The Dackel Princess

Today I made another modification in the puppy room. I added a large doggy bed that used to belong to Fritz. The pups loved it, and when my neighbor, Jacqui came over she sat on the bed and they climbed all over her.

As you can see, the pups enjoyed climbing all over her, as well as chewing her toes! Yes, we discovered that Wally is a toe lick-er!

Then I decided that we needed to take every-one’s picture. I think they just get cuter and cuter every day!

Here is Curt. Gosh he is just so handsome!

Next is Calvin. He is also a totally handsome dude! He looks a lot like Curt.

Then there is our Little Miss. Schnapps. She is beautiful and I swear she has a very feminine face.

Fenway is probably the darkest of the bunch and has a sweet and lovable face.

And the brother who most resembles Fenway, is Wally, which is sort of funny. Fenway and Wally are not only brothers here, but will be going to the same home and will be forever brothers! Here is Wally.

Friday should be a lot of fun because we will be working outside with them laying lines of deer blood for them to follow, as well as having some children here for most of the day. I’m babysitting for a friend and this is always a favorite time for the pups!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

We’re now taking the puppies on back yard expeditions several times a day. They just love these and really fuss something awful if we put them in their pen. Occasionally we have to do that though, because Granny needs to clean out the puppy room and wash down every possible surface, and when the puppies are inside, they ‘help’ far too much! lol!

On our last outing of the day, I brought the camera. Then I started taking pictures and videos of the puppies.

The puppies are getting so big and beautiful. I just love watching them. My girl, Schnapps, and all my handsome boys.

Here is Calvin.

Curt.

Schnapps.

Fenway.

And Wally.

Hubby and I really love these little creatures. Here is Hubby with Fenway.

And me with all of my babies.

And here is a short video of Greta and her babies. Greta is still enjoying being a Mom. And the pups sure enjoy having her to snuggle with in the afternoon.

Monday. I was supposed to be able to kick back and relax a bit, but with 8 dachshunds and a German Shepherd, that was not to be the case. They kept me on my toes most of the day. At least Greta has decided that sleeping with Mommy and Daddy is a good thing and has stopped waking me up in the middle of the night.

Ah yes. Tuesday. Certainly on Tuesday I would have some time to rest a little. No. I still have those 8 dachshunds and the German Shepherd, and a house full of laundry and a kitchen floor that was calling out my name for a good washing. Plus it was bill paying day.

So like an automated robot I set about cleaning up after the puppies (not to mention feeding them four times during the day), taking them for a walk in the yard twice for 45 minutes each time, and tending to their wash. How can such little dogs poop and wee-wee so much?

I swept and scrubbed the kitchen floor, made lunch and cleaned it all up. Busy. Then it dawned on me. This, all this is what I have wanted all of my life. A house full of dackels, a husband I love and who loves me and being busy doing all the things I used to dream of. (Not the poop, but everything else!)

I’ve put the ad for Curt in Sunday’s statewide paper, and will go tomorrow and place the ad for the local paper. After a week if I hear nothing I will go regional. If people just saw this face:

I think they would just fall in love with him. He is a handsome boy, works well outside and already is following my leads. Wish me luck! And Curt too!

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

We had the puppies outside a lot today. Not because it was warm, but because they just love being outside. In the morning while I scrubbed their room, they stayed in the pen, but in the afternoon, I just let them run, and I took over 70 pictures of them frolicking around the back yard. I put the cutest ones in a short montage, or you can go here, and view the entire package on Flickr.

The last picture of Greta nursing all her babies just warms my heart. In fact I will include it again as it is just too adorable and makes me go, Ahhhhhhhh!

They are growing so fast, and it won’t be long until they leave me (and Greta, of course)! Three weeks and counting!

I simply cannot believe my guys (and gal) are now 7 weeks old! Where has the time gone? In just a few short weeks they will leave me for their new homes. Friday was a milestone for them, though. On Friday we opened the box, and gave them the free run of the puppy room. Of course we used the puppy gates to block the doorways, and we lay down new newspapers on the floor, and I added another puppy bed, and a lot more toys. The end result is 5 happy puppies, playing to their hearts content!

The new puppy room.

I left the box in and just cut down the side.

Puppies playing.

Look closely at this picture. Wally’s leg (green collar) is thrown over Curt’s body! Too cute!

And at the end of the day, the exhausted puppies climb into their new bed and fall fast asleep.

Probably the best thing about giving the the run of the room is that they are getting a lot of exercise now. I can also open the door to their outside exercise pen and scoot them out their while I clean up their room. It makes it great all the way around!

We have just one puppy left from Greta’s litter. He is Curt. Curt is a lovely, handsome boy with a coat very similar to Anneliese’s. He is good-natured, strong and is smart as a whip. At six weeks old he weighs 4 1/2 pounds. If anyone is interested in adopting Curt, please let me know. Next week we will be putting an advertisement in the newspaper to sell him.

Curt will be ready to go the weekend of November 14th.