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Day 61 — Maintaining Traditions and Meeting MORE People

By Galen|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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Day 56 — The Visitations

By Galen|2018-11-24T14:55:41-08:00November 18, 2018|dachshunds|

What could be more traditional for a Sunday than being At Home to receive visitors. MUNI socialized in a big way today meeting five new friends. Day 56 --- MUNI and DianeClick on any photo in the blog for a larger version. Then click again! Diane and Kathleen drove me home from church and were today's first visitors. Diane clearly is a dachshund maven, although MUNI enjoy attention from them both. We talked about showing dogs, and wondered if MUNI is destined to be a show girl. It's too early to tell, but Geoffrey brought out the grooming [...]

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Day 33 — Widening Our Social Circle

By Galen|2018-10-31T09:57:53-07:00October 26, 2018|dachshunds|

Now that MUNI is centrally located, she can be visited more easily. We're happy that people want to see her because she -- and all puppies -- need socialization. Today our first outside-the-pack visitors accepted an invitation to visit. Day 33 - Carrier Sterre-Salazar meets MUNI and Mother Zenith Click on the photograph for a larger version A friend from church, Carrie, was MUNI's first visitor. I'd locked SeQueL, Paris, and Apex out of the kitchen to keep the commotion down. They were behind a dog gate in the back hall. Zenith stayed with MUNI. When Carrie came [...]

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Day 32 — Expanding Horizons

By Galen|2018-10-28T09:39:59-07:00October 25, 2018|dachshunds|

Wow! Now that the whelping box is in the kitchen, MUNI is really the center of attention. Day 32 -- A Confusion of Dachshunds All of the adult girls feel the need to wander into the whelping box and either clean, lick, and guard or else simply greet and sniff. The configurations change, but the quarters are close and there is lots of intrapack contact. Good canine socialization for MUNI! Day 32 -- A Narrower Confusion of Dachshunds The day was a lovely sunny October San Francisco day. Without getting agreement from Geoffrey, I decided that [...]

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