My first historical mystery. 1781 Who murdered Lady Pentreath, her unhappy husband or the apothecary who prepared the last tincture she drank? Will these two disparate people find love or end up at the gallows?
Sadly, there are no dogs in this book
My post is about living with the unpredictable breed known as a dachshund. I hope you find it interesting. This is Lilly-Scout (named by my granddaughters) glaring at the camera. She is my boss, or thinks she is. But she is loving and sweet, when she decides to be.
Dachshund in German means badger hound. Over four hundred years ago, these dogs were bred with a long body and short legs to go down holes after badgers, and other burrowing animals.
As a pet, they are demanding, loving, noisy, and will bark at anything, even a leaf blowing by.
Here is a dachshund in a deceptively loving position, when she's really thinking about attacking the next person who walks by. They are very protective and territorial.
Dachshunds love to play, but will only stop when they're ready, after exhausting you.
They are extremely intelligent and can even spell. When we said 'out' our dog would get all excited. Then we resorted to spelling it. From the first time on, he knew exactly what we meant. You can't fool a dachshund.
They also love to burrow under the covers and will take over your bed if allowed in. For such a small dog they can take up more room then a full-grown German shepherd. And don't even try to move them when they're sleeping; it's like moving a piano.
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They are loveable, cuddly, excitable, irascible, and full of barks, and will become your best friend. As long as you mind their rules!
Diane lives in Western Pennsylvania with one naughty dachshund.
Enjoy your dog. Learned somethingnew from your post.
ReplyDeleteI met the wrath of Fritzie one time when visiting Diane. I was actually scared of him for a while but got over it.
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