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Day 82 — The Camera Comes Out at Night

By Galen|2018-12-29T15:04:57-08:00December 14, 2018|dachshunds|

Today was filled with more business for the humans, and the camera didn't start recording Aurora's adventures until the 7:45 play session and dinner. The fortunately, Aurora is still being offered lunch, so the later dinner doesn't weaken her too much! She played some with the pack and carefully watched Apex's ball playing from the back door. Day 82 - Door Guard Then when dinner was being prepared she showed Aunt Apex how much she appreciated the attention. I Love My Aunt!

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Day 81 — Comfort and Joy

By Galen|2018-12-29T15:05:30-08:00December 13, 2018|dachshunds|

For a Thursday, we took a lot of mid-day photographs! But, we had to. The girls were inspiring comfortable! Comfortable Ingredients- or, as we said in our calendar pages - Kitchen Confidential Of course, once the girls woke up for the morning nap, Aurora took out to the way back to sample the greens growing there. Chewing in the Way Back Apex is definitely Aurora's outdoor guide and caretaker. Zenith usually stops at the back doorstep and watches Aurora wander outside... but, just for a while. Then Zenith retreats to her comfort in the kitchen. Apex, on the other hand, guards Aurora in the back wilds [...]

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Day 80 — She only LOOKS Cherubic

By Galen|2018-12-12T16:37:55-08:00December 12, 2018|dachshunds|

Five of us are exhausted and our patience is worn thin. Apparently Aurora slept very, very, very well last night. During the day today she's been in non-stop motion. She started the day by challenging other pack members for Geoffrey's robe while he showered. Day 80 -- Starting out Feisty She did briefly nap while I had a business conference call around 9 (thank you, Aurora). But, she she perked up and decided to taunt her pack mates and me from about 11 on. She was especially whiny around noon, and I took that as a hint that [...]

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Day 79 — The Basics of Growing

By Galen|2018-12-12T16:06:42-08:00December 11, 2018|dachshunds|

Aurora enjoyed very much the sunny, drier weather in the backyard after the dense morning fog burned off. Not that the fog or wetness had bothered her, but apparently the damp makes things smell delicious. And taste delicious, too. I decoded that Aurora will scamper up the back stairs, and sometimes run straight into the house, when it's been a while since she's eaten. When she's full, the stairs are more of a struggle. Day 79 -- Struggling to Puppy Heaven This morning's assault on the stairs reminded me of one of her earlier tries! But, she made [...]

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Day 78 — Back to Work Day

By Galen|2018-12-12T14:22:54-08:00December 10, 2018|dachshunds|

Geoffrey and I are back to work today. There was plenty of puppy energy to spur us on. The before-gym play session was rambunctious, but Aurora settled down (eventually) on the bed with the other red dogs while I went to work out. Refreshed, she began taunting the older dogs after the reds woke up and Geoffrey started getting ready for work. Paris usually sleeps happily on Geoffrey's robe when he showers, but today she had to contend with demands for play! Day 78 -- Morning Play Session #2 And, Aurora is getting big enough to demand attention. At [...]

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Day 77 — A Family Day

By Galen|2018-12-09T17:53:01-08:00December 9, 2018|dachshunds|

The pack doesn't take its normal daytime nap when Geoffrey is home. Instead, today was mostly constant in/out/up/down. For Aurora, of course, the motivation for all movement was PLAY! I went to church and by the time I came home and did some stuff it was late, so no visitors today. We did discover that Aurora doesn't seem to want lunch anymore. She's enthusiastic about breakfast and dinner, nearly cleaning a big bowl of wet puppy food and kibble. Aurora also has discovered that she can use the human's fixation on bodily functions to get trips outside whenever she wants. She [...]

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Day 76 — Terrible Twos and Showing Off

By Galen|2018-12-09T11:09:59-08:00December 8, 2018|dachshunds|

The day didn't start off well. Apparently the terrible twos have struck Aurora. This morning she didn't want to do doggie things in the yard and kept trying to run up the stairs. I had to close the back door and block her path with my feet. Then she decided that she would shy away and not "Come" to me when called. She had been doing a great job leaping to the offered treat, but not this morning. So, she had crate time and temper tantrums. Sigh. But, the morning lit up with visitors! We were delighted that Aurora's dad's [...]

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Day 75 – Variable Speed

By Galen|2018-12-08T19:16:44-08:00December 7, 2018|dachshunds|

We are still dealing with yesterday's mastery of the up-staircase by Aurora. It's cute, but it's also a pain. She is enjoying being able to cut short the sessions outside where she is told to do her doggy things. Well, she'd like to cut these sessions short by running up the stairs and going inside. We've started closing the backdoor when we go out. Sigh! The fun part for the humans is watching Aurora's different approaches to the recently conquered stairs. Sometimes she struggle to pull herself up one step at a time. Other time she bounds all the way [...]

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Day 74 – Morning Accomplishments

By Galen|2018-12-08T18:59:41-08:00December 6, 2018|dachshunds|

Well, it happened. About 5:45 this morning, I had taken Aurora out for her housetraining. She told me several times that she was fine and didn't need to go out. A couple times she turned away from the backyard and went up the four stairs she'd just mastered yesterday evening just to show me how done she was with the backyard. She'd try to reach the pack members just inside who were taunting her with how comfortable they were inside. Each time I went up to the landing and brought her back into a spot where previous biological activities had [...]

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Day 73 — Four Steps at a Time

By Galen|2018-12-08T18:34:15-08:00December 5, 2018|dachshunds|

The big development of the day occurred late, out of the range of any camera. Aurora made it up four steps from the backyard to the landing tonight! True, she made her way up the steps to end the tedious patrol of the backyard I was insisting on because I wanted her to "Go do doggie things." She insisted that she had no biological needs, and I had been insisting that she needed get in touch with her own body. Instead, she turned toward the stairs and slowly, with great effort, climbed all of them to the top of the [...]

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