Woodbury Dachshund Dash

As you maybe have read, Curly's first attempt at racing was not so good. Today he did awesome! He finished 3rd in his first race and 2nd in his second race. This was not good enough to qualify him for the finals, but we are so proud! Here are some pictures!

Curly and Sam

Curly met a new playmate today- my cousin's dog Sam. Sam is a 12 week old German Shorthair. Curly held his own even though this dog is aleady bigger than he is! He is currently sleeping on my couch. Poor tired baby dog! As usual - they move so fast picture taking is difficult.

Fight!

Drink break!

More playing!

Tired Sam

Tired Curly

More new pals for Curly

Last night we went to Katie and Bill's and Curly got to play with Puddin (another weenie) and Teddy (a golden retriever). Curly loves big dogs and Teddy actually played with him because he is used to playing with a little dog. They ran around the back yard and inside the house. Taking pictures of the play time was a challenge as they move so fast by the time I clicked the picture - they had already moved somewhere else. It was very funny to watch Teddy try to chase Curly around the bushes! Curly was good and tired by the end of the night. He slept the whole ride home!

Drink Break! Isn't it cute how they share the water bowl!

Here is Curly making friends with Katie!

Tired baby!

Wiener Dog Races!

Curly had his first racing experience in May at the American Legion in Savage. There was a $5 entry fee and the money went to Coast to Coast Dachshund Rescue - a worthy cause that saves wiener dogs from being euthanized in shelters by finding them foster homes and then adopts them out.

My mom and aunt went with me to help with the wrangling. You need 2 people - one to hold at the starting line and one at the finish line with treats.

Here is a group picture of all the competitors that day. 32 dogs were there to race!

This was Digger, the emcee of the event. He has wiener dogs and provided some great commentary throughout the afternoon.

Curly had several very successful practice runs. However, by the time his heat came up, he did not do so well. Look at the dog that is running towards the left instead of straight towards the finish line - that's Curly! (click on the picture to make it larger!) He finished last in his heat, but that's OK. We had a fun time anyways!

We had Curly registered for the hurdles competition, but we never made it that far. Curly was just too tired and was very comfy sleeping with Auntie Mimi.

We are going to start Curly's training so that he will be prepared for the big race - James J Hill days in Wayzata in September.

Curly's First Fishing Trip

May 2 and 3rd were the fishing opener in Wisconsin and Nick went to Marshfield to fish with his Dad and brother. Curly did not like the boat, but he did like the water. He went into it right along the shore and found some good smelling dead carp to roll in. Overall it was a good weekend for the boys. Here are some pictures:

Here is Curly running around at the cottage with the neighbor's dog Izzy. Curly liked hiding under the truck and poking his head out and licking the other dog.
























Here's Jake giving Curly Mt. Dew. Not like he needs anything to make him more hyper!

Here's Curly in his life jacket, which he HATES wearing.

Nick and Curly, resting after a long day outside.

Curly the Destroyer strikes again!

Seriously, you just can't make this stuff up. As I was typing my previous post, I was also playing fetch with Curly. At some point, he stopped wanting to chase after it and was just chewing on it.
Here is what remains of the ball. Unbelievable!

Curly the Destroyer

Don't let this cute exterior fool you. Behind this cute little wiener-dog face is a lean, mean, chewing machine.

Below are some examples of Curly the Destroyer's casualties.
Here are some toys, currently in the "hospital" due to various injuries.
Here are some reminants of toy stuffing and a card board box that the little dog got his teeth on.

Here is his food bowl, that he eats along with the food in it.

And here are what is left of my glasses. Curly got a hold of these this morning and chewed the plastic off of both ends. Needless to say I was NOT happy. Notice the completely exposed metal wire on the top of the picture. These glasses are not wearable or fixable.

The silver lining in all of this distruction is that I have 2 pairs of cute new glasses, thanks to a buy one get one free sale at Pearl Vision. My favorite is a cute pair of Anne Klein frames (apparently she designs everything). As my Dad so eloquently put it "now you have a spare pair when Curly goes back for seconds."

Curly's New Friends!!

Curly made new friends tonight! There are 2 wiener dogs that live across the street from us and they came over to visit: Cletus (age 4) and Hilde (age 1). Cletus is a brown long hair and Hilde is only 7 pounds black and tan long hair. They were so funny watching them chase each other around the yard. We will have more play-dates with them in the future! Their "parents" are planning on breeding them at some point, so we may have to get Curly a brother or sister when that happens!
It was kind of dark outside so the pictures didn't really turn out too well. We had a lot of fun just watching them tear around. He should sleep good tonight!

Cletus and Curly

Hidle and Curly wrestling. (above) and the 3 of them together (below)

Nick made me post this....here's the aftermath of the playing.

The frank lost his beans!

Curly had his neuter surgery on Tuesday. He also had a couple of puppy teeth pulled and a "gingival wedge" - which prevents one of his bottom canine teeth from pushing up into his upper gums. Apparently he has a narrow bottom jaw. Of course, we had to buy the dog that needed a doggie orthodontist!

He had to stay overnight at the vet - but he came home this morning. He is exactly the same as he was before he left (with 2 notable exceptions!). He is as crazy as he normally is - running around the house and jumping up on furniture - which he is NOT supposed to do. We have to try and prevent him from doing that for 10 days....yeah right, like that will be an easy task! So, we have barricaded the furniture and are trying to keep him calm. At least we know he is feeling OK and not in any pain!

He also has to wear a cone when we are not able to watch him so that he doesn't lick his wound. As you can see, he looks real happy to wear that!

But, he still loves his daddy and wants to give him kisses!

Teething

I think having a dog really is like having a child. Curly has been chewing on EVERYTHING (shoe boxes, his plastic crate, my old running shoes etc.) he can find lately because he's been getting some "big dog" teeth in. We also gave him some nylabones for a more appropriate choice! Here he is with 2 of this favorites (he loves them so much we call the "crack bones")

I am such a dork I actually saved 3 of his puppy teeth that I found on the floor. Nick "found" one with his foot!

Look at how cute he is chewing on his bone.....I love the way he grabs things with his front paws!

The good news is, I think all his puppy teeth have fallen out, so he will not need to have any pulled when he goes into the vet next Tuesday. More on that later......

Let sleeping dogs (and people) lie

Curly's favorite past time is napping and his favorite place to do it (other than my lap) is on the couch.
He loves to cuddle with anyone who will join him. (This picture was taken a while ago, but really could happen every Saturday morning!)

In the interest of fairness, I better post one of myself. Aren't we quite the pair?

Well, at least we're a well-rested bunch!

Dairy-Cow Dog

One of our many nicknames for Curly is "dairy cow dog." He has dapple markings, which makes him look rather cow-like. What do you think?

Seriously, is he not the cutest dog ever???? :)

Baby Pictures

I had aspirations for starting this blog when we first got Curly, but it was a busy time of year, so I just didn't get around to it. I wanted to post some "baby" pictures of when we first got him!

This was the night we first brought him home. He was only about 4 pounds when we got him....just a little tiny guy. He looks a little freaked out in this picture!

But, he got used to us really quickly. Here he is sleeping in mommy's lap! He still loves to sleep in someones lap!

Here he is "wrestling" with Nick.

Welcome to my Blog!

This blog is dedicated to my "baby" Curly. We have countless stories about our adorable wiener dog and we can't wait to share them with you.