Canadian Dachshund Rescue (Ontario) is an all-volunteer rescue organization that rehabilitates and rehomes dachshunds in Ontario. All dogs that enter our program are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and have their immediate medical needs seen to. The dogs stay in foster homes until new homes are found for them. Because we’re all volunteers and we help dogs from our own homes, we have very low overhead costs so more of your donations can go directly to medical bills for the dogs. We’ve been operating since 2001 and have placed over 700 dachshunds in new homes.
This blog is the dog’s side of the story. It’s written by dogs for dog lovers. Some dogs have been in one home since puppyhood, some were adopted years ago, some are newly adopted, and some are waiting for homes. All of them have a unique personality and perspective. For them rescue is not about business or politics, it’s about life and love.
Although this goes against everything we stand for, an outfit every ONCE IN A WHILE is OK to make our humans happy and love us even more.
Here is how it’s all going down:
-Send your pics to my Mommy at rachel_douglas@yahoo.com
-One picture per household or wiener
-Keep it clean humans, this is a family site! (I’m talking to you CeeBee)
-Each picture will be posted and voted on through the comments
-One vote per IP address -I can see you!!
-Deadline for pics is Monday March 22 @ dinnertime (5pm)
-I’m pretty sure Frankie will vote for himself.
-I will not participate in the contest but *sigh* here is what I’ve worn for several years at the CDR booth:
- Oh Pooh….
The winner of this high profile contest will win a copy of Wiener Takes All a hilarious Dogumentary about the world of dachshund racing and thier rabid owners.
Happy Friday!
First stop: meat store. Second stop: kitty factory
... or four.
A house becomes a home with one dog. With four dogs, the house becomes a nest of dog beds and blankets. Yes, there are 5 blankets (and Dumb and Dumber) on the couch. What of it? Just as food wins over humiliation, comfort always beats style.
Why are all the humans wearing and drinking green? Being that we are so adorable we seem to get costumed for all kinds of occasions; Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Quanza but this is taking things a bit far:
What?
Well if you can’t beat humans we might as well join them! Coming soon our own online costume contest.
I'm not in this picture but I know these guys all left eggs in the garden
I’m really happy that all the snow is melting because it’s uncovering all sorts of good snacks in the yard! I’ve been sampling all the lawn treats but I think mom likes them too and yesterday she went out with a big bag and took ALL of them and didn’t share any. She even got mad when I was helping her find them and I only had a little taste here and there.
Everyone here likes the yard snacks and even when the people change our food or give us special pills or powders on our food we’re not going to stop eating them. There are different flavours from bunnies and moles and skunks and birds and all sorts of friends.
Sometimes when we come in from outside and it’s wet out I go and give the people big wags and hellos and kisses and they say I’m smelly and tell me to get off the couch and they go wash themselves and sometimes they wash me, too. I’m learning stuff living here and one of the things I learned is not to snack outside and then give kisses because I get the opposite reaction to what I expect.
I love spring and I can’t wait until I can go for my daily walks! I think it might even be this week!!!
It was Sunday morning, the sun was shining and the air was fresh and then the impossible happened……. I was given the most delectable thing these old salivary glands have laid tongue on, a salmon skin bone. It is basically a long strip of salmon skin dried out like jerky, its wonderful!
Heyyy.. lookie what I got!
Given the high stink level Mom shooed me outside to eat but I prefer a good snack in bed so I stood outside the screen door for TWENTY-FIVE minutes! Can you say stubborn? Oh I made our kind proud with the level of stubborn I reached. I stood there; the sun pounding the back of my head, mouth watering with salmon juice, water dish in my sight line and the sound of Jasper (big furry black thing) chomping down on salmon dermis. Yup 25 minutes I stood there waiting to be let into the house so I could spread that fishy smell all over my bed but Mom wouldn’t give in and even grabbed the bone out of my mouth and threw it across the lawn. I got it and returned:
Hello???
Well I did my best but my other strong wiener trait took over, appetite.
I know one thing is for certain, it didn’t take 25 minutes to eat it.
PS- April told me that she went to the dog park and people kept asking what kind of dog she was ’cause her haircut is so bad. LOL
Maggie would not approve of Robin, either
It’s been a tough week in the rescue, and it’s also the anniversary of the death of the matriarch of this family. Maggie was the only dog who could keep my attitude in check.
Two of my brothers in rescue are no longer with us and all of the members of CDR are very sad about it. I am very thankful that they left the world with loving owners and full stomachs. I know I might complain about this or that every once in a while, but today I’m going to try to remember that I have it pretty good.
So dogs, give your humans some extra attention today. Let them know that you don’t want them to be sad when it’s your time to go and that they should always think of you and smile. I know for a fact that none of us will ever be forgotten.
This post is for you, Jag and Buddy. Rest in peace.
Buddy
Mommy and her big bump went to the people doctor yesterday and today Daddy told me that she emptied her belly into a baby girl named Sydney. I can’t wait to see her but she better not be cuter than me!
Hi I'm April and those are MY toys
I know that most of us don’t like babies so here is my Baby Relations Pledge:
-I promise not to bark at you (much)
-I promise not to shred your toys (almost)
-I promise not to pee on you
-I promise to share my blankets
-I promise to clean up all the food you drop
-I promise not to pull your hair, if you don’t pull mine
-I promise to protect you from other dogs, Bentley the cat and other little humans
-I promise to love you as much as Mommy and Daddy do.
I thought I was going to piddle right on the table!
Going on the TV wasn’t as exciting as it was scary. That is a strange place with weird smells, people and kittens, I was very, very nervous but I did my best to be a good boy. I liked the nice lady who was holding me but I wondered if this big studio was my new home? I love my foster Mommy and I know someday I will be in a forever home but there weren’t any toys there, or blankets. I really wanted to wag my tail to all my friends watching (especially Jovi) but I couldn’t quite get it out from between my legs.
Please, please let my forever home have toys, blankets and sunshine!?
Click on the image up there to watch me, I’m part 4….
