The Dachshunds at the ranch just love the woodstove in our living room. Whenever we have a fire going — which is every night this time of year — there’s always a Dachshund nearby, sometimes all of them. I took this photo tonight, shortly after Alayne and I had come in from feeding the horses and putting them up in their stalls. It was 5 above zero and the wind was blowing 10 miles an hour, with snow coming in sideways. (Try getting a Dachshund to go outside and do its business in those kinds of conditions!)
Alayne and I were frozen, of course, but the house was toasty warm because we kept the woodstove going all day and the Doxies were in close proximity to it. That’s Bailey on the left, new arrival Daisy in front of the stove, and Oscar in his favorite chair. (Also Widget’s favorite chair — she had it all yesterday evening.) Doxie No. 4, blind Callie, was over by the dining room, waiting for dinner.
The Dachshunds are just glad someone invented humans to do useful things like make fires and split wood.
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