Happy Dogs

My previous post showed a dog welcoming home her master... well below is a video of two wiener dogs welcoming home their master; a sailor home after 8 months in Kuwait. Turns out Mental_floss put together an excellent post on 10 November showing several of these 'welcome home' movie. Watch the one below, then head over to Mental_floss, but you sensitive types may want to grab a box of tissues on your way...

Banana Dogs

Because I'd forget about this picture if I waited until Halloween to post it...

Old Wiener

She's going into the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest dog. She's 21 - someone buy her a drink:

Dachshunds

My wife introduced me to the "joys" of having a wiener dog shortly after we got married when we got a red smooth mini. Fenway passed away in the fall of 2007. It really was like losing a member of the family, because she was. This past spring we got another dachshund. Another female red mini, but Liberty (Libby) is a long hair. She's starting to look like an Irish Setter sawed off at the legs.

Bridget over at Numbers not Invited has some great dachshund posts. This one of her two "kids" in the snow has some great pics.

No more wirehaired dogs, ever!

Apparently owners of dogs with wiry coats must "strip" their dogs' coats. It's a little scary to me that the best time to do this is when the coat is "blowing"... shedding to other dogs.

So here's a wirehaired wiener dog getting stripped... note the 'helpful' smooth haired wiener dog.

Dachshund diver

Tonight we are watching the tape-delayed Opening Ceremonies for the 2008 Olympics. I haven't noticed if the diver featured in this video is among them!