Surprises

A box arrived at the Post Office today. It was filled with toys and bones for the pups. I know how Fritz loves fleece toys and so I ordered him a big person fleece toy to play with. I ordered bunnies and bones for the dachshunds. Well, after I took them out of the box, Arnie and Greta grabbed them and ran off. By lunchtime, Arnie had all four toys under the coffee table in the family room and he was guarding them! Poor Fritz never had a chance!

I also got them these wonderful rawhide bones with little pupperoni’s in them. The three dackels took theirs and ran off, but Fritz just looked at his with sad eyes. I bent down and tried to get him to take it and while I was speaking quietly to him he have me a big smooch on the tip of my nose! He never did take the bone.

Arnie is really such a beautiful boy. I was sitting here last night and he was sitting, as he so often does, on the arm of the chair. I got up slowly, grabbed the camera and took this picture.

He loves to sit like this, with his little feet dangling! It’s absolutely the cutest thing! He is quite a character. I sure hope that some cute dackel girl comes along and wants Arnie to be the father of her puppies. He’s got some fabulous genes!

I’m still working getting Anneliese ready for her big debut at the show. I hope she will strut her stuff and not get stage fright. She tends to be shy with people she does not know. Here’s hoping she takes an instant liking to the German judge!