...when you see that they own dachshunds, too?
I was riding my bike on Saturday through the neighborhood when I spotted a mother and her son walking a b/t smooth. The b/t spotted me first and began barking, so I approached it. Mind you, I was on my bike in full cycling gear: Helmet, goggles with amber lenses, gloves, cycling shirt and spandex shorts. As I approached, the mother and son looked at me like I was some kind of lunatic. I explained to them that I owned dachshunds (sad to say that in the past tense), and reached down to pet their pupper. The pupper sniffed me and was okay at that point. I told them that my oldest lived to 17 1/2. I didn't tell them that I had just lost him, though. Still, it was nice to get a dachshund fix.
I've gone up to strangers with dachshunds before. You aren't the only one, for sure.
I've been thinking of you guys. I hope each day gets a little easier....
Yes...I always do that too. And then I feel stupid afterwards. haha They never seem to mind though and I've had people do it to me. Hope you and your family having healing hearts and are feeling better. :heart:
Of course! I accost people with any item demoing dachsies to see if they have the real thing!. Once I met a b&t named Ludvig von Beethoven in a video store and the kids told me his wife, Wilhelmina, was at home with the children!
Me, Me, Me... I do! Every time I see one I can't help but stop to chat and pet the doxie. I guess I figure that if you own a doxie you are as crazy as I am about them...not always the case and I come off looking crazy :grin: :idiot:
Oh, you mean you are not supposed to - LOL !!!
I have been known to pull over when driving in my neighborhood to visit with a dachshund and parent - expecially if I have not seen them before !!!
I pet all dogs in Petsmart - but talk up a storm with any dachshund parents !!!
They are like a magnet - if your doxie crazy - you are drawn to them !!!!
Thinking of you David.......
I do! I'm drawn to them.....like a magnet. A few weeks ago, we were at a function where my step-daughter works (the grand opening of a park in a housing community and what a park!) and one of the families there had a long hair red girl.....I migrated to her. She was a cutie! And, then there was a smooth red, prancing around with his owner -- they had on matching T-Shirts! So I migrated to him. When I disappeared from Dave, he looked for a doxie and found me! Dee
We're all doing okay. It's still kind of weird not having a dog around.
It's been easier to make peace with Max's passing than any of the previous pupeers. I've found considerable solace in knowing that the decision was undoubtedly the correct one. Max's dignity and grace as the end approached helped as well. I also knew had I not made that decision, I would have exposed Max to a lot of suffering that he didn't need to go through. When you look at it objectively, 17 years and 7 months is a very long life for a dog, and Max's quality of life was equal to his quantity of it.
When the time is right, I think there will be a new friend in our household. I don't know if it will be a dachshund this time around (heck, it could even be the dreaded "C" word -- CAT!!!), but I guess we're just going to have to wait and see what the dogapult (or heaven forbid, a "CAT"-apult) has in store for us.
Me! Me! I do that. Heck, I've been known to make Mark stop the car, back up and I run up to catch the human walking the dachshund. Dachsies seem to be the puppers of choice in my town. Why, just last week when I was in a foul mood because I had to walk 6 blocks with a stiff neck, nonetheless, to catch a bus, the sweetest little b/t smoothie appeared. Mandy was so sweet and gave many kisses. She boosted my mood to no end. So yep! I'm embarrassingly guilty......and I refuse to stop.
Thinking of you, David, during this big change in your life.
It is wierd for us too, to think of you dogless. Not a good feeling!
I was dogless for 4 years before the dogapult launched Hallie my way. I couldn't go up to a doxie for a good 2 years after losing Jessie, it hurt too much. Then I couldn't get enough of them, and had the Bow Wow's here, so people would bring doxies to me! :grin:.
Hallie is with me 99.9% of the time so people with doxies usually come up to me to compare the kids! :thumb: Hallie just made a new tweenie smooth red doxie friend named Jonah who also came from an animal shelter, he is really sweet and only a year old. Amazing what people will "throw away". I suspect the dogapult (or catapult) is loading it's ammo as we speak... :xfinger:
Absolutely. Last month on my yearly trek up to Minneapolis I stopped at a rest area to stretch my legs. There was a man with a smooth chocolate guy. I became instant friends with the little fella and his dad and I discussed potential back problems. Their vet has been vocal about keeping weight down and NO jumping. I seconded all that.
Then at the MN Ren Faire, I ran into 3 more dachsies. It was a good weekend....
Absolutely! I have had lots of people come up to me so I figure that I can do the same! I've always found that most dachsie owners LOVE to show off the furkids!
I'm glad I'm not the only one that talks to Dachshie owners! This past week-end I ran into 2 dachshie owners.One was a full grown b/t smooth and my Mom spotted a tiny puppy.
Yes I do, and as they are unususal out here, they are as glad as I am to boast about their "KIds".
David just let us know when and what ----pult sends you
Roberta
Guilty, also. If Meghan is with me and she knows I've spotted a doxie, she will try her best to convince me I don't "need" to go and see the dog and talk to the owners. I tell her that I really think I do and when she has a doxie of her own and doesn't share one with the family, she will feel the same way! It's like a parent is when they see other parents with kids the same way.
David, if it hadn't been so close to Max's passing, I may have loaded the dogapult myself. I was looking the classified in our local paper and someone had a 1 1/2 year old female red longhair doxie. She was housetrained and they were giving her away. I hate to read that kind of stuff. It seems like the person may have given the reason, but I can't remember if they did or not. I was really tempted to send you an email. I was even telling myself it wasn't that far from her to Maryland and we could meet halfway!!
Of course! I don't know if there's anyone on this board who wouldn't! My husband and I were walking with friends down at Ohio State University before the first big game of the season, and we walked right past a house that had a very handsome b/t smooth boy. We were on our way to the stadium, so I didn't stop....the crowds were unbelievable on the streets, and I would have lost my group for sure. It was all I could do to NOT run up and talk to them, though.
Again, this quote rings true for us here, "It's a dachshund thing....you wouldn't understand."
i don't know how many times i have run up to people and said that i have a dachshund and i ask them can i pet them they are usually good enough although i must admit i hate when people come up to me because my little furkid decides that it is the time to bark and growl at them an make them scared. altough he is getting better last night i walked him to the shop and he just sat with my mom outside the shop ignoring people as they walked past.