I Hate School

Brat's most embarrassing picture is now up on for all to see on Stuff On My Wiener.

I should never have taught her to type

I'm So Comfy!

Guess who got a new chair?



Only good to 60 pounds, so no sharing with Mommy

Traveling in Style

We've never taken Brat on Vacation with us.

For one thing it would be a logistical nightmare. E.g. finding dog friendly hotels (that always charge a goodly surcharge) and having to stop often for piddle breaks.

And for another, how boring would a loooonnnng car trip be for an small, active dog - very!.

But apparently we just haven't given it enough thought. Looks like next year we'll be going on a sea cruise.

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[From Popular Mechanics. Aug, 1939]




I love the wiener life jackets.

Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You... The Aviator 2

We are going on another wiener walk in August and part of the festivities include a dachshund costume show.

So I need to come up with something for the Bratster. We have a teddy bear in an aviator outfit and I tried it on Brat....

She hated it. A lot.

And she couldn't walk in it. I made her suffer long enough to get this picture, what a patient dog :-)

Day Full Of Wieners...

So last weekend we went on the 2nd annual Miniature Dachshund Club of BC walk.

After about the first 10 minutes or so the weather was beautiful... Off came the sweatshirt.

I would say there was about 50 or so wieners there, most very well behaved and only a couple of barkers.

There were a number of games for pooch and people, hot dogs for sale, a few group walks and much frolicking.

Of course there was a raffle, with many goodies. I cleaned up in the herb department.

Here's the Bratster all hot in her "Princess" t-shirt.



We got that for her last year at the Excalibur in Las Vegas. The arms didn't fit her right because of the unique dachshund physiology, so we cut the arms off. I think she looks rather butch.

Here's she's playing "bobbing for wieners" with dad. She didn't win as one of the other dogs didn't seem to need to chew.




Skill testing question - who's the bigger gimboid?





Look, Brat can climb!




And with her friend Freddy James

So Where Are You!?

Haven’t had anything new to say lately, so here is a quickie until I have something :->

Here is the Bratster right before Christmas. Isn't she graceful?



And here is her Santa picture. Yes I'm obsessed, why do you ask?



Here is our tree, small but cute.



And finally, I got this really super pig model for Christmas (thanks Marc & Andrea!)



Not a great picture, this is what it really looks like:



And it goes like stink!

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hallowiener Walk

Very, very late post....

Went on a wiener walk for Hallowe'en. Lots of wieners, lots of treats.

Brat went as a dragon. Some people thought she was a dinosaur, that works too. Meet Bratasaurus Rex:




This is our neighbour (and Brat's best friend) Daisy:



There were a few non wieners too:



Awwwwww:



Of course we had games. This is musical hoops:



And guess what tired pooch won best costume?

Another Wiener Walk

Went on another wiener walk today at Peace Arch Park. This one hosted by the Miniature Dachshund Club of BC.

Here's the Bratster:



And here is everyone walking their wieners:


This was the first walk this group has done, and it went very well. Mostly sunny, lots of happy dogs (about 40), races and games and treats for the pooches.

Brat is sleeping it off now.

All Is Well....

Brat survived her tutoring with no problems. She was very dopey last night and mostly slept.

Here she is with daddy, showing off her stitches.



And this morning sharing breakfast and back to normal.



Also the new yard (to go with the new deck) is mostly done. A few picky bits to finish, but already 500% better!

This is what the old carport / deck looked like just before we ripped it down:



Here is a repeat shot (from earlier blog) showing the new deck, but with the yard not yet started:



And here is the yard now:



I'm so happy :-)

What A Mess!

So of course when I'm at work all day the dog gets bored, bored, bored.

She has roughly 5000 toys, but does that keep her happy, NO!

She has a training pad holder


That we put newspaper in and lately she has taken to ripping the *)#*R$#& out of the newspaper and throwing the scraps all over her pen.

This is what her pen should look like: (Minus the crate, we've taken that out. The pad holder is behind the crate in this picture)



And this is what it looked like @ 7:19 tonight:


Sigh....

Haven't been writing much lately because... because... Well I haven't felt like it... So there.

But that's probably just as well. With the current excitement level in my life you would at best get an breathtaking account of what I had for dinner (tonight - McFood!) Or perhaps the joy that is summer television (oooooh, a Simpsons I've only seen 56 times)

And here is a strange phenomenon that only ever seems to happen to me. I will - out of boredom - watch some stupid sitcom that I've never seen before. Deciding I hated it I'll set out to never watch it again. 6 months later - again out of boredom - I'll decide to give the show another chance. Guaranteed it will be the same stupid episode I watched the first time. How can you give something a 2^nd chance when the 2^nd chance is the same as the 1^st chance?

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We are getting a new back deck and downstairs bathroom. I'll post the exciting pictures when done. Can you wait?
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