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The last part of May, Casey, my little 11 year old dachshund who had recovered from paralysis when he was 4, started having problems. At first it appeared to be another bout of paralsysis. He was unable to walk and seemed depressed. I treated him for pain and crated him. In a few days he seemed to improve but then started having digestion issues. It was a roller coaster month as he would improve then decline. After several trips to the vet, Xrays and bloodtests, a mass was found affecting his stomach, pancreas and esophagus. He also had a lot of air pockets in his body cavity. Options were limited. The doctor didn't think he'd survive surgery as he was getting weaker every day. Finally, I made the decision to end his suffering.
I miss him so much. I cried for days and found that my bedroom is a very empty place. I would talk to him out of habit then realize he wasn't there. Feel for him in his usual sleeping spots in the bed, and more than once I dropped a crumb or something and called him to get it before realizing he was gone. It was such a gaping hole.
I realized that I had not been without a dachshund since I was 12 years old. There has always been a furry little warm pup in my bed. I knew what I had to do. I started dachshund shopping.
I found a puppy at Petland, but then after considering that Petland buys most of it's dogs from puppy mills I changed my mind. I went on line and monitored the newspapers and ad magazines until finally finding my new puppy.
She doesn't have a name yet. She is a beautiful black and tan, long haired dachshund. She's very sweet and mellow. She hugs your neck the way my old Dachshund, Morty, used to (also my mother's dachshund, Beaver, used to be a neck hugger). She has very kind intelligent eyes and is adorable when she bounces around and plays. VERY clumsey still, even at 11 weeks. She does the Ooooze thing on the bed, where she lays down and pushes with her back legs to move around. That's just adorable.
The breeder is Midget's Minnies and she states that to her knowledge, none of her dogs have ever had any spinal issues and tend to live to 15 and older. She seems like a very responcible breeder who only breeds her dogs a few years and then puts them up for adoption as pets while they are still young (6 and under) or she retires them in her household as pets. She had several pets there to prove it. Her puppies go pretty fast apparently.
I miss him so much. I cried for days and found that my bedroom is a very empty place. I would talk to him out of habit then realize he wasn't there. Feel for him in his usual sleeping spots in the bed, and more than once I dropped a crumb or something and called him to get it before realizing he was gone. It was such a gaping hole.
I realized that I had not been without a dachshund since I was 12 years old. There has always been a furry little warm pup in my bed. I knew what I had to do. I started dachshund shopping.
I found a puppy at Petland, but then after considering that Petland buys most of it's dogs from puppy mills I changed my mind. I went on line and monitored the newspapers and ad magazines until finally finding my new puppy.
She doesn't have a name yet. She is a beautiful black and tan, long haired dachshund. She's very sweet and mellow. She hugs your neck the way my old Dachshund, Morty, used to (also my mother's dachshund, Beaver, used to be a neck hugger). She has very kind intelligent eyes and is adorable when she bounces around and plays. VERY clumsey still, even at 11 weeks. She does the Ooooze thing on the bed, where she lays down and pushes with her back legs to move around. That's just adorable.
The breeder is Midget's Minnies and she states that to her knowledge, none of her dogs have ever had any spinal issues and tend to live to 15 and older. She seems like a very responcible breeder who only breeds her dogs a few years and then puts them up for adoption as pets while they are still young (6 and under) or she retires them in her household as pets. She had several pets there to prove it. Her puppies go pretty fast apparently.
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