We're not sure what it is about blind Goldie, but all of the male Dachshunds we've had over the years have always adored her.  Little Oscar, who we lost a couple of years ago, cherished her the most.  Bailey has since taken over where Oscar left off, and he has become her latest heart-throb.  Whenever…

What a difference a month makes. When Ella arrived here from Louisiana at the end of February, she was so fearful she tried to avoid us at all costs.  She wouldn't come into the house, wouldn't let us get close to her, and wouldn't even come up to eat her meals — we'd have to…

Just a quick update on Timmy's surgery (no photo, sorry!) — his leg was amputated yesterday afternoon and he came through the surgery in good shape.  He will be staying at the clinic for the next few days.  Once he fully recovers and comes back home, I know he will be a much happier boy…

Here's our darling little Widget, after I took her sutures out this morning.  She healed up just fine from her eye surgery last month.  We've thought about getting her an eye patch and having her look like a pirate, because sometimes she acts like a pirate around here!  ("Here, let me help myself to your…

On Friday morning I was letting the dogs out at Widget's House and had just reached Timmy's crate when I noticed drops of blood on the floor outside his crate door.  As I opened the crate, I could see the paw on his crippled leg was a bloody mess.  He had blood dripping down his…

I got these photos a while back and forgot I had them on the computer … but here is blind-and-deaf Spinner working her way into her favorite chair.  Because she is blind and deaf, and because these chairs are also the favorite of some previously identified snapping Dachshunds (a.k.a. Daisy), she begins the process quite…