TURMOIL AT THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT ALL HEAD OFFICE. Chicago, IL: While sunning herself on vacation, your new hostess 'Bette' has been catching up with all The Long and Short of it All archives and notes all the seemingly unnecessary attention to "legendary film star" Joan Crawford. She must agree with her namesake, actress Bette Davis, who once quipped amongst other similar sentiments: The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?'
Your Long and Short of it All hosts, 'Bette,' and 'Rowdy'
Dear Gentle Readers,
We're going on a little vacation, but we'll be back real soon with more Dachshund news, fun, videos, photos, art, pop culture, stories - you name it. In the meantime, give your Mommas a great big wet kiss for Mother's Day. MWAH!!
If you live in the MidWest, you don't want to miss MidWest Dachshund Rescue's annual Cross Town Bark Around Fundraiser taking place NEXT Saturday, May 18th, in Wheaton, Illinois. There will be raffles, wiener races, a bake sale, nail trims, silent auctions, Wienermobile photos, wiener games, and much more - including hundreds of beautiful Dachshunds in attendance to fawn over and admire.
In the market for a new sofa for your sausage dog? You could take home this one-of-a-kind custom, couture Dachshund-sized couch and matching ottoman for your diva doxie or dapper doggy IF you're the high bidder in the silent auction.
How about some awesome Dachshund stairs for your couch? There will be this B&T set as well as a red set available!
Don't miss this event!
MWDR's Cross Town Bark Around Fundraiser Saturday, May 18th, 2013 10A - 3P DuPage County Fairgrounds 2015 Manchester Road Wheaton, Illinois $5 for adults includes free hot dogs and refreshments!
Find out even more and keep up with MWDR on their facebook page.
It's Wednesday, May 8, 2013, and you're tuned in to
www.dachshundlove.blogspot.com on your internet dial, and that can mean only one thing: It's Wirehair
Wednesday! So grab a long dog, set 'em on your lap and let's head to the Motherland for a fun little video today.
It seems like our work is never done. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 30: Millie the Dachshund waits in the treatment area at the small animal hospital at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow on April 30, 2013 in Glasgow, Scotland. One of only two veterinary schools in Scotland, University of Glasgow School Of Veterinary Medicine was founded in 1862 by James McCall, it attracts students and researchers from around the world where they train over a 5 year course to become Veterinarians on a broad range of animals large and small. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
The warmest of birthday wishes goes out to a pretty little girl named 'Dapple' who hails from Fort Mill, South Carolina - she turned an incredible 18 yesterday! She celebrated with a special birthday cake. Excerpt from the Herald Online:
There was an 18th birthday with cake and candles and balloons in Fort Mill on Monday – but the hairy teenager was not at Fort Mill High School. This birthday was celebrated with party hats, but the teen was on all fours. She licked the frosting from the tiny birthday cake, with two candles – in the shape of a “1” and an “8” – right there next to the cake. “I have the birth certificate to prove it,” said Dappie’s owner, “Rockin’” Randy Mahaffey, a former professional wrestler with a party hat on his big head. The proof is an American Kennel Club certificate that shows that this tiny wiener dog really did turn 18 on Monday. May 6, 1995, was the date of birth. Read more and see a video at the Herald Online. Thanks to our handsome friend from L.A., 'Pee Wee,' for sending this in!
Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/05/06/4837495/complete-with-cake-and-candles.html#storylink=cpy
It's Friday, and it's time to sing! Via NYU Local:Wiener dogs stormed Washington Square in New York last Saturday for the Spring Fiesta of the Dachshund Friendship Festival. The gathering let the little guys run with dogs of their own size; and with numbers came power. So many dachshunds played around the fountain that Shakespeare in the Square’s Taming of the Shrew couldn’t actually go on in the park. The performance was moved to NYU Stern’s Gould Plaza. But hey, we’ll take wagging wieners over Tischies any time. The climax of the day’s event involved everyone lifting their wieners in the air to singthe Dachsong. Go ahead. Click that link and sing!
Well, this is a pretty fantastic card for the graduates in your lives. Thanks so much to the fabulous 'Tootsie' for writing in from the always fabulous Bicontinental Dachshund:
Dear Bette and Rowdy,
Has anyone told you how fetching you two look together? Your whole schnaa is wotten waven. Thank you for carrying on Maggie's and Joey's grand traditions and for all you do for the down low.
I was browsing "Life is Good" for a doggy bowl, and found this long dachshund note card!
Of course I thought of you! It's the perfect card for all the grads we know!
Your Long and Short of it All host 'Rowdy' turns 2 today! He got to sleep in several minutes later than normal this morning and enjoyed a great little walk in the park this afternoon. His favorite birthday present ever is having his new little sister 'Bette.' Dad might have stopped on his way home tonight to pick up some raw chicken feet to treat the Dynamic Duo on Rowdy's special day. And that's cause He's such a good boy.
It's big news when a Dachshund is featured on CNN and we couldn't be prouder of 'Obie' the Obese Dachshund for losing all that weight. Way to go Obie! Keep up with him on his facebook page: Biggest Loser, Doxie Edition.
It's Wednesday, May 1, 2013, and you're tuned in to www.dachshundlove.blogspot.com and that can mean only one thing: It's Wirehair Wednesday! And boy do we have a good one for you this week: it's the RAT EDITION! There was a similar story and video last fall, Dachshunds On Rat Patrol in NYC, but this time it's been picked up by the Associated Press. Good Dogs!
NEW YORK—Bodies tensed and noses twitching, the dogs sniff the hunting ground before them: a lower Manhattan alley, grimy, dim and perfect for rats. With a terse command — “Now!” — the chase is on.
Circling, bounding over and pawing at a mound of garbage bags, the dogs quickly have rodents on the run.
“Come on ... I mean, ‘tally ho!’ says one of their owners, Susan Friedenberg. In a whirl of barks, pants and wagging tails, dogs tunnel among the bags and bolt down the alley as their quarry tries to scurry away. On a couple of recent nights, an eclectic group of ratters converged on an alley near City Hall about an hour after sunset. The lineups included two border terriers; a wire-haired dachshund; a Jack Russell terrier/Australian cattle dog mix; a Patterdale terrier, an intense, no-nonsense breed that’s uncommon in this country; and a feist, a type of dog developed in the American South to tree squirrels. Read more at The Star.
A Wire Haired Dachshund named Vina, owned by Trudy Kawami of New York, carries a rat after catching it in a lower Manhattan alley in New York, April 26, 2013. The capture is part of a rat hunt a group of dog owners take part in occasionally. Craig Ruttle / AP
Looks like we can add former Prime Minister Tony Blair to the list of Dachshund Lovers! He is receiving two Dachshund puppies belonging to Baroness Thatcher’s former private secretary Lord Charles Powell,
whose sausage dog Talitha recently gave birth. These are the puppies who you may remember gave Thatcher her "last smile." Via The Telegraph:
Lady Powell said Cherie agreed a month ago that she would take two of the
litter and during Lady Thatcher's funeral they spoke again, reported the Daily
Mail.
“I had told Cherie about the puppies and then we spoke again at the church
and I told her they how they were doing,” said Lady Powell. “She is taking two for her children, Kathryn and Leo who adore dogs. I am
pleased they are going to Cherie. She added: “I have also sent a letter to Pope Benedict to see if he would
like one. But really I want them to all go to friends. “If I give the puppies to Cherie and the children I can stay in touch with
them and get regular updates.” Lord Powell said he was relieved to be giving away some of the litter,
saying: “With the puppies, which are all in Carla's bedroom, we have got 14 dogs
altogether.”
We would love it if the Pope had a Dachshund! So, The Pope and A Dachshund walk into a bar....
These are purportedly the Dachshund puppies in question.
Thank Dog It's Friday, because now we can sing. Here's a fun little ditty from the 2013 kids' movie Curious George Swings Into Spring. Turn up the volume and have a great day!
Thanks so much to 'Hedwig' and 'Schatzi,' who hail all the way from beautiful Sacramento, California for sending this in!
There was Dachshund Drama in Berlin on Tuesday when 'Oscar' and 'Emmy' went for a walk only to disappear in a drainage pipe. Oscar came back out after an hour and a half, but the award goes to 11-year-old Emmy, seen here, for getting stuck for the next 26 hours. Her owners feared it was all over for her, as she is on heart medication twice a day, and her whimpers were getting weaker as time dragged on. Thankfully some fine water company workers were able to free her at last. Via Bild.de
As spring erupts and sniffing opportunities abound and the warm sun makes its glorious return, it might be time for some new duds. And there's no better place to look than our favorite line: Italy's Harmont & Blaine. We love it when you adorn yourselves with our likeness. Turn up the volume, expand the screen, and join us on the catwalk Dachshundwalk.
Who? Adolf Eberle was born in Munich, Germany, on 11 January 1843. He died in the same city on 24 January 1914.
A genre painter and the son of the animal painter Robert Eberle, Adolf was schooled in Bavaria. A pupil of the Munich Academy and from 1856 of Piloty, his first painting was shown in 1861.
Eberle’s natural abilities at figure interaction and accuracy keep the viewer marvelling and those who already own his work from selling. Adolf exhibited at Vienna, Dresden and Munich and received a medal at Vienna. Source.
His paintings, which include many dogs, mostly Dachshunds, sell for tens of thousands of dollars today. Thanks to an Anonymous Dachshundist for sending in the video!
'Princess Lea,' who hails all the way from Slovenia, sends in the latest Drabble and says: Here's Wallie giving a high five. I think this he is the cutest everJ
Read more Drabble at GoComics or keep up with Wally at his blog.
