• Favorite food: cheese
• Pet Peeve: loud noises
• Favorite Pastime: belly rubs
• Naughtiest deed: killed a squirrel
• Obsession: barking
• Favorite toy: squeaky toy

Not really a bear but you have to admit that Chakotay has a very luxurious brown coat! Unlike a bear Chakotay is a lover and his daily mission is to make sure that everyone is happy. He is servant to Lexi and big brother to Sheridan – together they chase squirrels in their gigantic backyard in Seattle. Of course every pine needle and leaf will stick to Chakotay – earning him the ‘swifer’ nickname!

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• Favorite Food: Chicken
• Pet Peeve: blowing in her face
• Favorite pastime: napping
• Naughtiest deed: killed a mouse
• Obsession: Jeff
• Favorite toy: squeaky toy

Dachshund dog picture

Dachshund dog picture

Dachshund dog picture

Lexi lives in Seattle, WA with her partners in crime Chakotay and Sheridan. Together they own Jeff and Ed. Lexi is the matriarch of the pack and she calls all the shots. She has very little patience for messing around and will give you little to no notice if something is bugging her! But she has a love for Jeff – you can see it when she looks at up him with those big brown Dachshund eyes.

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I know Jesse can see me – but in this shot I can see me!

This is Zoe or Zo-Zo, she is a mini longhair Dachshund and a sweet sweet girl…

• Favorite Food: just about anything is fair game except lettuce
• Pet Peeve: mom denying her food!
• Favorite pastime: Keeping squirrels out of her yard
• Naughtiest deed: Dining in the cat litter box! (yuck)
• Obsession: Running – after squirrels, for food and on hikes
• Favorite toy: squeaky otter

We met Zo-Zo and her mom about seven years ago in puppy obedience school with Amos. She truly is the sweetest Dachshund you will ever meet – I don’t think she has a mean bone in her body. One of my favorite features is her soulful eyes, how can you say no to those?

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Dachshunds and their back issues, it’s a matter of WHEN, not IF – Canine Intervertebral Disk Disease is serious business and it has affected one of ours. This is Amos. One of our sweet little boys who is very active (was our ‘racer’) and out of the three he is the one that is in the best shape. His weight is around 12 pounds, but he is also our jumper. His vertical leap is the dining room table, which is part of the problem.

His first signs of back problems came last September (2009), you can read his story here. After all the crate rest and drugs he had been good until last week. I immediately noticed the symptoms before they got worse and went to the vet. As the vet and many people told me, this was going to be an on going issue for Type II herniation (where the disc has not slipped yet). He recommended acupuncture right away and told me about Dr. Aimee Witherspoon of IVS. Last Wednesday we had our first appt and I am happy to report that Amos is doing very well! She said that she does aggressive treatment and typically has 90$% success in healing the back. I am hoping that we are on our way…after the first day of treatment she had me take him off all the drugs and see how he reacted and he was much better than when he was on them.

As part of his treatment she would like him to lose a pound by cutting back on his diet, exercise and doggie yoga. Right now his exercise is limited to on leash walks in stead of off leash runs. The doggie yoga is really just neck stretches, but I thought doggie yoga sounded better.

This was the first time I have really seen the acupuncture process and for someone who does NOT like needles I have to say I did pretty good. I think it was because I was so interested and was amazed that Amos didn’t seem to mind too much. There were a few times he tried to escape but for most of the treatment he could barely keep his little eyes open. I wish I had my camera – I will be sure to take it next time so I can show you all the little needles in his back!

I touch base with her tomorrow to give her a status update and we are probably looking at a couple more treatments and then hopefully only once a year maintenance. Will keep you posted!

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• Favorite Food: Beef
• Pet Peeve: Being told NO
• Favorite Pastime: Playing with Chakotay
• Naughtiest Deed: Chewing Jeff’s laptop power cord
• Obsession: Chewing
• Favorite Toy: Stuffed squeaky toy

Sheridan is the new addition to the Jeff and Ed household! The are now the proud owners of three Dachshunds – welcome to the world of triples. Sheridan is a Black & Tan Mini Longhair Dapple Dachshund (say that three times fast!) just like my Selby and Amos. He ADORES Jeff and wouldn’t leave his feet – in fact over half of Sheridan’s photos feature Jeff’s boots. But look at those eyes and how about those long ‘eyebrow’ hairs??!! Can’t wait to see him in a year – part of my new puppy progress bundle

Have to share this outtake – Sheridan giving my Amos the paw…