-up article in the New York Daily News:

The Long Island woman whose mini-wiener dog was hurled into the street by a lawn-defending neighbor claims he must have been suffering from a bad case of dog-poo paranoia.

Barbara Bottiglieri said she doesn't let her miniature dachshund, Coco, poop on anyone's lawn - despite Jaime Sanchez's claim her pooch previously did just that.

"He said, 'Hey, you! I don't want your dog walking on my property!'" Bottiglieri recalled. "I said, 'What are you talking about? I have manners; my dog didn't do anything on your property.'"

She said she tried to reason with Sanchez, 56, but her Franklin Square neighbor threatened to unleash his German shepherd-sized mutt on her.

"I guess because he wasn't getting anywhere with me - I was being polite - he took it out on the dog," Bottiglieri, 54, said.

"He flung her into the air," she said. "That vision will stick in my head for the rest of my life."

CBS2 New York interviewed some neighbors who supported Mr. Sanchez: 

At least two neighbors said that Bottiglieri has been told before by many in the area to keep Coco off their lawns.

“The dog does go all over the place,” one woman said. “She walks the dog on our property, on the grass and he’s [Sanchez] not the bad guy here.”

“The woman was told not to walk the dog in front of a lot of the houses in the neighborhood,” one man said. “The woman walks the dog and she actually smokes a cigarette and lets the dog do whatever it wants.”

The perp

Moral of the story:  Don't be a crazy jerk and take out your anger on a defenseless little dog.  And pick up your dog's doody.  We'll file this one under Hot Mess.

Mark Your Calendars - Upcoming Dachshund Events!

If you live near Riverside, California, you won't want to miss WIENERFEST, Wieners-N-Wheels 2011, at Fairmount Park, May 7th, 2011.  With such a nice graphics promoting the event, how could it not be a blast?  Call the numbers on the flyer for more info, or check out Sunny Oasis Dachshund Rescue and Friends.  Thanks to our pals at Dachshund Delights for sending in the flyer!

Thanks to an Anonymous Dachshund Lover for reminding us that the big Buda Wiener Dog Races are coming up THIS WEEKEND in Buda, Texas!  That's right, the 14th Annual Buda Lions Country Fair and Wiener Dog Races will take place on April 30 and May 1 at City Park. The fair has many exciting elements including a bar-b-que cook-off, bake-off, food vendors, arts and crafts, Buda bee, pet parade, world famous wiener dog races, live music and entertainment, and washer tournament. The theme for the wiener dog races this year is Alice in Wienerland. The cost is $3 per person 13 years of age and up for the weekend and kids 12 and under are free.

This is a very nice, if slightly long, documentary following Ari Moffatt as she enters her wiener dog, 'Sandy,' into the 2010 Buda Wiener Dog Festival and Races by youtuber Kullerdben.

And finally, The 2011 Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals returns to the Los Alamitos Race Course in Los Alamitos, California, for the 16th year on Saturday, July 9, 2011. Enjoy the best wiener dog racing in the world at the premier Quarter Horse race track in America. For more info on how to enter your dachshund call 714-820-2800 or e-mail larace@losalamitos.com. Proceeds will benefit the Seal Beach Animal Care Center.

It's gonna be an exciting summer for Dachshunds!

Easter With Those Handsome Sheridan Avenue Boys

Happy Easter from The Sheridan Avenue Boys and some Scary Chicks!

Your 'Long and Short of it All' hostess 'Maggie' says "Oh, Jack, Jetson, Jordan, Lincoln, and Lego, you simply set my heart aflutter."  Keep up with these handsome guys on their official blog.

A Note From Joey and Maggie: Easter Sunday With Our Pals

Cell Phone Photo:  Joey, Maggie, Gina Marie, Tommy Lee, and Sampson

"Everyone Sit.  Now, stay......."  No....stay....."  Hope everyone had a great Easter Sunday!  We had a fun time visiting our good friends.  It was Joey's DOCP shot day (OUCH!) that he gets every 28 days, and our friends' Mom thankfully sees that it gets executed properly.  Joey and Maggie wore their Easter best - Joey in a bright red bow tie, and Maggie in her pearl necklace - yep, they're real.  All three of our friends are agility dogs, so it's fun to go to their house - they get treats for every good thing they do all day long.  They live in the house of never-ending treats!    Here we are waiting for our blueberry dessert that the Easter Bunny promised us.  And we didn't even have to do anything to get it but look cute.  Joy.

Frohe Ostern! Happy Easter!

We're hoping that you have a fantastic Easter Sunday and that maybe you got a colorful little toy or treat in your Easter basket.  Our Dad says no little pieces of ham for us this year thanks to Maggie's recent bout of pancreatitis, but the Easter Bunny told us that if we're good, we were going to get some fresh blueberries for dessert!  Heaven knows we're always good.

Hoping yours is just as happy.

The Dachshund

The Dachshund

Part I.

The Dachshund is the Longest Dog

In the whole Canine Catalog.

He is so Long - to show him Here

He must in Serial Parts appear.

This is Part One - Observe his Air

Of Lack-a-daisi-cal Despair.

I fear he finds it does not Pay

To wag a Tail so Far Away,

He is so very Long and Low.

And yet he was not always so.

The Dachshund once was Tall and Fleet

As any Dog you'd wish to meet.

Alas! He met a Fearful Fate.

One Day - but we anticipate

Continued.

The Dachshund

Part II.

And now, Dear Reader, we must go

Back some Six Thousand Years or So

To Eden's Lovely Garden, where

With an Historic Happy Pair

Lived the First Dachshund, Tall and Proud.

The Sign that reads "No Dogs Allowed"

Hung not in Eden's Garden Bright.

And all was Joyous, till One Night

The Faithful Dog awoke in Dread,

To find the Happy Pair had fled.

Madly he searched the Garden round

But not a Trace of them he found,

When Suddenly he saw a Sight

That made him Howl with Grief and Fright.

Continued.

The Dachshund

Part III.

He saw with mingled Grief and Fear,

His Master and his Mistress Dear,

Thrust through the quickly closing Gate.

He sprang to join them but too late!

In vain he tried to leap the Wall;

Only one Hope was left to Crawl

Beneath the Gate.  It happened here,

By just an inch or two, to clear

The ground With Supercanine strength

He Squirmed and Squeezed, until at length,

When half way through, - unhappy luck! -

He could not move - in short, was stuck.

Here we must leave him to pursue

The fortunes of the Other Two.

Continued.

The Dachshund

Part IV.

Unhappy Pair!  Left to their Fate

In a Strange World, Outside the Gate

Without a single Friend; but hark!

What is that dear familiar Bark?

They pause a moment in their Flight

And see their Faithful Doggie's plight.

With willing Hands, and Patience too,

At last they pull him safely through.

But Oh, the Difference!  No more

The Tall and shapely Hound of Yore - 

This Strange, Flat Dog with Crumpled Feet.

But let us draw a veil discreet

Upon that meeting . . .  Now we know

Why the Dachshund is Long and Low.

(THE END.)

The Dachshund from the book "More Animals" by Oliver Herford, 1901.  Images by the author.

Read more Dachshund Poetry

Japanese Rescue Dachshund Finds New Home in Canada

Meet PETA animal rescuer Ashley Fruno and pretty red longhair 'Belle,' a Dachshund who was apparently left abandoned in Niigata, south of Sendai — the area affected worst by the March earthquake and tsunami.   Belle will have a wonderful new home with Ms. Fruno's parents, who reside in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.  Excerpt from Canada.com:

A B.C. couple is adopting Belle, a red-haired dachshund that was abandoned after the massive earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan last month.

The dog — who is believed to be four or five years old and in good health — was left with an animal shelter in Niigata, when her guardian fled the country because of radiation concerns.

PETA animal rescuer Ashley Fruno, who worked with the shelter immediately after the earthquake, heard about the dog's plight and contacted her parents, Karin and Brian Fruno, in Surrey.

The couple were eager to adopt the dog, and Ashley Fruno set off on a 23-hour journey.

"(Belle is a) sort of a doggie ambassador," said Ashley. "She's the lucky one compared to all the other ones who weren't so lucky."

As was the case along the Gulf Coast of the U.S. following Hurricane Katrina, many evacuation centres in Japan barred companion animals, so residents were forced to choose seeking safety over saving their pets. Japanese shelters are now filled with thousands of animals in need of safe homes, she said.

Metro News also notes: 

Belle is radiation-free, Fruno assured.

“She was actually screened by Japan animal quarantine when she was exported from Japan.

“Then she was screened again when we got to Seattle, then again coming into Canada,” she said.

Welcome to your new home Belle!

Dachshund of War

Spend five minutes in the complex mind of handsome red smooth piebald 'Sammy.'   By youtuber TheSlammerman1.

Wiener Dog Cake

Looks yummy!  Via Cake Central:  Half of the cake is chocolate w/ vanilla BC and white w/strawberry BC.

Welcome Home Drew: Soldier's Missing Dachshund Found!

Here's a feel-good story to jump-start your Monday:  We're sure you remember reading about SSgt. John Mathatas, who was coming home to Brunswick, Ohio from the Middle East, but his Dachshund 'Drew' had just gone missing, and his family was trying to locate him before the veteran arrived.  Well, better late than never, because Drew was returned to the family on Friday!  Excerpt from newsnet5:

Right before an area soldier was set to return, his best friend went missing. Now, weeks, later, Staff. Sgt. John Mathatas’s dog has been returned.
Mathatas’s parents were watching Drew, an 8-year-old miniature dachshund, while their son was in Kuwait. They let the dog outside of their Brunswick home on March 12 and he never came back.
"Eleven years in the Army, he's got a lot of friends all over the world, but Drew is his best friend," Marta Mathatas, John’s mother, said on March 18. Drew had been by John’s side through several deployments and even divorce.
John Mathatas returned from duty on March 19 and on Friday, he was finally reunited with his pet pooch.
Marta Mathatas said a Parma couple had found the dog while out driving and had been taking care of the dog ever since. When they saw an article, they called Brunswick police. The dog was returned to the Mathatas family early Friday evening.

Welcome Home Drew!

Dachshund Accessory of the Week: Cork Pet

Maybe if you order today, you might have it in time for a special hostess gift this Easter.  It's the Dachshund Cork Pet or Desk Pet.  Via Buffalo News:  Sit! Shake! Hold a cork! Well, one out of three isn’t bad.

Corky Dog is a handcrafted pewter dachshund trained, so to speak, to hold a cork. It’s one of several Desk Pets available to display a bottle stopper— perhaps from an anniversary dinner or other special occasion.

Corky also would be happy to accessorize the vino at any gathering you’re hosting. Or to serve as a gift for a dog-and wine-loving friend.

We found him displayed alongside cat and poodle Desk Pets at the Perfect Gift, 6000 Goodrich Road, Clarence Center. The price: $34.95.

Or find him online at uncommon goods for $36.