Puppies – Page 5 – The Dackel Princess

It’s Fffffffffreezing!!!!!!

The temperature never climbed above 1 degree Fahrenheit today. The wind was blowing strongly with gusts up to 46 miles an hour. Greta went out only in her little doggy sweater and Fritz would run out and run back in as quickly as his legs could carry him. It was simply too cold to force the puppies outside. So I was very careful to make sure they had regular newspaper breaks.

Hello? This is March! We are supposed to be heading toward spring. Didn’t Punxsutawney Phil say we were having an early spring this year? Yeah, like I believe that today!

Tomorrow is puppy day. We go to the Vets so that Arnie and Anneliese can get their shots. I hope it is warmer, but if it’s not I will wrap them in a blanket and warm up the car first.

I got my surgery date for my right eye. I’ll be operated on, on May 8th. Springtime. Warmth. Sunshine! Yes, that will be a great time to have surgery. I’m not at all nervous about this. I know my doctor well, respect her work in so many ways, and feel totally comfortable in her hands.

But first, let’s get some springtime warmth here! Brrrrr! It’s too cold for me!

This, That and Good-Bye To Two More Puppies

Today was my first physical therapy session. I’ve decided that I could never have knee replacement surgery, because I just do not do pain very well. Anyway, I lay there while the therapist gently worked on the MCL and we sort of talked the entire time. No big deal, right?

Wrong! Tonight I can hardly walk. It’s amazing how much this stupid thing hurts. Nope, no knee replacements ever, ever, ever.

Two of the puppies left us yesterday. Anita has gone to Poughkeepsie, and is doing really well. I got a letter today and pictures of her at her new home. She looks so happy and loved! That makes me so happy! They have decided to give her another name (no big deal, after all Greta’s real name is Xochil!), and she is now being called Gabby! Isn’t that adorable?

Gabby (Anita) in her new home with her new friend, Rita.

Anja has gone as well. She is just down the road and I am hopeful we will see her from time to time. She is such a pretty girl and shows great promise for blood tracking of wounded animals.

Now we have Arnie and Anneliese. Of course Anneliese is staying, but Arnie is our little orphan. Things just did not work out with the people who had hoped to take him. You know how it is? Life happens. So my boy is up for grabs.

Greta is doing better today, and we have had the puppies out to play with her a lot. She enjoys the rough and tumble play, but then looks forward to their naps as well.

I caught Anneliese watching the TV today. I just knew this dog was supposed to be with me. She likes General Hospital! LOL!!!

All in all, not a bad start to the week.

Good-Bye Anita and Anja

It was a hard day for Miss Greta. She watched two of her babies go off with their new families. I’m not sure if it was because she was playing with all her babies one minute and then two of them went out the door, or perhaps she really can count, but after they left she kept looking for them. In the yard, around the house, until she crawled into my lap.

She whined and fussed and if it is possible, I swear, she actually looked depressed. We are giving her a lot of cuddles, treats and kisses.

She just proves to me each and every day how deeply a dog can feel.

Fun In The Sun

The last of our babies found a home today. Anita will be heading out to New York State as well! Three of my babies will become New Yorkers! Angelika, Arnie and Anita. I never would have guessed. In any case, I spoke to Anita’s new owner and it sounds like a wonderful home for her.

Are you all wondering what I will do with my free time once the pack of hounds have left me? Of course Anneliese will be staying with us, so I will be house breaking her, but I also need to paint the mud room and get it back to what it once was. A place to hang coats and store our wet boots. Of course part of me will always look out there and expect to see my babies.

I expect all the pups to be gone by Monday. I hope you all will show up that day to give me hugs. As much as I am ready for them to go to their new homes, I will really miss my little babies.

You see it’s on days like today that I think I never want them to leave. We had the four remaining pups out for a romp on this warm winter’s day. I hope you enjoy the video.

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I get the stitches out of my eye today. Hubby is taking a day off from his skiing to drive me down to Boston for this big event. My surgery was back in August, so it has really been a while.

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

11 Weeks Old

We brought Greta and the puppies outside today to run around. They’re 11 weeks old now and full of energy. I had several of Greta’s balls out there for them to play with and they ran around and around and around!

We noticed a few things. Arnie and Anneliese like the balls the best, Anita loves to chase after all of them and Anja loves to smell everything!

We let them run around until they started to get cold and then we brought them in. They had a nice big dinner and then they quickly fell asleep.

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I heard from a man who is looking for a little wire-haired dachshund female. I’ve got my fingers crossed that this will work out and the last of my puppies will find a good home.

My time with the babies could be over quite soon.

My Sunday

It was a warm, beautiful day here in New Hampshire. When Hubby finished clearing some ice from the drive we brought the four puppies out for a little R&R on the patio. With only four of them, it was slightly less hectic to watch them, although I will tell you that Anita and Anneliese were the two wild ones who figured out how to climb onto the snowbank in the back yard and chase after their Mom’s toy ball. Arnie and Anya wanted to sniff anything and everything, showing us that they are indeed the best in the field so far.

Greta doesn’t put up with their antics too much. When they start to bug her, she gives them a stern growl, and they good-naturedly play off in another direction.

Eventually it was time for them to come in. Oh, what a tough job that was, getting them all back in the house. I finally did what dog owners have been doing since the beginning of time. I got out the dog cookies and bribed them all back in. They scurried in, ate their cookies and then all curled up in bed and fell asleep.

I’ve thought about Angelika today. I’ve wondered how she is doing, if she is happy or missing her litter mates, or if she has happily settled in with her new owners and Bunkie, her new brother.

I really hope that she left here and never looked back.

And Then There Were Four

On Friday, Nancy and Walter arrived with their little wire dachsie, Bunkie. They are adopting Angelika. Their journey was a long one from Upstate New York. I’d invited them to stay the night and then leave on Saturday morning. So, we visited for a bit after they got here, and it was so wonderful to see them with Angelika. They saw her and fell instantly in love!

I can’t explain the feeling I have inside me, knowing that I bred these babies and knowing that this puppy will make them really happy. In fact, seeing the expression on their faces, when they held her, filled me with a warmth I hadn’t known before.

We went out to dinner and that gave us a chance to get to know each other. They are such nice people, and we are really happy that they are now part of our extended family.

This morning Emily was over for breakfast. She knew that today Angelika, or “Angel” as she will now be called, was going to leave right after breakfast. We ate and talked and then Angelika came out and we took pictures of her with us for the last time.

I was doing really well keeping it all together until I looked over and saw Emily crying and then heard her little sob. Then I was undone. The tears began to flow. Not because I felt bad about where Angelika was going or who she was going with, but because I just hate to see Em hurt.

Nancy and Walter promised to send pictures and have invited us to bring Emily down during the summer. We stood at the top of the steps and watched Nancy carry Angelika down the stairs and away from us, and as the door closed and Angel began her new life, my heart ached.

Greta doesn’t seem to notice that her baby has gone. She really has been done with the pups for a while. The other pups also do not seem to notice that she has gone.

So, this is life. You go through the pregnancy so happily, stay with the babies while they are so helpless and blind, teach them to eat and play and then when they are ready to be off on their own, you kiss their little heads and say your good-byes.

Good-bye Angel. Have a wonderful life!

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This is a picture of Greta with her babies taken in January. They loved to cuddle up with her because she felt “soft” and cuddly to them.

Shots & A Car Ride

Thursday was puppy examination and shots day. We put the puppies into two carriers, got Greta and headed to the Vets. I brought Greta because I wanted to weigh her and see if she was back to her prep-regnancy weight. She is, and she is looking really good. I am so proud!

Each puppy was examined, weighed and given their vaccinations. The puppies all wiggled and ran around the exam room, but I guess they really were pretty good. No one cried when they got their shot and lots of kisses were given out.