Red is DOD today 25/5, all the way from the sunny Mediterranean coast of Spain

Spanish Teckels · May 25, 2006, 04:50:48 AM

Full Name: Red, Donut de Golage is my pedigree name, but I´m Red Spencer de Rosselló as I share my surnames with Mum and Dad.
Everyone Calls Me: Red, guapo, sweetie-pie (how humiliating….) butch.
Birthday: 21st October 2002
Gotcha Day: 1st March 2003
I live with: Andrea (a Scot) & Miguel (Mallorquín) and my miniature sister, Islay �" she´s a very slinky mahogany longhair..

Hometown: I was born in Chinchón, Madrid and now live in Altea, Provincia de Alicante, Spain. That´s right on the seafront overlooking the sunny Mediterranean and great for chasing seagulls along the beach too. We speak English and Spanish!
Weight: just less than 5.4kg (about 11 lbs)
Neck size: 32cm ( 12 inches) remember I am a dwarf = Zwergrauhhaarteckel
Height ground to chestbone: 9cm (3.5 inches)
Length from base of neck to tail:38cm (15 inches)
Height from ground top of head:35cm (14 inches)
Height from ground to belly:17cm (6.5 inches)
Hair Color: Roan (Autumn leaf!)
Eye Color: Dark Whisky brown
Coat type: Pin-wire. Mum´s almost finished hand-stripping me. For all you lucky smoothies and longs out there: this means she´s ripped out each and every old hair on my body by hand, now that´s torture for you!

Favorite People: Mum & Dad
Favorite Toy: Islay and Dad´s socks!
Best treat: Salmon biscuits, piggy ears.
Worst torture: Nails and stripping!
Where I sleep at night: In Chilly-Dog bed or on Mum, Dad, Grampy, Nana…or if all else fails, on the terrace in the sun!
Favorite pastime: pulling Islay´s ears and tail making her chase me. Running up and down the pinewoods and mountainside.
I am a hunter, yes: Definitely! Love chasing horses, wild boar, bulls and Alsatians!
What I do when Hoomans are away: sleep with one eye open in our look-out crate by the front door.
Story about me that my Hoomans would like to share: Mum and Dad say I´m the most generous big brother around. I shared my bowl with Islay from the very first day she came home with us and even chew the same bone with her at the same time! She´s only a tiddler and I protect her everywhere we go and let her snuggle with me and nibble my beard whenever she wants. Mum and Dad collected me from Chinchon in Madrid when I was four months old and I wasn´t house trained but have never, ever piddled or anything in the house and have never ever chewed anything except my toys either AND I´ve taught Islay to be the same way. They say I´d be an angel if it wasn´t for the embarrassing howls of delight every time we set foot outside! Takes me 3 minutes to settle down and walk quietly �" even if it´s midnight…..lucky our neighbours love me anyway.

I really love bearded ladies and we don´t have many round here, I´m getting fan mail from a black and tan wiry dwarf lady in Switzerland right now who met me at the Teckel Club annual show last year and Mum says if I´m a gentleman we might get together :love3:

Here are some piccies of me as a pupster and then in the next posting some here in the mountains where we walk every day - Mum & Dad do 10km but we run everywhere and do more interesting things than them!

Spanish Teckels · May 25, 2006, 05:07:18 AM

Some here in the mountains where we walk every day - Mum & Dad do 10km but we run everywhere and do more interesting things than them!

Spanish Teckels · May 25, 2006, 05:11:19 AM

Just a few more walkie pics.....

Spanish Teckels · May 25, 2006, 05:27:27 AM

Dad´s going to kill me when he sees he´s here too....sorry Dad!

Mike · May 25, 2006, 06:45:02 AM

Wow, you are a handsome guy and will be a tough act to follow as DOD. Just a question, do the Alsatians you chase have 2 legs or 4 legs (I have relatives in Alsace...)

Brekkesmom · May 25, 2006, 06:55:45 AM

Ah, Red, you are such a handsome boy! That is so sweet hearing about you training your sister! Congratulations on being Dog of the Day, and I love your picture fix - it should hold me for a few hours. (By the way, Red's little moustache on the sides of his upper lip is very like what I see on Brekke - those wiry hairs sticking out on the sides. What do you think - is she a throwback to some wire in her ancestry? I never saw any wire on her 5 generation pedigree...!)

Ruth in MT · May 25, 2006, 07:28:42 AM

All we can say is WOW!

HANDSOME !

MindyKay · May 25, 2006, 08:09:59 AM

What a handsome fella!

Hope you get lots of treats today!

Barb · May 25, 2006, 08:16:26 AM

Red - you are one cutie patootie !!!! I love your bio and all your pictures !!! You deserve to be our Dog of the Day !!! Is that your mommy in the group picture of hoomans and doglets?

I hope you have a wonderful day with lots of sunshine to lay in and lots of long walks.

Smoochies sweet Red !

DeeanDave · May 25, 2006, 08:30:09 AM

Red, what a handsome boy you are! Love the DOD bio on you and what a wonderful brother you are to teach Islay the ways of doxie-dome at your house and such a good sharer! The pictures are absolutely wonderful! Happy DOD and hope you get lots of treats! Dee, Dave, Sarge & Looie

Kelly · May 25, 2006, 08:54:08 AM

:urock: :urock: :urock: :urock: :urock: :urock: :urock: :urock: :urock: :urock: :urock: :urock:
You are a handsome dude Red! Have a good day!

PattyInAK · May 25, 2006, 08:57:37 AM

Wonderful, WONDERFUL pictures!!!
:apls:

Kari · May 25, 2006, 09:07:02 AM

Great DOD :thumb: You are a handsome little man!

Spanish Teckels · May 25, 2006, 10:46:09 AM

Awww, thanks, Auntie Barb.
No, that´s not my Mum - she took the piccie amd shés not photogenic, or so she says.....my Dad is on the left wearing orange (and white when she sneaked the photo of us both oin bed..) and the handsome gentleman in the middle was Ted Llewellyn and his wife Sonia. Ted was neighbour & bestest friend to my Mum and her dachsies Rex and Toby when she was little, Rex died at 19 and Toby at 17. Ted and Sonia came to stay with us in Spain last Summer and we took the piccie - he sure knew how to cuddle!

Mum & Dad were at home in Scotland for December/January and Ted died then, so this is a very special photo for us. So, no, there not my Mum & Dad, but they are as good as it gets and Sonia is coming to stay with us soon and we´re going to spoil her lots and lots again......

Love to you, Auntie Barb, cuddles from Red & Islay.

Barb · May 25, 2006, 11:52:32 AM

What a special photo then of you and your extending family. I am sorry that your Unca Ted passed away, and I am sure that you all will take care of your Auntie Sonia. Smoochies sweet boy !

Jenny G · May 25, 2006, 01:09:48 PM

Red you are one handsome fellow! I can't believe no accidents and no chewing! Think you'd want to come to Oklahoma and teach Berman and Lucy a thing or two? Hope you have a very happy DOD!

Spanish Teckels · May 25, 2006, 01:18:30 PM

hi Jenny, yes it´s true - Mum said she´d be sad if I piddled or pooped and I love her lots so I hung on and did it outside instead and got loads of hugs for doing it that way.

i´d love to come to Oklahoma - but I can´t dance very well and I don´t sing either - don´t you have to be able to do all those things from the "Oklahoma" musical to come over there?

P.S.: Bet Lucy and Berman hold it too - we just kid you on sometimes.

Spanish Teckels · May 25, 2006, 01:25:34 PM

Good one, Mike!

I love chasing and scaring the 4 long-legged type - haven´t actually had the chance to scare any 2 legged ones yet. We have driven through Alsace on our way to Scotland, but Dad keeps me harnessed in the back of the car (spoilsport...) till we get to a hotel and get to try the food & wine.

We snitched a shortbread that a guest dropped yesterday and Mum said we shouldn´t get used to it - but we reckon Cliffie probably gets shortbread every day, are we right? Can he give us his secret recipe?

Love from two starving, skinny half-Scot teckels - even our kilts slip off our starving skinny waists now....

Spanish Teckels · May 25, 2006, 01:31:46 PM

Thanks Aunty Dee and Unca Dave, Sargie and Louie are lucky to live with you - we´ll get loads of hugs but not enough treats, my kilt is slipping my waist is too slim, I need another trip to Scotland to get spoiled by my grandparents again quickly! Love to you all from Red.

Nikki · May 25, 2006, 02:41:13 PM

Felize perro de dia para te! (I hope I got that right) After seeing your pictures, I can see why they call you Guapo!!!! Muy bonito!

Adela · May 25, 2006, 03:51:41 PM

What a doll....you are so adorable and so macho!!!

Roberta · May 26, 2006, 03:11:38 AM

Love your moustachous red boy. Amy know how you feel as I have to hand strip a lot out of her.
Roberta
Amy and OLiver asks are you parents Scottish as our mum is, and Nannie is going home in June and she may bring us back something. :xfinger: :xfinger: :xfinger: if we are good

Spanish Teckels · May 26, 2006, 04:30:57 AM

Hi there down under!
Yes, my Mum is originally from Galloway (Bladnoch, near Wigtown, has a wonderful single malt distillery). Dad is Mallorquin from Palma, Mallorca. They met working in Madrid.
Where is your Nan from? Must be a very long trip for her to see all down there. Maybe she can tell you all about Galloway Belties (bit big to bring back for you though). First time Mum told Dad about them, he though she´d had too many drams of the pure stuff and thought it was a designer cow joke....
Love to you all,

Red & Islay (who is, of course, named after the Isle of Islay, where Dad´s favourite single malts come from)

Leslie · May 26, 2006, 06:25:46 AM

Gosh you're cute! Does yer mom have you trained in Spanish or in English? Be careful out there hunting wild boar, goodness you are brave and handsome!!!!!!! Happy belated DoD, RED!

Mike · May 26, 2006, 10:42:28 AM

Quote from: Spanish Teckels on May 25, 2006, 01:25:34 PM
We snitched a shortbread that a guest dropped yesterday and Mum said we shouldn´t get used to it - but we reckon Cliffie probably gets shortbread every day, are we right? Can he give us his secret recipe?

Clifford here: Dad only makes shortbread for special events, so I don't get it very often. He says it's pretty simple (like the name implies). It may not be Walkers, but we like it. Just get your food bowl out and mix 4 cups of flour, 1 cup of sugar and 1 pound of butter and then spread and bake on a lined pan at 350F until golden brown. Dad does this silly thing of using a fork to put a plaid design on it when it comes out of the oven.

Oh, if you decide to go after the 2-legged Alsatians, be really nice if they are name Rolf or Christiane. They like me a lot and you might get some Tarte Flambe...