Anneliese – Page 13 – The Dackel Princess

Happy Birthday Arnie & Anneliese!

Today, December 10th is the third birthday of my beloved Arnie and Anneliese! Hubby and I were there to see them the moment they were born, and we have been with them ever since., and most importantly, they have been with each other all of their lives. Their relationship is a wonderful thing to behold. They are closer than two peas in a pod! In fact when Anneliese had puppies, she allowed Arnie to come into the whelping box to babysit.

In this short video you will see them from birth to the present. Happy Birthday my sweet puppies!!!

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The Crazy Old Dackel Lady On The Hill

I have been joking with people for years that when I am old I will be The Crazy Old Dackel Lady that lives on the hill. I will surround myself with a dozen or so dackels and instead of furniture for people I will just have dackel beds all over the house. I’ll have a kiddie pool with water in it for them to all drink from, and will cook roasts for them every night. We’ll have a large screen TV where we will watch Animal Planet and TLC. And I will have a big recliner to get comfy on.

Well, that’s always been the dream until Daylight Savings Time ended. Now the dogs want to get up in the middle of the night, they want to be fed early and quite frankly my four have been just a little cranky with the disturbance in their sleep habits.

And so have I.

Take last night. I stayed up until 10 o’clock. I walked the older dogs (the sweet puppies were asleep) and we climbed into bed. I fell asleep quickly and slept well, until about 4 when Greta started in. She paced back and forth, up and down the bed, stepping on my head, pulling my hair, until I grabbed her and put her under the blankets near my stomach. I eeked out another 2 hours of sleep before the dogs forced me to get up!

Anyway, all of this sleep deprivation has caused me to rethink my goals of becoming The Crazy Old Dackel Lady on the hill.

Shoot, now I have to think up something new to aspire to!

Dogs, Dogs and More Dogs

It was the last day our friends from Australia were with us. We began the morning with a full breakfast and coffee before packing up a lunch to send them off to the airport with. Still, as we played with the pups for the last time, it was sad knowing that we would not see them for a bit. I do wish Australia wasn’t so far away!

Me and Jill with four of the five pups.

Once they were off, I played a bit with the pups, in between loads of laundry.

Two of the pups are now 4 pounds. Curt and Calvin. Schnapps is weighing in just under four pounds, and Wally and Fenway are 3 1/4 pounds. They are adorable, all of them!

My own doggies continue to make me smile. I bought Fritz a new toy, which was stolen by Arnie.

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Meanwhile, Anneliese is into her second week with her heat and enjoying the softness of the sofa and the doggy blanket. Oh yes, and the taste of a juicy bone!

The plan for the rest of the weekend is to finish up the laundry, and get my life organized for the week ahead. We have puppies going to the Vets for their first shots, Fritz going to the Vets for his booster shots, and a visit to the beauty shop for me for…ahem…obvious reasons!

Big Dogs & Little Dogs!

Oh my goodness, the puppies are all over three pounds now! I weighed them in this morning and couldn’t believe how much they had gained! They are all much more animated now and I hope next week we will have a warm day and I can get them outside for a little while.

You should see them run around the box and they have the sweetest little barks ever. Sort of, miniature dogs! lol!

Here they are in their puppy box!

I cannot believe how much they have changed and grown! Here is Calvin.

And Wally.

Curt and Fenway.

And Schnapps.

I was busy on Monday, as I have guests expected, almost any time from Australia. The last time they were here Greta was a baby and had come into heat for the first time. So what happens today? If you guessed that Anneliese is now in heat you would be right. I noticed just after lunch and now she has her little pants on!

No, life is never dull here!

Hubby and I ran out to the grocery store and shopped for food, and supplies before returning and having lunch. Then I was tearing into the house, so that all looks fresh and smells clean! The last room to do was the puppy room.

I got them all fed, the box cleaned and then they played with Makenna for half an hour. After that, they curled up and fell asleep.

The end to another eventful day!

Home Again

We arrived home about 4:30 this afternoon. Was I tired after such a long, long ride. Arnie and Anneliese are such great little travelers, and good company too. Sometimes they rode in their crate, but when I felt lonely they came up front with me, Anneliese on the passenger seat and Arnie riding shot-gun on the arm rest. He watched every single thing that happened as I drove along.

My GPS worked out amazing well on this trip and I liked having it. I will, however, bring an Atlas next time, just for reference. I have just related to Hubby that he was correct. I do LOVE maps!

Now a little more about the show. It was good to see the people I have come to know in our club. A few have become dear friends and I look forward to catching up with them each year. The area of Pennsylvania is just beautiful, and I love the Pennsylvania Dutch atmosphere.

The show was held at an in-door riding ring. It was very small this year and when I was up showing Anneliese or Arnie I felt like I was walking in a circle for miles!

I thought several times I might just fall over in a dead faint!

The dogs were examined on the table too, and they were perfect Angels while being examined.

I was really proud of them.

After the show I learned that there is another amendment to the rules for breeding. It doesn’t affect Anneliese, as she is already in the breeding program, but it affects Arnie and I am perplexed. I have so many options right now, that I am not sure what to do.

The drive home was long, but good. Sunny and cool and delightful, and I got home in pretty good time. That is totally wonderful!

We’re On Our Way

With Hubby at home caring for Fritz, Greta and the puppies, I am off to Pennsylvania with Arnie and Anneliese for the German Dog Show. All the primping and preening I’ve been doing should help. Oh yes, and I’ve groomed the dogs too! lol!

We’re going back to the site of last years show, in Reinholds, PA. It’s really lovely there. The show is held at an Equestrian Center in the middle of rolling pastures. It’s such a pleasure to go there.

The Judge this year is a man I have shown under before. He rated Greta three years ago. He is a kind man, who enjoys the dogs and is very fair. I’m happy to be able to show both Arnie and Anneliese to him.

I’ll be posting all weekend from Pennsylvania. Yes a Dackel Princess road trip! Complete with pictures and up to the minute stories of life on the road with two dackels!

Here is Greta when she went to the show three years ago.

And Arnie two years ago.

And Anneliese last year.

Yes, my life has now truly, gone to the dogs!

Arnie & Anneliese

Today was one of those busy days. I had a doctor’s appointment, a business affair to attend, and then cooking I needed to do to use up the abundance of tomatoes from our garden.

I made 5 quarts of sauce, saw my doctor, dressed up for the business affair and went and then convinced Hubby to take me out for salads and Sweet & Sour Calamari at “Canoe”. Busy, busy, busy, but all good. Especially the Calamari!

The day started off with Arnie and Anneliese horsing around with Hubby. They both climbed in his lap and cuddled and fooled around with him.

Here they are with Hubby in his chair. And below is Anneliese. Isn’t she just beautiful?

But then she is a little devil, and I caught her laughing in this picture!

So tonight, after such a long and busy day I am pretty tired. Tomorrow I promise more puppy pictures and perhaps a video!

Have a great day everyone!

Got Milk?

The day dawned early and the dogs and I were up and outside. While they ran around and I stumbled about trying to drink my coffee and wake up. Thankfully, the caffeine kicked in and I began to come to.

Breakfast was made, dogs were fed too, and then I went about running errands with Gail. Post Office, Dry Cleaners, and UPS. Everything went well, and then we got home with plenty of time to make a great light lunch.

After lunch I was reaching down to pat Greta’s growing belly when Hubby told me that she’s got milk.

Milk? Already?

Sure enough, I checked and Greta is all ready to nurse her babies! Amazing how quickly it has come on with her second pregnancy.

It won’t be long now until we have to set up the puppy room, yet again to prepare for another litter of wild and wonderful dackel babies!!!

Anneliese is returning to her usual self. She is losing the baby weight, and once again acting like a puppy herself!

So now I start letting people know that I’ll have puppies ready to go in November. I’m also going to a workshop on Saturday to learn more about training puppies for tracking. It should be interesting.

Gail leaves me tomorrow. I’ll be driving her to the airport in the morning for her trip home. It will seem so strange when she has left us. It’s been so much fun having her around!

Ankle Socks & Sneakers

Today was one heck of a day. Hubby and I shopped for food, vacuumed the house, fed, walked and played with our dogs and the puppy, and cooked a gallon of cherries so we could make cherry juice for cherry jelly. Gosh the list doesn’t “look” that long, but trust me, it was.

The day was dark and rainy, so it actually was a perfect day to do all of these things. I didn’t feel like I was missing anything, however, because of the rain the dogs all were feeling stir crazy.

It’s only a week now until we learn for certain if Greta is pregnant. I’m pretty sure she is, but it will be nice to hear, then the planning can begin.

It’s funny. I was looking at the picture I posted the other day of me with my sister, Janet and Larry and Tracy. Now here is the funny part. You will notice that everyone is either in bare feet, or flip-flops and there I am with my white ankle socks and sneakers and in a dress. Why is this funny?

Well possibly because it is how I dress today. Especially the socks and sneakers. I guess some things never change. What a weird kid I was and an equally weird adult!

All I can say is “Help, Clinton and Stacy” from TLC’s “What Not To Wear”. They could be my last hope!

A Dackel Day

The dackels (all of them) woke me at 6 this morning. I was awake anyway, so I didn’t mind starting the day so early. I walked all the dogs and the puppies, cleaned the puppy room, and then made the puppies their breakfast. They ate and then immediately went outside into their pen. I can leave the door open and they can go out and come in at will. They love it and I sometimes find them collapsed in the sun sound asleep.

Fritz will go out and do his inspection of our yard and our neighbors yard and then come back and lay down by the puppy pen. Good old Uncle Fritz, babysitting the puppies.

Since I decided to spend today doing all the things I have been putting off, I amazed myself and completely cleaned the puppy room (including washing the beds), vacuumed and washed the kitchen floor and then because I felt the need to prove I truly am “Super Dackel”, I did 7 loads of laundry, and took my darlings out twice in the yard for good long runs.

Anneliese was out with us today and she was amazing. She kept all the puppies in a group, when they were playing too hard, she corrected them with a little bump, and then the sweetest thing, at one point she lay down with all four of them and cuddled. It was such a sweet moment.

After that she came in and snuggled with her Daddy in his chair. The position was too cute not to capture!

Makenna arrived and we played with the pups and ran them around some more, after which they fell asleep and stayed that way until dinner time.

Greta is still in the throws of her heat, and poor Arnie has really needed to be locked away. He hates this, but it is for his own safety, and hers. In the meantime, she lounges on the sofa cuddling her ducky.

Tonight I’m spoiling Hubby with a new recipe for potato salad, broiled pork loin and broccoli! Then I hope to make it an early night.

More pictures of my darlings tomorrow! Have a good week everyone!