To Thank Our Benefactors…

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my many friends, old and new, who have provided such generous and loving support to me and Oregon Dachshund Rescue. I started my thank-you’s in our March/April newsletter, and found that I could have filled the entire paper. So, as I promised in the newsletter, here is the rest of my list:

To my wonderful son Christopher Green…thank you for being my rock and for all you do….most recently purchasing computer upgrade equipment for me.

Kelly Cantwell provided beautiful blankets, clothes, soap and treats. These will be much enjoyed by our Dachshunds.

Thank you, Don Large, for the treats, treats, treats and generous donations.

Ms. Pamela Perry arranged for payroll deductions from the Oregonian. Payments will be made through “United Way”. Thank you!

I appreciate my pet attorney, Geordie Duckler. He provides discounts on my rescue bill.

To my friends Dale and Leslie Caveness who keep those piddle pads coming in, I want to send my thanks. Leslie also sent me data and research on micro chipping that I really appreciate.

Gina Maloney offered real estate services for me, and then provided a load of pea gravel along with labor for the Doxie yard.

Hugs to Barbara Young for consistent donations and networking.

To Ken Chase and Carol Korgan, thank you so much for your supportive longtime friendship, donations and mostly for adopting the “WONDER DOG MILO’’.

Thank you, Ken Hick, for your donations and carpet cleaning service.

A very special person adopted one of our disabled Dachies. Thank you, Mer Manson, for your big heart and donations.

Doxie rescue angel Terra Merget gave a very generous donation to our vet bill for a dachshund that was attacked by a large dog and needed urgent care.

Dear friend, Jack Robbins, thank you for your donations and great emails of support in times when I am feeling sad.

Doxie kisses to Jessica Bushman! Jessica adopted one eyed Milo – a big beautiful red standard boy who is very much loved. Milo and her other doxie Ruby will were in the “Boutiques Unleashed” fashion show at Dove Lewis. Jessica also made a $1,000 donation to pay vet bills, buy new cages and blankets and bones.

Thanks Kisha Turner for your generous donations and great emails. You are a blessing.

To our consistent donor, Lisa Keppinger, thanks for being there for us.

Tami and Julie gave a generous donation for the Doxies and moral support to me.
Lisa Hudanich and “Rudy” have been a source of many kind words, encouragement, and consistent donations. I appreciate you both so much.

My generous friends Lisa and Ron Haworth have provided consistent generous donations. Thank you, thank you.

Thank you , Michael Emert, for accounting services.

I could never forget Lori Jenkins for consistent and generous donations, and always good wishes and encouragement.

To wonderful Kathy McFerrin, who takes care of the caretaker (me). Your friendship, thoughtfulness, donations, and taking me to lunch, dinner, concerts and plays when I get overwhelmed have meant the world to me.

Marie and Bryan Jones have personally paid several vet bills, along with donating new blankets, toys, treats, clothes, soap, paper towels and much more.

Thank you, Carole Rohrer, for the lovely handmade Doxie coats and blankets.

Debra Wood has written some great articles about ODR for the Oregonian. Thank you!

I am grateful to Michael Yonker for his heartwarming emails and support.

Thank you, Mary Randall, for donations, and treats for me (Jenell!). You are so sweet!

Beverly Bristol has been great. She donated money for the rescue, plus treats and blankets.

Kisha Turner – thank you for your generous donations and great emails of support. I am thankful that you adopted one of my special rescues that you were willing to work with.

My gratitude goes to Patty Cates for emails of encouragement, along with donations of money and treats for the dogs.

Hugs to you, Suzanne Heim, owner of Lexi Dog, for your support and encouragement.

Generous donations for the rescues came from Trina Denson. Thank you!

Very important to me…..thank you to my dog walkers: Jeff Kimaletto, Coral Thomas, Chanelle Freese, Beth Becker and Sean Kelly

Thank you to my beautiful granddaughter, Taylor Fletcher, for creating my mailing list.

Gracious Irene Lewis paid various vet bills for our Doxies that needed immediate care when we were short on funds. Thank you.

Many thanks to Elizabeth Farr for your donations and supplying me with postage stamps when needed.

Contributions from Kira Sykes and Patti Galle helped provide care for homeless dachsies. Dachsie kisses to you.

Konrad Brandt has made several donations to us, and one very special and generous gesture to save a Doxie life, when he made a donation directly to the vet for immediate care when it had been attacked. Thank you so much!

Thank you to the Micciche family for their thoughtful and much needed donations.

Please read our March/April newsletter for other special people that I recognized.

I know there have been others. My cup of mercies runs over, Please let me know if you have been missed so that I can acknowledge and appreciate you here.

With love and gratitude,
Jenell Rangan
President and Founder
Oregon Dachshund Rescue

Doxie Videos

Here are some hilarious doxie videos, courtesy of Youtube to get y'all through the week. Enjoy:)

No Help Needed

Swim On!

Great Commercial

We should host one!

What is a Double Dapple?

A week or two ago, we posted a short blog about life with a new puppy. We received several comments with questions about the photo as her coloring is unusual for a dachshund.

This is Cielo, a Double Dapple Dachshund (say that three times fast!). The Dapple color is really a pattern of spots. They can come in different color schemes, like silver and black, or brown with darker brown spots, etc. It is fairly unique in the Dachshund world.

The Dapple gene is dominant. What does that mean? It means that if you breed a dapple to a more standard color scheme, you will have a great chance of getting dapple puppies. However, one thing you do NOT want to do is breed two Dapples together. Because the gene is dominant, if two are bred together the dominant genes sort of cancel each other out. That is why, on Cielo, she has a lot of white.

The problem, though, with two dominant genes is that a lot of recessive stuff tends to come out in Dachshunds, including some pretty heavy birth defects. Double dapple puppies have been known to be born blind and/or deaf. Sometimes they are missing eyes, or are mentally under-developed. So if you have a dapple or know anyone who has a dapple, make sure not to breed with another dapple! You'll still get dapple puppies if you breed with a more standard color.

The owner of Cielo's parents did not know this about Dapples, and bred two together. That's what makes Cielo a Double Dapple. Several of her siblings had birth defects, but still found very loving homes. The good news about Cielo, the flying Double Dapple Dachshund, is that she is healthy as can be! It's impossible to tell if she has any vision issues, as she is crazy as heck. She is fearless, loves to play, she's incredibly smart (or should I say cunning), and is so adorable it's hard to leave for work in the morning.

Oh -- and, she will be spayed, so sorry -- there will be no puppies from this one. It's also important that when we breed dogs to make sure we are doing so in a way that produces HEALTHY puppies genetically. If there is any question, ever, then the dog should be spayed/neutered.

Thanks for the comments!

Nic

Pet tag warning

One of ODR's adoptive families has sent us an email that we felt was important to share:

We had a near fatal accident happen this morning with
Lucy that I want to pass on to others to warn them about (if you
haven't already). We have never had a home with heater vents on the
floor and all of the dogs love to hang around the vents, especially
in the morning. Buddy does not lay on them like Lucy does, he sits
off to the side. We thought this photo was cute of Lucy but notice
her little pink name tag on her collar. It slipped down the vent
this morning and twisted sideways, hanging Lucy in the vent. Thank
God we were in the same room with her an I heard and saw her
struggle. She was literally pinned down with no room to get your
fingers between her collar to get it out of the vent. I rushed to
her and tried to calm her down while my husband was trying to unsnap
her collar. Of course she was crying out of fright and peed all
over herself. We were going to cut the collar off but managed to
lift the vent up with her. I could not have handled this alone.
Lucy was terrified and I held her for a long time. Thankfully, she
was not hurt but she could have died. We removed her collar and
later she went right back to sit on the vent.

It was something we would never have thought of - all our dogs have
collars with names and phone numbers on - and we buy the smallest
ones. They need to have I.D. on them but I am thinking I should
look for collars with the flat I.D.s riveted to the collars.
Best,
Sharon
Adoptive Parent of Lucy,
February "Dog of the Month"

No More Pride

I've come to the conclusion that as a doxie puppy owner, I no longer have any form of dignity left to me. I have love and puppy kisses in excess, but absolutely no more dignity.

Why? Because I'm a grown woman who will stand in my back yard in the middle of the night repeating one or two phrases. It's either "go poo poo, puppy!" or it's "Good poo poo, puppy!!!" with varying degrees of expectation and urgency. I expect that my closest neighbors seriously question my sanity and my obsession with bowel movements.

Sometimes I have enough time to get fully dressed with a jacket and flashlight. Other times, I might have had to leap out of bed or drop my toothbrush during my "evening toilet" because I notice my 3 month-old uppy searching earnestly for a prime spot on the carpet. This means that I'm either barefoot (trying to avoid slugs or other dog-made piles) or in my underwear (have I mentioned it's winter in Oregon?). I do have a fence around my yard, but I in fact realized yesterday evening that one neighbor's house is so close to the fence that their window overlooks it, right into my yard. Fantastico.

The puppy loves it when I take her outside for her "poo poo". She frolicks around my feet, attacks the cat and spends time digging for dead worms in the grass. Every now and then she'll get my hopes up by pretending to search for a "prime spot" again. If I have my flashlight with me, she likes to play with her shadow, darting and nipping at the darkened grass with a halo of light around her. She's also completely fascinated with a large fern that is probably her "fort" when she plays.

All the while, I wait, and wait. "Go poo poo, puppy!"

And when she does, we're both so excited we can hardly stand it! Me because it's one more step toward potty training. She because she thinks it's the greatest moment ever and she's the princess of the world.

And who's to say she isn't.
-Nicci

How well do you know your doxie? Take the quiz and tell us in the comments area!

1. Your Doxie's birthday or adoption day if birthday is unknown?
2. Your doxie's favorite chew toy?
3. Your doxie's favorite human food?
4. Your doxie's favorite dog treat?
5. Your doxie's best dog friend?
6. How does your doxie tell you what he/she needs like going outside, a hug, to be picked up, etc.?
7. How many times a day does your doxie poop?
8. Do you share secrets with each other?
9. Your doxie's favorite place to be scratched or petted?
10. Your doxies favorite human?
11. What irrates your doxie?
12. What is your doxies favorite activity other than eating and sleeping and cuddling?
13. Your Doxies favorite place to sleep other than the big bed?
14. If you die before the doxie, have you made arrangements for who gets the doxie?
15. What is your doxies favorite outfit (birthday suit or nakey can apply here)?

My little seniors....

Fortunately, dachshunds are one of the longer lived breeds of dogs, with a life expectancy of 14-17 years on average. I should know - my own special darling boy, Theo, is going to be 16 in April this year. He is my black and tan mini, and owns my heart. I owned his companion, Chloe - a mini red female, until she was 14 1/2 years old. She passed away the fall of 2006.

As our pets age, they have different requirements, just like people. In the photo, you can see that I purchased a doggie stroller for Chloe when she was 14 because although she enjoyed being included in our walks, she tired out very quickly. This was a wonderful investment. It came in very handy not only on local walks, but also for example, when we went to the beach. I was able to keep both dogs in the stroller while in town, avoiding their getting stepped on in crowds. They were able languish in comfort in their Doxie Limo and let me do all legwork. I was able to enter shops with the stroller, plus I could load the back with parcels. We have also used it at doggy "events" and at the dog park.

Sadly, I have lost Chloe, and my Theo is now the one who rides in the stroller. He is still a happy boy, and this makes both of our lives easier.
Live Pawsitively,

Betty