Day 70 — Continuing Traditional Gardening

By |2018-12-08T16:52:55-08:00December 2, 2018|dachshunds|

Our backyard planter boxes arrived when our first pack was getting elderly. We were able to grow some flowers and tomatoes without fighting over them with the canines. However, in 2008 SeQueL arrived, and the planters quickly became a favorite playtime destination. Aurora has continued the puppy tradition of wallowing, digging, and generally enjoying the now-falling-apart planters. Day 70 -- Morning Play in the Planter Aurora has also decided that the planter box is also a litter box, at least the center part of it is. Very confusing to us humans, but the whole box is being enjoyed [...]

Day 61 — Maintaining Traditions and Meeting MORE People

By |2018-12-01T14:37:07-08:00November 23, 2018|dachshunds|

After the big Thanksgiving dinner for the humans, we all weighed ourselves this morning. In Aurora's case -- and only in her case! -- heavier is better. Today she was 4 pounds 6 ounces.  That's five ounces more than the last time we weighed her five days ago. Good girl! The pack stayed together and decompressed most of the day. By "decompress" I mean run, chase, chew, and snarl for an hour or so followed by complete collapse for several hours; repeat! Aurora's newest discovery is how to walk up the side of the decomposing planter box and join generations [...]

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