Day 43 — We’ve Been Shot!

By |2018-11-11T16:37:19-08:00November 5, 2018|dachshunds|

MUNI's six-week birthday celebration was punctuated by a visit from our vet! Besides being examined head to toe and being weighed (3 pounds, 4.2 ounces), MUNI discovered by dogs don't always have a good time when they see the vet. MUNI received her first in a series (of 6???) puppy shots. Today was the just the basic anti-the-most-common-and-nasty illness shots: parvo for sure! She complained some, but, well, she is a puppy. We were warned by the doctor that MUNI would likely run a fever and could be lethargic. Lethargic didn't happen!  I don't know about the fever, but MUNI [...]

Day 24 — First Checkup and First Nail Trimming

By |2018-10-18T13:12:12-07:00October 17, 2018|dachshunds|

Zenith and MUNI almost slept through the night! True, bedtime after Sweat last night was late, around 11. But, the girls didn't ask for attention until 4:30 this morning. This is a big improvement over the every-two-hour timetable of recent nights. And, Zenith allowed us all to sleep for another hour and didn't inquire about breakfast until 5:40ish. Day 24 -- MUNI's First Nail Clipping. Geoffrey is both the nail trimmer and hand model. But, the main news today was that MUNI got peoplehandled! First off, Geoffrey put her on the scale to discover that she gained 1.4 ounces [...]

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