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Do you dream of leaving the 99% and joining the 1%?  Maybe a couple of Dachshunds can help you out.  TechniTrader is proud to present the debut of: The Adventures of Teknie and Traydr Stock Trading Doxies. Come join the fun and antics as two dachshunds trade the stock market.  These adventures are sponsored by: TechniTrader.com as part of their corporate mission to spread financial literacy.  Here is Teknie and Traydr's first adventure. 

Day of the Dead Skeleton Dachshunds

Day of the Dead Skeleton Dachshunds by claylindo

Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in many cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it attains the quality of a National Holiday. The celebration takes place on November 1–2, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day (November 1) and All Souls' Day (November 2). Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.  Source.

Commission your own Dachshund at Clay Lindo.

Georgia On Our Minds

Thanks so much to Jacquie Rudolf for writing in with such a beautiful photo: 

Dear Joey and Rowdy,

Miss Georgia, up here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada wanted to wish everyone a safe & happy HalloWEENIE!"

Awesome!  Your Long and Short of it All host 'Joey' says "Love Those Spots!  This is the sexiest Halloween costume I've seen this year!  Call me for a date Georgia, and, ahem, bring that getup."

Happy Halloween From The Sheridan Avenue Boys

We sure were glad to get some Halloween photos of our favorite boys who live on Sheridan Avenue!   Although, we're not so sure we'd walk down that street on a brisk spooky Halloween night!  Jack, Jetson, Jordan, Lincoln, and Lego are scary!   Thanks guys!

Engineering Dachshund: Run, Roxy, Run!

And no, it's not the 2008 viral "Jerry and his ball-throwing machine video," but just as great if not better! Go Roxy!  By youtuber ToTheFun who writes: While this is cute, we need to keep the repercussions in mind. If this dog can build itself a harness so it can walk again, then what else can dogs do? What else can they build?

Poe's First Draft of 'The Raven'

Gather 'round Dearest Dachshunds, and snuggle up close and tight next to your human - it's time for the annual telling of Poe's first draft of 'The Raven!'  We post this every year at this time because, well, you can never get too much of a good thing: 

The Dachshund
Once upon a midnight dreary as I plodded weak and weary
To my bed with visions full of Slumberland’s enchanted shore.
I was taking off my socks and suddenly I spied my dachshund
Curled up like a sleeping fox in just the space that I yearned for
“Move yourself off of my bed, please, I am weary and footsore”
Quoth the dachshund, “No. You snore.”

Startled by the stillness marked by such display of cheeky snark
Quickly did I point my finger toward the bedroom’s open door.
“Get thee hence, you little brat, I’ll take no sort of sass like that,
Upon my bed I’ll stretch out flat, my wearied senses to restore.
After all my toil I crave the yielding mattress’s contour.”
Quoth the dachshund, “Try the floor.”

I had scarce the strength to quibble, “Listen here, you know that kibble
That appears as if by clockwork in your dish upon the floor?
It does not grow on the trees, nor does the salve that wards off fleas,
So I would think you’d try to please the person who buys treats galore.
If I do not get my rest, I’ll not be going to the store.”
Quoth the dachshund, “You’re a bore.”

And the dachshund, never stirring, lay just like a kitten purring,
By my lack of will inferring his was now the winning score.
Anyone who owns a dachsie must concede they’re full of moxie,
Both directly and by proxy, your commands they will ignore.
Best admit that any chance of winning you long since foreswore.
You’re the master nevermore.

Photo: 'Halloween Dwyn' by Doug Watt.

Model: 'Dwyn'

Author: Jerry Stemnock for Dachshund Delights

Have a fun and safe Halloween!
So long Dachtober. We love ya.

Get A Load Of This

Wowza!  Your Long and Short of it All host 'Joey' would LOVE to get a load of 'Maxine,' this Canadian gal is a looker!  Thanks so much to Rita, Andrew and Maxine Pacan for writing in:

A very happy Halloween to Joey and Rowdy from Maxine (Joey's long lost Canadian piebald girlfriend from another mother! haha)

Hope all is well on your end!  We're sorry to hear about Maggie, and Rowdy is super adorable!

Take care, and happy Halloweenie!

The Texarkana Howl-O-Weenie Dachshund Derby

We know they had fun yesterday in Texarkana, Texas for the Main Street Texarkana Howl-O-Weenie Dachshund Derby as part of Spooktacular Sunday.  Here, Yates Floyd of Texarkana eyes the finish line with his black and tan smooth 'Smokey.'  See more photos at the Texarkana Gazette.

Beware the Wienosaurus Rex!

Boy do we love this!  We're sure this handsome red smooth does too. Thanks so much to our pal 'Geneva' for sending in the photo taken at the 21st annual Tompkins Square Halloween dog parade in New York.  She writes:

Dear Joey and Rowdy,

Geneva here, with a great Halloween costume idea.

Personally, I find them a bit humiliating for a dog of my advanced age, but if any of my fellow dachsies are interested, this is a pretty fine get-up.

Mom calls it wienosaurus rex!

Halloweenie Wally

Thanks again to our pal 'Princess Leia,' who hails all the way from Slovenia for sending in the latest Drabble, featuring 'Wally' the Dachshund.  It's spooktacular! 

A Note From Joey and Rowdy: Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By

The computer at the World Headquarters of The Long And Short of it All in Chicago, Illinois, has crashed, and is getting a new hard drive installed.  Sigh.  And we had such a good Wirehair Wednesday planned for yesterday!   But hang in there - we'll be back real soon with more Dachshund news, photos, videos, history, and tales of Dachshund Love.

A Visit With Florida Dachshund Rescue!

We love to chronicle the wonderful work by our tireless Dachshund rescue groups across the country, especially when we stumble upon such a well-made video!  From youtuber ResidentFilmmaker:   OYE! On Saturday, October 11th, 2011 Pookie's Bow Wow Bakery hosted Florida Dachshund Rescue to help bring Adopted Dogs into homes of Caring Families at their Winter Park location. Video Imagery by Bernie "FilmGuru" Noga. Music by SmileyJacksBaitShack.

Find out more about Florida Dachshund rescue at their website. 

Wiener Fest for Brazos Animal Shelter

The annual Wiener Fest was held on Saturday, October 22nd at Wolf Pen Creek in Bryan, Texas.  This event is a fundraiser for the Brazos Animal Shelter.  Good times?  You bet!
Video by youtuber battmedia.

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AUTOMOTIVE FASHIONS:  THE DODGE FIREARROW

Italy's Ghia designers worked out this idea-car with Chrysler engineers - the idea being to combine svelte lines form European racers with a smooth-riding Dodge chassis that wouldn't shatter everything in your luggage.  The Firearrow is 75 1/2" wide - more than twice its 34" height - and crouches like a springing cat on its 115" wheel base.  Salient features:  V-shaped rub rail that wraps up the paint job with an effective bumper; recessed double headlights; separate hatches for luggage, spare.  Sharply raked windshield, gearshift mounted between two seats, authentic sports-car style.

Image via Esquire, August, 1954.

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Country Piebald

While perusing the pages of the new November, 2011 issue of Country Living, your Long and Short of it All host Joey let out a couple of big woofs when he turned to page 101 to discover a beautiful Piebald Dachshund named 'Dot' gracing the pages.  "Woof Woof!"  said Joey.  That means "Dot's Hot!"  Above, Dot lingers below a Pottery Barn clock in the family's mudroom. 

Here, Dot lounges on an estate-sale bench covered with oilcloth.  "I'd like to snuggle up next to her," Joey was heard to exclaim.  See more of Dot's Mission Hill, Kansas 1930's Colonial Home in the November issue of Country Living. 

Dachshunds are everywhere:  Country Living's Editor-in-Chief Sarah Gray Miller

Saturday Night Special: Dachshund Dragulous

The Unconditional Love of a Dachshund 

Vintage photo circa 1920s(?!) - source unknown.

Those Special Dachshunds: Meet Charlie!

Deep Thoughts

Thanks so much to Stephanie Rand for writing in with the tale of her beloved handsome 'Charlie.'  Boy was he lucky to find such a wonderful home with his new human.  She writes:

Dear Joey and Rowdy,

First welcome Rowdy! You're adorable and I look forward to getting to
meet you and see you grow-up with your new pal Joey.
I have been reading your blog on a daily basis since adopting Charlie,
my older rescue Dachshund, on December 4th of last year.
I was thinking of adopting a dog for about a year prior to finding
Charlie - I did my research and found him on Petfinder. A lady - who
usually rescues cats - was forwarded an email saying Charlie was going
to be euthanized by the end of the day. She rescued him immediately
and then, after making sure he was socially adjusted, put a listing
for him on Petfinder. I was the first person to reply to her ad and I
met him a day later and then he moved into my home.

When Charlie first entered my apartment - after sniffing out the place
- he stood in the middle of the kitchen and peed while smiling and
looking right at me. It was as if he claimed territory to my apartment
- I loved his spark of personality from the start. I had been living
alone for about a year after a long-term relationship break-up. I
can't begin to express how much laughter and fun the little guy has
brought into my life on a daily basis. I like to take him to work from
time to time, we've gone to both Dachshund gatherings at Washington
Square Park and he has made some new friends on my block as well.

This summer my apartment was broken into and Charlie happened to be
home at the time. He wasn't hurt but he has stepped up his growling
and barking when he hears any noises in the hallway to make sure we
both remain safe. He has also become an extended member of my family -
this summer I took him up to Vermont to spend a week in a cabin on a
lake with my Dad and sister. He went in the lake for a swim and really
enjoyed all the new sniffs and life in the woods. He loves to visit my
Dad's house and run around the yard and take naps with his granddogdad
on the couch.

Charlie at Work

Who's a Good Boy?

Teresa Berg/DFW Dachshund Rescue on CBS News!

(If you can't see video embedded here, click the title of this post to view)

This was on CBS Sunday Morning News a few days after our Maggie's passing when we were taking some time off the blog, but thanks so much to reader Jo Anne for writing in to remind us to post this!  It's awesome!   She writes:

Hi Joey and Rowdy!

I'm just one of your many loyal blog followers and I came across a really neat video about a lady using her skills to increase adoption rates. I had never thought of doing so before, and after watching the video I sure want to follow in her footsteps!

We have featured Teresa Berg's work here in the past, and also many stories on DFW Dachshund Rescue.  Ms. Berg was featured again this week on Dogster:  Teresa Berg’s Five Tips For Better Dog Photography, so be sure and check that out.  Also, fans of her work will want to know that her 2012 Picture A New Life Calendars are ready for delivery at DFW Dachshund Rescue.  100% of the proceeds go to Dachshund Rescue.

Dachshund Humor

Smiles everyone, it's Friday!  Thanks so much to 'Tootsie,' the Bicontinental Dachshund for writing in:

Dear Rowdy & Joey,

We were so saddened by the passing of Maggie. I have loved reading your blog with my humans since they rescued me.

And welcome, welcome Rowdy to the able companionship of the J-man.

I think your rowdiness, dear Rowdy, has already inspired much fun. We love your posting about the Wiener bitch.

To welcome you, I herewith enclose one of my cartoons from my own dog blog.

We look forward to many more barks!

In admiration,

Tootsie

Make sure and check out Tootsie's adventures on her blog!  She's an American by birth and a naturalized Swiss citizen who has some wacky adventures!

Vintage Dachshund Pride

Up on a pedestal - where every Dachshund belongs.  Aren't you proud of your Dachshund?

Vintage photo circa 1910 - source unknown.