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Day 84 — Sunday Visitors

By Galen|2018-12-29T16:13:54-08:00December 16, 2018|dachshunds|

Sunday is the traditional day to receive visitors. Aurora likes tradition! Charles and John visit Aurora Charles noticed that Aurora was more hesitant to come up to him than she was during his initial visit. We've been told that puppies her age go through a shy stage, and we need to keep her meeting people so the shyness doesn't become a character trait. As it is, she looks dubious coming up to a visitor's hand. We think she'd think it'd smell better if there was a treat in it! She thinks he'd smell better if there were a treat in [...]

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 [...]

Day 28 — A Taste of Food and Friends

By Galen|2018-10-24T19:18:50-07:00October 21, 2018|dachshunds|

I had to post a bulletin this morning because of an unintentional event: Day 28 - Puppy Progress Bulletin! Zenith decided that she couldn't wait for breakfast in the kitchen, she wanted to be closer to MUNI. So, I put Zenith in the whelping box and brought a bowl of the puppy food she's been eating to her. MUNI smelled the food and waddled over to the bowl. The two of them ate together for a while -- there are no good pictures because of the low lights and all you see in the shots are back of heads, but [...]