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Day 52 — Manifest Destiny

By Galen|2018-11-21T16:35:14-08:00November 14, 2018|dachshunds|

Weekdays tend to be busy for the humans. Playing with MUNI always happens, but grabbing a camera to capture a cute moment (or two or two hundred) sometimes gets overlooked. Today MUNI showed fearlessness in following the adults out of the kitchen and romping into the back hallway. We were kept busy watching her, encouraging her, and warning her away from things like wires. Very cute. And, happily exhausting. We had an opportunity to take photos only one time. The puppy was slowed down at the gate -- she had to attack her long-suffering mother. Day 52 -- Expanding Our [...]

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Day 51 — Gone in 1/60th of a Second

By Galen|2018-11-23T14:16:27-08:00November 13, 2018|dachshunds|

Today I learned that MUNI is faster that a speeding flash camera! She loves the morning play session with the pack, While the adults focus on food or something a human is doing, MUNI bounces around the kitchen, biting tails, legs, ears, and necks. The photos snapped with a shutter speed of 1/60th of a second captured most of MUNI's play. Day 51 - The Fast-Moving Puppy Unfortunately, her tail, legs, and ears are moving so fast that they look like they belong on a ghost! When she catches up with Mom, she's vicious! Day 51 - [...]

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Day 50 — Establishing Favorites

By Galen|2018-11-17T15:46:14-08:00November 12, 2018|dachshunds|

Our 7-week-old girl has been inundated with play toys and unleashed to roam the kitchen. She approves. Day 50 -- Chewing our Way to Happiness She romps and plays, but her favorite discovery is the communal dog pile in the Hide-a-Pet under the butcher block. Day 50 -- Favorite Spot She has loved being under the towel in the whelping box, but the butcher block gives her a real roof, apparently! I took her outside with the pack today. It was warm enough that she and Mom could get comfortable on the bricks and nibble on [...]

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Day 49 — Developing a Personality and Fitting In

By Galen|2018-12-01T11:27:26-08:00November 11, 2018|dachshunds|

At the end of her 6th week, MUNI is definitely becoming more than a cute blob! She started the day looking for playmates. She's willing to share her toys! Day 49 - Toys for the Morning Romp Mother Zenith has always been comfortable nosing MUNI around and reacting to her taunts. Now SeQueL is getting into the act. Day 49 - Just one of the Girls Day 49 -- Who's Biting Whom? Remember to click on any blog photo for a larger and clearer version! Apex will approach the playing MUNI and wag her [...]

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Day 48 — We’re Back

By Galen|2018-11-17T12:50:38-08:00November 10, 2018|dachshunds|

We returned from our quick Seattle trip about 4 and spent a bit of time getting reacquainted with the pack, including MUNI. We enjoyed the cute MUNI stories told by Tony, and very much appreciated his babysitting. Tony allowed his dog, Truman, to be boarded so that our youngster wouldn't be exposed to any nasty viruses. Fortunately the Wag Hotel seemed to amuse Truman greatly. He panted happily the entire drive back home. At our den on 23rd St, we played and then cuddled extra close in the TV room. Day 48 -- They're Back!

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Day 45 — Play and Seeing the Sun

By Galen|2018-11-17T12:23:10-08:00November 7, 2018|dachshunds|

MUNI's days start out with play and food around 5:30 that lasts to 6:30. Then we crash. Geoffrey starts another round of play about 8 which lasts until he goes to work. Then when Galen gets back from delivering Geoffrey to BART, we have another play session. Like this one... Day 45 - Enjoying Our Toys Today was warm and sunny, so I set the tripod up and took a few photos with MUNI. Which pose do you like best?!! (Remember, you can click on any blog picture to see a clearer and larger version. Click again to [...]

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Day 44 — Elect Me Your Playtoy

By Galen|2018-11-17T11:03:48-08:00November 6, 2018|dachshunds|

Today MUNI decided that she could come out of the whelping box to play. In fact, why did we ever stay in that limited space? Day 44 -- Strutting Our Stuff in the Outside World.Please click on this picture or any in the blog for larger versions! Click on the first enlargement to get an even bigger one! She still enjoyed chewing the bedding in the whelping box, of course. Day 44 -- We are a Play Machine. Seriously. Kicking it up a notch today! Before dinner MUNI wanted to establish her territory, even as she [...]

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Day 43 — We’ve Been Shot!

By Galen|2018-11-11T16:37:19-08:00November 5, 2018|dachshunds|

MUNI's six-week birthday celebration was punctuated by a visit from our vet! Besides being examined head to toe and being weighed (3 pounds, 4.2 ounces), MUNI discovered by dogs don't always have a good time when they see the vet. MUNI received her first in a series (of 6???) puppy shots. Today was the just the basic anti-the-most-common-and-nasty illness shots: parvo for sure! She complained some, but, well, she is a puppy. We were warned by the doctor that MUNI would likely run a fever and could be lethargic. Lethargic didn't happen! I don't know about the fever, but MUNI [...]

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Day 42 — The Play Continues

By Galen|2018-11-11T16:31:25-08:00November 4, 2018|dachshunds|

Now that MUNI is on the way to being a play machine, we unwrapped the rope delivered a couple days ago from Petco. MUNI pretty quickly understood its purpose and approved. Aunt Apex, on the other hand, wanted everyone to know that she was the Original play machine. All toys should be hers first, she says. Day 42 - Introducing a New Toy to MUNI.. But Apex Wants It! We are struggling to teach Apex and the other adults that toys that are in the whelping box can be played with, but NOT removed from the whelping box. [...]

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Day 41 — MUNI Decides to Play

By Galen|2018-11-11T16:07:05-08:00November 3, 2018|dachshunds|

It's the weekend, and MUNI woke up in the mood to play. She's been playful and finger gnawing at times, but never completely in play mode. Until today! The stimulus might have been the late 11:30 am weigh in (3# 3.7 oz) on the kitchen floor. She's been at that location before, but she's not really comfortable out of the whelping box. Day 41 -- Puppy on the Floor Apparently, something got her juices going! Of course, as soon as she could get away, she climbed (or was helped, I cannot remember) back into the safety of the [...]

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