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'Rowdy' and 'Joey,' your Long and Short of it All hosts Dear Gentle Readers, We are officially on vacation while Dad is off gallivanting around.  This is probably the longest time we will have ever been away from the blog - possibly up to two long weeks!   We're going to miss the Westminster Dog Show and all the fun that comes with Valentine's Day, but there's always next year, right?  If you get really bored, maybe have a look through the archives - there's lots of fun stuff to read! Keep... Read Full Story

We're pretty sure you know what's going to happen.  Hilarious video by Dragoon Films, who note:  What happens when you have three dogs living in the same house. Read Full Story

Breeder-judge Diane McCormick presents Cooper Award of Merit and Select at DCA Host Show 2011 Grand Champion Lockshire Detour to Sanlyn, aka 'Cooper,' has been invited to the 2012 Westminster Dog Show which will air live next Monday and Tuesday - check you local listings.   We'll be rooting for this handsome dynamo - all 27 pounds of him.  Excerpt from the Enumclaw Courier Herald out of Oregon: Cooper enjoys the limelight, so when he and Kathy Lockyer step onto the green carpet at the... Read Full Story

Thanks again to our  pal 'Princess Lea,' who hails all the way from Slovenia, for sending in the latest Drabble! Read more Drabble at GOCOMICS. Read Full Story

(Trouble viewing the video? Click where it should be or check it out at CBS5 ) Whether your dog ingests squeakies from inside a toy, or batteries from inside a toy - it's never a good thing.  Always take the toy away once they've ripped it open.  We've got a feeling that any toy which has animated sounds most likely has batteries inside - something to be extra cautious about.  Via CBS5 out of Phoenix, Arizona: Mary Snyder couldn't believe it when her mother-in-law's dachshund Mollie ripped... Read Full Story

Help is desperately needed from Dachshund and dog lovers in Alta, Iowa (population 1,865), near Storm Lake, to find 14-year-old pretty red smooth 'Oakie' for her blind human Dale Davis.  Thanks so much to our pals 'Oscar' and 'Hans' for forwarding on this story - they heard about it from their Grandma!   There are so many stories of lost Dachshunds and dogs that it's hard to post them - but this one certainly tugged at our heartstrings and Oakie simply must be found.  It's cold outside.  If... Read Full Story

'Uma' and 'Eli' are off to the University of Queensland in Australia for a run on the oval.  By youtuber nitramluap. Read Full Story

Thanks so much to Jenna Durrance for writing in with such beautiful photos of her beautiful dappled black and tan smooth 'Charlotte.'  What a sweet gal.  Jenna writes: Dear Joey & Rowdy, Charlotte is an eight year old dappled mini-Dachshund.  She leads a very hard life of napping in her fluffy pink chair, snoozing on the couch, and laying under the lamp to "sun".   Life hasn't always been so easy for this hot dog.  In her puppy days, she survived a broken arm and just last year she went... Read Full Story

This will kick start your week with a smile.  Try not to laugh.  Go ahead....just try.  By youtuber bamfandearl who notes:  we discovered if we scratch my dog obi's snout a certain way his nose goes crooked. Read Full Story

9-year-old Lisa runs through the snow with her wire-hair Dachshund 'Rowdy' in Binz on the German island of Ruegen in the Baltic Sea, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. After a warm January, Germany, like much of Russia and Europe, was hit by a cold snap with temperatures far under the freezing point.  (AP Photo/dapd, Jens Koehler) Read Full Story