It was just supposed to be one little dog. Our daughter had just had a baby boy, so I wanted a baby boy dog. What could be more natural? We got Fritz. More about him later. We got Franny when we decided Fritz needed a girlfriend that wasn’t a stuffed German Shepard. More about that later too. When it turned out mating skinny little Fran with Big Fritz may be problematic, we got little Izzy. After that, something happened to my brain. Someday they’ll discover a new law of physics that says a grouping of three dachshunds in close proximity to humans creates molecules in the human brain that attract like to like and so if you have three Wieners you naturally have to go for 4,5, and 6. That would be Mokie, Mercedes and Phoebe. My husband likes to tell everyone we have “Six F%#**@G dogs in the kitchen”. He’s from the Midwest. They have barns. I’m from California. Our houses ARE our barns. We’ve been married forever and this argument still comes up. Even though it’s pretty obvious the Wieners won long ago.
This is my life. You’re welcome to take a peek whenever you want to feel better about your own. Or maybe you have Wiener dogs too and need some bucking up. Or just a laugh to get you through your day. You’ll learn a lot about how dogs think. I know, because Franny (HBIC) got into my head a few years ago and refuses to leave. Of course, that is the ultimate goal of all dogs. You may also discover here that the typical dog training manual is different from Wiener reality. A lot different It’s taken a world of experience with my Wiener pack to figure that one out.
At any rate, my stories of Life with Wieners are all true. I can’t make this stuff up. If you have Wieners, you’ll understand and feel right at home. If you don’t, you get to feel superior. And that’s ok. We all have to give back something.
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I’m so sorry, Ann. I know how hard it is to lose a beloved pet. They really are family. Sending lots of love.
Thanks, Jane. She died at home in her bed, and I buried her here. That helps. She was a sweet girl, and a hound through and through. We loved her.
Rest now Mercedes. x
Thank you. Everyone who’s ever lost a beloved pet knows how we feel.
So sorry for your loss of Mercedes, their lives are just never long enough.
Thank you for that! Yes, we watch them go through all the stages of life in the time it takes a child to grow up. An acceleration of time and aging. My house is The Barking Dog Retirement Home. And I’m not kidding! I’ll mourn each and every one as they pass on.
I’m so sorry.
Thank you. We miss her so much. So do the other dogs.
Oh Ann, I’m so sorry. I’m glad Mercedes went peacefully. But it’s never easy to say goodbye.
Blessings to you and everyone in your family.
Thank you for your kind comment. Yes, it’s very hard to lose her, and, unfortunately, Franny is not far behind. She has been my alter ego star in my blog, as anyone can tell from past posts, and that she is ill and likely at age 13 to go anyday is very hard. I live lately with a leaking dam of tears behind my eyes, and a spreading crack across my heart.
Oh, Ann, I am so sorry. I am sorry for your loss and also sorry that I am so late to reading this post. I got so caught up in school and my business that I woefully neglected my blogging friends. I hope your life is on the positive these days.
Thank you, Jessica, for your kind words. After Mercedes died Franny got sick, and she died in May of last year. She was 14, but even so it was a huge blow, because as you know reading my blog, she has been my alter ego, the star of so many of my stories. I miss her terribly. I finally wrote a eulogy for her a week ago, seeking to put in words what I feel about her, her specialness. I’m posting it today. I’m hoping I can start writing for my blog again now. I just havent had the heart for a long time now. I hope you have had great success with school and business!