Wiener Dog Rescue Blog

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!!!

Pretty even when wet

I didn’t really like that but I know when I’m finally dry I’ll get lots of rubs because I’ll smell good and I’ll be all fluffy.  I’ve heard the people speak of ‘dry cleaning’. Do you think we could have that done instead? It sure beats being wet cleaned.

Save up your rubs for me!

Hi, it’s Robin and I’m not very happy and I’m always happy. Mom said that I’m not going to the Sportsman’s Show after all because of all these things I don’t really understand like that it moved to a new place and there is $17 parking and $500 tables and other numbers and things. All I know is that I was looking forward to all the petting and helping to raise money for dogs like me. I joined the rescue at this time last year and I guess that makes this my anniversary! My first job was to go to the Sportsman’s Show and to tell people that even pretty dogs like me need help sometimes. I remember that I went to the show one morning with my foster mom and I came home with my forever mom but I didn’t know she was my forever mom but I know that now.

I’m still going to the All About Pets Show in Mississauga the first weekend in April. I hope that you will come and pet me because I was ready for five days of petting and I won’t get any of those now. It’s fun there and I get peanut butter cookies because I’m so good and everyone says how pretty I am and sometimes people ask how much it would cost to buy me but I’m not for sale because I’m not a cookie, I’m a family member.

Did you guys get to go outside today in the sun? I didn’t because the people were away all day and I was locked up with Frankie and he is bossy. It’s going to be sunny tomorrow and that’s good but tomorrow is Sunday and I think I know what’s going to happen because it hasn’t happened for a long time. They are going to wash me and I don’t like to be washed.

Please send more sunbeams

Robin:

I love my sunbeam
I’d look pretty with a tan
But I like my hair

Duchess:

The fire in the sky is hot
What were we talking about?
What is a haiku?
I’m not very smart

Frankie:

Get out of my beam
You annoying hairy girls
And bring me some food

Holly:

The sun makes me squint
I will be on the sofa
Under a blanket

Wow we had a busy weekend!  Petfunfest was a lot of fun (for some).  Dogs everywhere, all smells and tails, it was a bit freaky for me.  The Dachshund meetup had over 50 weenies there and I was by far the prettiest!  Well there were a couple of puppies that were  the cutest.  That Robin is OK but I could sit on her and nobody would notice.    It was so fun smelling all the people who knew about me.

Where's the party?

Woo-hoo!

This is how I would look if I was red

Buzz made a showing....

Ok let's get out of here, now!

Thank you to all our members and friends who came by our table to say hi or make a donation, we need every dollar to help “our kind”.   We all talked at the meetup and agreed that we are lucky pups to have all these people taking care of us and making sure we only go to one more home, ever and ever.

Love April

Saving my energy for the show

Hi, it’s me, Robin. I thought this blog was going to be for me and I haven’t been allowed to say hi for a long time and it made me lonely but Frankie said that the blog was for the rescue and other dogs had to talk. Did you forget about me? I heard about Doogle and Deke but I don’t like to think about them being on the street and sick with no one to pet them because it makes me sad. The rescue saves a lot of dogs but most of them are like me and we’ve always lived in homes and had food and love and petting but sometimes there are dogs that no one loved. Now I’m sad again so let’s talk about something good.

I’m excited about the Pet Fun Fest and Adopt-a-thon coming up on the 13th and 14th because it’s Valentines day and I’ll let everyone rub me and I love everybody. The show is different because people can take dogs there and there is even a Dachshund meetup on Sunday so there will be lots of friends there but I’ll be the prettiest. The whole show supports rescues and the money made goes to help rescues but it’s also a good place to take dogs who are in the middle of the winter bored like me. I love a good nap in a sunbeam, but I’d really like to get out and socialize and get some exercise. If you want to go, visit www.wienerdogrescue.com to learn how to get tickets.

I hope it warms up soon because today I went outside and my feet froze and I couldn’t walk and someone had to come out and get me. And then I went outside again and my feet froze and I couldn’t move and someone had to come out and get me. And the next time I had to go out, mom said “don’t go too far, silly” but I think she’s silly because there are no poopsicles if I stay close to the house. She should know that because she’s greedy and picks up all the close ones before they even get cold!

Even a bad picture is a good picture - if I'm in it!

Hi, it’s me, Robin. I wanted to tell you about something I thought was a good idea  because maybe you’ll think it’s a good idea, too. I can’t think of anything better to do with fingers than to pet me, but the humans seem to like pressing buttons with their fingers instead. I think they spend more time pressing buttons than they do petting me. I know! I don’t understand it, either!! Keyboards, joysticks, phones, remotes – all these things get their fingers moving but sometimes even if I try and try and try and try and try and try, I can’t get the rubs I want.

So, I thought that maybe if I could somehow strap the laptop to my back, the wiimote to one leg, the PS3 controller to another, and the cell and regular phones to the back legs, then tie the TV remote around my belly, I would always have fingers on me! Isn’t that a good idea?! I’m having a bit of a problem figuring out how to do it, though. Sometimes I think and think and then my head hurts so I don’t think anymore. I need some help from my dachshund friends on this one. I dream of fingers on me all the time and I think I’m so close to making it happen.

I’ve been bored, bored, bored this winter and can’t wait for my walks to start again. I’m not sure how much more beauty sleep I need because I’ve always been pretty even after a long day.  I’m glad it’s only a month until I get to go to a show because it will be exciting and fun and I like going places. I like sunbeams too and today there is finally some sun and a sunbeam so I’m going to go sit in it because they make me feel happy.

Hi, it’s me, Robin. I saw that Frankie had a video and I have a better video and I think it’s fun so I’ll let you watch it. It’s me playing with my toys but I made a hole in the big toy and mom hasn’t fixed it yet and I don’t know where it went. You can see how pretty and happy I am and Frankie isn’t pretty because he doesn’t have long hair and he’s a boy and he’s big and sometimes he is happy but sometimes he is angry.

I have a whole basket of toys but I like the ones that make a lot of noise the best because when I play with them everyone looks at me. When mom and dad are talking on the phone with lots of people doing something they call a presentation, I like to play with my toys so everyone on the phone can hear me too.  I know mom and dad like that because they get all red and they point at each other and then point at me and then one of them picks me up and puts me on their lap and pets me for a long time to thank me for sharing.  They like squeaking but they don’t like barking because sometimes we think it’s fun to bark at stuff  but they don’t thank us when we do that. They tell us to go outside in a not nice way.

I’m going to be busy for a few days so the rescue people told me to say thank you for all the cards and updates and donations that you sent in for the holidays because they really appreciate them. My two brothers and I were some of the dogs they helped last year and sometimes there are so many dogs to help that mom is on the phone with other rescue people and she sounds sad but the updates make her happy. I like it when people are happy so if you’re a rescue dog you should send your foster parents a note to tell them that you’re ok because they share them with everyone in the rescue and then everyone is happy.

Happy holidays, everyone.

I've been good!

Did you go to the Meetup last Friday? I did and I saw lots of dogs and I met lots of people and I sat on Santa’s lap and I convinced Uncle Dan to hold me because I’m too pretty to be on the ground and I was a bit scared because I didn’t know anyone.  Mom told me the rescue spent lots of dollars in the past two months on vet bills so she was happy that people bought stuff from her to help the rescue pay the bills and there was a raffle too. I don’t really understand all that but I know that one dog in the rescue was really really sick and spent more than two weeks at the vet but she had cancer so now she is in the dog park in the sky. That’s sad and I don’t like to be sad so let’s talk about happy things.

Santa knew I had been good and I asked for squeaky toys and treats for Christmas and I think I’ll get them because I’m always good and good things always happen to me. I also asked for a blanket for Holly, some socks for Duchess to play with, and a big sandwich for Frankie but most of all I asked for homes and people to pet all the dogs that don’t have homes and people to pet them. The holidays are all about family for me because I like visiting but mom and dad went out visiting on the weekend and I was so tired from the Meetup that I stayed home and had a nap.

Some people at the show called me Sophie because one time, at Woofstock, I was wearing a collar with Sophie written on it because the rescue sells them and I said I didn’t mind being a model because I’m so pretty. Now I have my own collar with Robin written on it in sparkly letters and if you haven’t seen it you can go to www.wienerdogrescue.com and look at my picture in the Rescue Me calendar because I’m wearing it. They chose me to have the biggest picture on the Dachshund page and mom said I wasn’t allowed to be in the calendar for next year because someone else should have a turn. I like the name Sophie and I liked the people who remembered me especially the ones who helped find homes dogs without homes so they can be happy too.

I like holidays but I don’t like Sundays because sometimes I get washed and today I got washed and I didn’t like it so I’m sitting with dad and not mom.