A little montage. Arnie is Mr. Blue and Anneliese is Miss Green. It was SEVEN years ago! Really it seems like the other day.
So, Happy Birthday to my little sweethearts!
A little montage. Arnie is Mr. Blue and Anneliese is Miss Green. It was SEVEN years ago! Really it seems like the other day.
So, Happy Birthday to my little sweethearts!
Hubby went off to buy some essentials the other day, and when he came back he had gotten squeaky toys for the three dachshunds. They love them!
Arnie got some sort of raccoon animal that for about six hours went squeak, squeak, squeak! Greta got a big bow tie that although she liked it at first, she is mostly ignoring now, and Annaliese got a little red snowflake that also squeaks.
As I mentioned, Arnie has already de-squeaked his toy, Greta became bored with hers and Anneliese…well, she cares for that toy like she would a puppy. She carries it around the house, never squeaks too hard, and if you ask her where her toy is, she will run about until she finds it, and then bring it to her bed, where she promptly lays down on it! How different these fury beasts are!
Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!
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The past weekend, Hubby and I spent an inordinate amount of time sleeping, watching mindless old movies, and finishing up the Christmas cards. Hubby was a big help with the annual Christmas letter. I did a rough outline, tossing in a few pictures, and he took the letter and put it together, and got it to make sense! Anyway, it’s done for another year….(thank goodness!)…and now I wait to see who I forgot.
Our colds are getting better. We’re definitely quieter, not coughing or sneezing as much, and my fever is gone.Yay!
I’m hoping to get down to Mandy’s place on Friday so I can see her and Savannah, and we can go and Christmas shop! It’s also getting close to Mandy’s birthday and I really want to take her out for lunch some place nice.
I’ve been writing a new blog which is helping me focus on my weight-loss journey. You can go HERE to The Wednesday Morning Losers site and read what I am writing about. It is geared toward the Weight Watchers plan, but anyone who has ever dieted can relate to what I’m saying.
I think this afternoon I will pull the Christmas tree out of the attic today, along with all the decorating boxes. Then I will work on Monday actually putting up the tree. We use an artificial one, as I’m so allergic to pine trees.
And today is the 6th birthday of Arnie and Anneliese! So here is a little montage of their their time with us! It is so special when you keep puppies from the moment they are born and raise them. I’ve never had a relationship with an animal like this before!
Arnie and Anneliese Birthday from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.
It’s that time of year when the dogs all go to the Vet’s for their shots. Today was that day. Despite not feeling 100%, I felt it was important to take the dackels in for their heart worm checks, and their shots. Besides, they just LOVE to ride in the car.
At 9:30 I opened the door and asked “Who wants to go for a ride?”
Three little dackels hopped into my car, and off we went. It takes about 20 minutes to get to my Vet’s office. I was sad to hear that she is out right now. She broke her ankle in three places skiing and actually needed surgery to set everything.
So today we got the substitute Vet. Dr. G. was very nice, and it was so funny to see Greta with him! She had a major attack of unbelievable cuteness! I think she had a crush on him!
Anyway, they all checked out well, and their visit didn’t break the bank. I did come right back home though because I am still not feeling my best, but at least I accomplished something today!
Born five years ago and placed in my hands, five beautiful puppies. Three went to wonderful new homes, but Arnie and Anneliese stayed behind and became my babies! They are the sweetest dogs I have ever had, and even though they are now five, I still refer to them as puppies, and I also refer to them as “the twins”, even though they aren’t technically twins.
So my little lovelies, Happy Birthday. It truly does seem like just the other day that you were born!
It was a long day on Friday. When you have a female dog in heat, and a male dog who isn’t, trust me, it’s a long day.
It started as soon as we got up. I walked the dogs, one at a time, and even got my jacket and shoes on to walk Anneliese. I don’t want any accidental births!
I came in and Arnie would…not…leave…her…alone!
He followed her into the bedroom. He followed her down to the laundry-room. He followed her into the kitchen. He followed her into the bathroom. He wanted her in the worst way!
Finally after nearly an entire day of yelling at the poor boy, I gave him a tranquilizer.
Now he is following me. That’s fine for me as long as he leaves Anneliese alone.
I learned today that I cannot continue to breed Anneliese in Germany. I’m so disappointed. Since she does have one last litter in her I will try to find a male here in the USA that fits her needs for when she goes into heat next spring.
Or, I may say, it’s been fun and not breed her again. I think sometimes you need to know when it is time to hang up the old breeder shoes and just enjoy your animals.
Arnie is driving us crazy. Last night it got so bad that we used a little Benedryl to help him relax. I mean, honest to goodness, with his sister in heat, he is just going crazy!
He’s been interested before, but this year he is REALLY interested. He follows her around, he kisses her ears, and he just generally makes a fool out of himself, and he drives both Hubby and me insane.
He is so adorable otherwise, but when a boy is a boy is a boy….there is only one thing he wants and that is…a girlfriend. Even if she is his sister.
We only started this a few days ago, so it will be about two and a half weeks until Anneliese is over this heat. Then we have 8 months until her next one. That gives me time to either find Anneliese an honest husband, or have her spayed.
I’m just not sure what I will do yet. We will see.
I went out to my garden today, and checked to see what was happening. What I found was a long European Cucumber that was ready to be picked. It was interesting to note that this cucumber has spiny needles on it, so one must not pick it without gloves! Also when you bring it in, you need to wash it down with a scrubber that removes the spindly spines, but then when you slice it…total yumminess!!!
Tomorrow I also will pick another summer squash and tomorrow night I expect to be cooking my summer squash saute for Hubby. It is so thrilling when the garden starts to come in. Fresh vegetables every night!
I also have an Ichiban Eggplant ready for picking, and that will be eaten tomorrow as well.
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I gave the dackels a shower today and once they dried, I began to strip out their winter coats. None of them actually LOVE showering, but they tolerate it.
Arnie escaped Hubby’s drying attempts and jumped up on our bed, and rubbed himself in our sheets and blanket. So after I washed three wiggling doggies, I had to strip the bed and wash our sheets and blankets!
The only problem with that is, on a day like this, when the air is a bit heavy, and the mosquitoes are out I tend to spray down with bug spray during the day, and I wouldn’t want to get into a clean bed with that stuff on, so…yes, second shower of the day. At least I didn’t have the dackels with me this time!
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So now it is off to bed for me. What a nice long weekend it has been! How was your weekend?
Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!
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It was actually a busy weekend for me, despite the fact that I wanted to be lazy. Perhaps that is a good thing. Being lazy is not something I think I can actually pull off and be happy with. So here it is Friday to Sunday.
Arnie from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.
The Dackels went to the Dackel Doctor today for their yearly shots and physicals. I have been waiting for this as I have been working to reduce the weight of both Anneliese and Greta. They were weighed and examined and the three dackels weighed drastically different weights.
Greta was 23 pounds,
Arnie was 21 pounds
and Anneliese was 18 pounds.
The odd thing is that Arnie really is the biggest of the three, the longest for sure, but he has retained his youthful figure! Greta has already told me that she has had two large litters and her “youthful” days are long behind her! Anneliese is just plain perfect! She really is in great shape!
The Doctor and Office Staff were all amazed at Greta and her children. One woman had never seen a wire-haired dachshund, especially ones with such beautiful wild boar, color coats. So it was fun to show them off.
After the Dackel Doctor visit we came back home to a very lonely Fritz. It was not his day to go to the doctors, and so Fritz was “Home Alone” He seemed none the worse for wear, but boy, was he happy to see us!