Somebody help me quickly!

[Tina]

Somebody help me or soon I´ll regret the day I decided to get my first dachsie (it is Helga, as some of you perhaps remember). Today it was a very busy day at work and I exhausted myself to get everything done by 4 p.m., then drive home, pack all the luggage plus family in the car ( two children, three dachsies plus one rottweiler) get the trailer and set off for a visit to my parents some three hundred miles away. I have an appointment there tomorrow to have my car repaired at an economical price. On sunday I was going to attend a dog show etc. When I came home, I went to give the dachsies their dinner before the journey. They now have an enclosure with a doghouse so they can run free and dig holes without causing danger to the chickens in the neighbourhood. When I opened the gate with the foodbowls in my hand I was extra cautious not to let Little Princess sneak out. But this time it was not her, it was Helga whose good obedience (for a dachsie) has been my pride; she flashed away like an arrow and did not pay any attention to my desperate cries. The last I saw of her was a little brown creature running through the pasture together with my neighbour´s two elkhounds. And here I am, four hours and several miles later, still waiting for her.
Now I would love to hear some other stories of troubles dachsies have caused to my fellow zoners. It would help me to bear this more bravely. I remember a story about a sofa torn to pieces, more stories of that kind would be great comfort. Thanks.

[Owen's Mom]

I know how you feel! I take Owen to play at a local dog park here in San Diego, Ca. It's a BIG grassy area, with ravines on both side. Well, someone threw a really cool ball and it went down into this VERY deep ravine... It's not even his ball, but he just had to go after it! I must have had 10 people standing at the edge of this ravine, which I could never climb down! http://dachsie.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif We can see Owen, I'm calling his name... He doesn't even look up! His nose goes on (there are squirrels down there) and his ears just shut off! GEEEZ!! The guy who threw the ball braved the steep hill and went down and got Owen. http://dachsie.org/ubb/hapfac01.gif I can't tell you how relieved I was!! I knew he'd come up eventually, but who can wait on dachshund time??

I know Miss Helga will be back, sorry she's ruined your day with her "need" to run like the wind.

~~Amy & Owen http://dachsie.org/ubb/facelick.gif~~

[Tanya]

Tina, Neither Punkin nor Josephine have ever ran off, but if destruction is what you want...I got stories. One week after we bought our brand new home, we came home to discover a chewed up carpet. Two feet wide and a foot long. Carpet and padding shredded to pieces all over the place! We replaced the floor with vinyl hardwood looking floors. Then, we had a sunroom built on to the house. My husband accidentally closed Punkin in the sunroom the night. She fell asleep in the Papasan (sp?) chair and he couldn't see her. She chewed a huge hole in the door...and the laundry room door...and the door to my daughter's room. I could fill a book with her mischief...but I wouldn't trade it for a million dollars.

Helga will come running back. She'll give you those eyes and you'll melt! http://dachsie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif
Tanya

[Wienergal]

Oh Tina, as we say in the States, BUMMER! It's bad enough when any one of your dogs misbehaves in such a dramatic way, but it's SO much worse when it's your pride-and-joy dog! I expect Peaches to be willful and to have to be watched at ALL times, but when my angel boy Farfel http://dachsie.org/ubb/angel.gif disobeys, I feel utterly bereft. Just as you do now, I think!

The very first time I ever let Farfel run off the leash, I had gone with a friend and his standard poodle to a park, far away from traffic and other dangers. In the midst of the park was a small but dense woods. As soon as I had snapped off the leash, Farfel was gone--just as you described, this brown flash, ears flapping, tearing away from me at light speed. He vanished into the woods, and no amount of calling brought any response. I was borderline hysterical, but my friend Tom told me to sit down at the point where Farf had disappeared, and then he circled the wooded area, trying to catch a glimpse.

Sure enough, about half an hour later, Farfel walked calmly out of the woods, right at the spot where he had gone in. He was TOTALLY unconcerned--sniffing as he came and wagging his tail.

He's never done it since. Thank GOD!!! I just hope Helga didn't make for your neighbor's chickens!!!

[Mandy]

I would love to let our two little giggle mosters off of their leash, but I KNOW tha minute I let them off they would be chasing any trail their little noses could find. When we were living in KS, we had a cute little house with a fenced in yard all for Henry. One afternoon after it had snowed, Bart and I went out to put salt on the sidewalk outside of the fence. Henry sneaked out even though we were extremely careful. He took off and we had to chase him. Luckily this was when he only liked going for walks on the sidewalk...so he was running on the sidewalk around our block rather than crossing the street. We caught up to him when he stopped to check out a house on the backside of the block......

When he was upset with us for leaving him alone one time, he took every single thing out of my husband's wallet and layed them out in a line from the front door to the back door...he didn't chew up anything, just tried to show us how smart he was.

When my husband was having fun with the garden hose, chasing Henry outside one summer, he squirted Henry. When I let the wet Henry inside, he ran to my husband's pillow and relieved himself. (I really think Bart deserved that, however!)

[georgette]

Need something to read while you pace, hmmm?

Well let's see, do you want to hear about the times that I had to get scratched to pieces and covered with poison ivy as I scoured the neighborhood for the escapees. (who slipped out the fence gate)
or the wall-to-wall rug that was eaten through
or the door that was chewed through
or the chewed $500. eyeglasses
or the encounter with the skunk
or the insistence on running into the last of the gunky-slimy pool water
or running into our local hospital
or having a bout of diarhhea in a friend's car
or

[2DogsLong]

Oh Oh Oh! I win on this one!!!

My parents and I were walking Frankie, Oscar and Ben (pop-eyed, smelly, shedding dog of my parent's) off-leash on a quiet trail. We'd been there at least 50 times before and the boys never go further than 10 feet from me... The trail is beside the Credit Valley river - a very shallow, narrow river that winds around Mississauga.

Then Oscar saw a goose. It was all over. He charged the goose, the goose jumped in the river. Oscar jumped in the river. Frankie followed Oscar. I followed Frankie. Ben followed me. It was a lovely spring day but not warm enough for swimming.

My dogs started floating away. The river was moving quite swiftly because of the melting snow. The boys were still trying to get to the goose.

I grabbed Frankie and boy was he mad at me. He struggled and barked and whined. With him under one arm, I tried to run through the theigh-deep water to get Oscar but the bottom was all uneven slippery rocks and I couldn't catch up. At one point I could have put Frankie on a bank and reached Oscar but I knew Frankie would just jump back in. I thought Oscar was gone forever. (Even though this happened the same afternoon that he puked in the new car -- the door locks still don't work -- I was still frantic)

Fortunately the goose headed for shore and Oscar somehow beat the current and turned around and followed the goose. I finally grabbed him and just started crying. They were still wiggling and trying to get the goose. They were never worried. I ruined their fun.

As my asthma attack was starting I reached the bank where my mother was looking on. Then I noticed that Ben was in the river. He's deaf but I still yelled at him until my throat was raw. I was just a mess. Ben was fine. He could reach the bottom. He eventually turned and saw me and calmly waded over.

All dogs were wagging and smiling. I was sopping and crying and trying to catch my breath while attempting to tone down my emotions so not to upset my very sensitive father (alzheimer's).

I'm upset that they discovered swimming. The water was never an issue before. Now they try to get into any water that they can. They probably would have been fine without my heroic dive into the water. Their leash-free days have ended.

Let us know when she gets home!

[WOTANSMUTTI]

Surprise! It wasn't the water they discovered. You did that, they discovered the GOOSE!

Wotan hasn't ever been able to get into much trouble because he's the 3rd dog we raised in the house and had everything puppyproof by then.

His "sisters" on the other hand...
They've killed and eaten at least 20 hens...Stolen sets of freshly killed deer heads with antler sets from the neighbor's dog (who stole them first)...
Eaten the gate-trying to get IN...
Cornering the mail guy and not letting him move at all (while smiling doggie smiles and wagging their tails)...
Pulled out all the garbage...
Eaten all the Goose eggs this year...
Dug giant cool pits in the bushes...
Dragged down a whole deer carcass,blood trailing down the hill, ate most of it like lions of the Serengheti, then puked it up in the house!
Tina- Helga thinks she is an elkhound,too.It's just her friends have too long of legs to look right, like she does!

[Wienergal]

<h3><font color=green>OMG!!!</h3></font>

These stories are unbelievable!!!

I think we should move this whole thread to the Members Only area, in case kind people who are thinking of getting a dachshund stumble upon this site and happen to read this!! http://dachsie.org/ubb/eek.gif

Who would ever believe that such adorable little critters could wreak such havoc?? Sue, your story was truly terrifying! I'm real glad you all survived!

[wireweiners]

Wheeler is my escape artist. If he is outside too long (in his opinion) he will try to find a way under the fence. My yard has rocks, cinder blocks, and logs around the fence blocking holes. Last week, Rita, slipped past me while I was putting the puppies in the ex-pen. It was about 10:30 pm. She took off into the field behind my house. I was running around barefoot in my pj's calling her. I finally found her in the shed next door where she had cornered the cat. I was eaten alive by chiggers from running around the field looking for her. Right after I moved back to Arkansas from Iowa, I lost Thorin, who was very special to me. He found a hole under the fence and took off. I was out in the yard with him but turned my back for a minute and he was gone. Because we hadn't lived there very long he couldn't find his way home. He went 2 miles to the main road and was hit by a car. I had been looking for him all night. I get frantic now when they take off. I'm sure you'll find your girl safe and sound and you won't know whether to kiss or kill her. Good luck.

[loving two dachsie's]

Ok everyone, I know I can not beat the goose story, but I have a few:

We have only had our rescue Bailey for 6 weeks and here goes

My hubby just got brand new eyeglasses (his are realy costly because he has bad eyes), he came home from work, plopped on the couch and took off his glasses, laid them on the coffee table , when he was done rubbing his eyes the glasses were gone. being half blind he went on a hunt for Bailey (my BAD boy) yes they were under the dining room table half chewed http://dachsie.org/ubb/eek.gif

Then there is my little angel doll I keep on the end table, I spent some $$ on her too. Lets just say she is having a permanent really bad hair day http://dachsie.org/ubb/crying.gif

Lets see now, there would be our Play Station remote control, chewed beyond repair http://dachsie.org/ubb/crying.gif

Not to mention a handful of underwear & socks, one of my bras http://dachsie.org/ubb/emb.gif , and a few hot wheels cars along the line.

The one time (only time) he ran out the door without a leash I ran after him and he was in the middle of the street barking at a car that had to stop so it would not hit him , it ws like he was trying to hold the people in the car prisnors http://dachsie.org/ubb/emb.gif He willl always be on the leash!

Yes this is all Bailey, the bad boy http://dachsie.org/ubb/bounce.gif

My little Ginger the http://dachsie.org/ubb/angel.gif is my good lil' girl only chewed a few litte things when she was a wee lil' puppy

By the way , as I am typing this post I turned around to find Bailey chewing my hubby's slipper http://dachsie.org/ubb/eek.gif

It is nice to know we are are in the same boat, sometimes we just are going down the river with 2 paddles and sometimes up the creek with no paddles

Linda

Gotta love these smiles thingy's



[This message has been edited by loving two dachsie's (edited April 28, 2000).]

[Mrs.F]

And to think I complained about my couch...
I've been incredibly lucky so far! But it's nice to know what I have to look forward to!

[Penny's Aunt]

I'LL NEVER GET A DACHSHUND!

Jeez Louise! The people over at the Belgian site I visit think THEIR dogs are hard to handle! I should tell them to come over here & see what REAL TROUBLE looks like: long body & short legs.

[georgette]

I forgot to mention kicking over the full can of paint on the rug.

It's Sat morning. Any news?

[Lisa H.]

I don't have any really terrible stories about my dachsie, Annie--I have to say she's never done anything terribly bad. My mother's dachshund Molly, though (who is Annie's aunt) begged to go outside one snowy morning at 5 a.m. and promptly DISAPPEARED. After about 10 minutes of frantically calling Molly, my mother woke my sister, who was visiting. My mother lives in an area of New Hampshire that has bears, foxes, coyotes--they both were convinced by now that Molly had been somebody's breakfast. My sister plunged outside in her bare feet and ran down the hill, where Molly greeted her, wagging her tail happily. They never did figure out what happened--she probably smelled a deer and took off after it. Molly went happily back to bed and slept, my sister finally fell asleep... and my mother lay awake the rest of the night!

Molly has eaten several pairs of expensive earrings (diamonds and pearls being her favorites), though my mother always manages to get them back (you can imagine how!). She has also eaten two pairs of glasses, a hearing aid, and completely destroyed the upper plate of an elderly visitor who had the unwisdom to leave her teeth on the bedside table! None of this has ever caused any vet expenses, but it's been extremely expensive in terms of compensation to the victims!

[WOTANSMUTTI]

Oh Howl!

I can see a dachsie fly by with a pair of false teeth sticking out of it's jaws, like it wants to do a dental commercial of some kind. I wish I could draw the picture I see in my mind's eye for you all http://dachsie.org/ubb/eek3.gif

[Penny's Aunt]

YES!!!

A dachsie running down the hall with a pair of oversized dentures in his mouth, clacking them open & shut!

heeheehee! What a visual!

[isobelsmom]

I love that picture http://dachsie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif but would the dentures give her extra chewing power http://dachsie.org/ubb/bounce.gif what a sight that would be!

[doxielover]

http://dachsie.org/ubb/lol.gifI just have to laugh at these stories! Never underestimate a dachsie! http://dachsie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif I'm also picturing a wiener zooming along wearing a BIG smile full of dentures! That would be priceless! Seriously though, those foreign materials can do damage to their "insides". You just can't be too careful!

Susan

[Tanya]

Do you think dentures could make a dachshund even more destructive? That's a frightening thought! I can just see a dachshund running his victory laps with some oversized chompers!

Is Helga safe at home??

[WOTANSMUTTI]

Yesterday was a bad day here at the farm! I was taking an afternoon snooze, and I swear Wotan was trying his very best to get me up. He kept whining and running out his little door all the time. Faintly I could hear the "evil" sisters barking and making a commotion, but thought nothing off it. BIG MISTAKE.

When I went to do the hen head count later that nite I only came up with 6 instead of 9.
The ones that were missing were the biggest,most dominant , best layers. http://dachsie.org/ubb/angryfire.gif

Wellll- I knew what happened. But there was not evidence (the usual piles of feathers). This morning a 1/2 eaten hen was outside on the lawn. I am not "speaking" to the evil twins- even though I know it was too hard for them to be "good" for 2 whole weeks around the birds. Grrrrrrr.

Oh well, this too will blow over. My chicken experiment is slowly dwindling down to a sad end. http://dachsie.org/ubb/blue02.gif

Mean time, all this has made Wotan look like such a goooood boy!

Has Helga come back yet?

[Pam C]

There is a method to teach dogs to leave chickens alone. Farmers use it. It involves a fence charger (low voltage and amps) a chicken and a chicken killing dog. I have not tried but it is one of my books, if you are interested I can read up on it. They swear by it.

[Tanya]

Wootansmutti,
Who are the evil twins?? I'm fairly new so I don't know much. And how do you pronounce Wotan? Long o or short? Sorry about your chickens.

[Tina]

Thanks for everybody for your support. Because of some trouble in the telephone lines I could not get on the web and tell you, when Helga came back around midnight, having been away for seven hours. She was unharmed, very hungry and seemed to be very satisfied with herself. http://dachsie.org/ubb/ksmile.gif The whole family made a really early start for my home town and all´s well that ends well: I got the car repaired, Miss Piggy got to the dog show and won 1:st prize http://dachsie.org/ubb/bounce.gif. We met Helga´s breeder who told that Helga´s mother and grandmother had run away at the same time and stayed away almost as long as Helga did (Do dachsies have telepathic abilities, do you know?). And the rest of the weekend my young dachsies dug holes in the lawn around my parents´ house, tried to remove roses and tulips from the flowerbeds and I had to answer numerous "why on earth do you keep those dachshunds-hunting dogs are not suitable for pets, aren´t they"-questions. This in spite of the fact that Helga was a perfect http://dachsie.org/ubb/angel.gif for the rest of the weekend. My parents are definitely non-dachsie people.
http://dachsie.org/ubb/angryfire.gif Well, they do not know what they are missing. May be we could start another thread on the topic "Why I have a dachsie- in spite of all these facts?" Your stories were terrific, I think I should save them for further use and especially the goose-story helps me to remember that things could be worse. http://dachsie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif


[This message has been edited by Tina (edited May 01, 2000).]

[Mark]

Yes, not only are they Telepaths, but also, Telekinetic and Mind Controllers . . . you know, when they stand within three feet and give ya "the look". http://dachsie.org/ubb/eek3.gif

Mark

[Owen's Mom]

Hey Mark,
Do you mean this look?


http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=628165&a=4582128&p=20495612&Sequence=1

[mommakind]

How adorable! Yes, that is the look.

My funny tail is when the two beasts were outside, a neighboring Lab wandered into the yard. Lady bit the poor fellow on the only part she could reach! They don't call'm WEINER dogs for nuthin! After running about half a block the Lab just layed down, my two "ferocious" beasts ran around him in circles as he whined in pain until his owner heard the commotion. I laughed so hard my stomach ached for days!

M

[WOTANSMUTTI]

Tanya,
My "evil sisters" are my big yellow lab Diva who has come hither eyeballs, and Sadie Mae, my rott/dob mix who is slightly addled upstairs. She doesn't do much thinking and I'm sure Diva steers her around to do Very Baaaad Things http://dachsie.org/ubb/angryfire.gif

[Boonech]

I feel blessed! I'll never complain about my few pairs of missing socks and pantyhose again......

[Wienergal]

Hooray! More dachsie wallpaper! Amy, thanks for the latest great photo! Love the folded-back ears! Krista, Rudy has been my wallpaper for a few weeks now, so don't be upset that Owen is going to replace him for a little bit... http://dachsie.org/ubb/blushie.gif

Tina, we're all so happy that Helga made it home safely AND that you got a first prize!! http://dachsie.org/ubb/eek3.gif Way to go!!

[loving two dachsie's]

Amy,

Your Owen is so photogenic, then arent all dachsie's http://dachsie.org/ubb/hapfac01.gif

He is a cutie pie. I have photos back of Bailey and Ginger together, just dont know how to get them in here http://dachsie.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif

Linda

[This message has been edited by loving two dachsie's (edited May 02, 2000).]

[Owen's Mom]

Linda,
I figured out www.photopoint.com (http://www.photopoint.com) yesterday (when I should have been working) and made an album of Owen http://dachsie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif Here's the link http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=628165&Auth=false That should get you in there to view the handsome man http://dachsie.org/ubb/hapfac01.gif

If you need help, let me know and I'll walk you through how to make your own album and how to post on the board! http://dachsie.org/ubb/bounce.gif

~~Amy~~

[Dukey's Mom]

Amy, it's me Andrea!!! I finally got on from work! Owen is ADORABLE, but of course, I knew he would be.

I have been having a heck of a time getting on the board from work. Home is fine, but hectic.

Anyway, glad to "talk" to you.

Andrea
House of many lowriders!

[wireweiners]

Loved the picture of Owen. I am very familiar with the "look". Wheeler gives me that look and "talks" when I am late getting home, when the water dish is empty, and when I make him go outside to potty in the rain.
Tina, I am glad Helga came back and congrats on your win.

[2DogsLong]

My monitor is exuding a frito scent...

I'm glad Helga is safe. Little brats. The wieners are all the birth control that I need!

[MaverickMom]

Love reading of all the dachsie adventures. The only thing my babies have done so far is chewing a hole in the carpet.

Glad to hear Helga is safe at home!

Sonya

[Dolly's Mom]

WHEW!!! Glad Helga is back safe! Sure have enjoyed the stories though.

Sandi

[Tanya]

Amy, Owen is a doll! http://dachsie.org/ubb/ksmile.gif What kind of dog is Monroe...the one who pinned poor Owen! Owen looked like he put up a good fight though. It's hard to be short! I would like to make a photo album of Punkin and Josie. It's nice to see a picture of the dachsies we're talking about. What a ham that Owen! http://dachsie.org/ubb/cool.gif
Tanya

[Owen's Mom]

Monroe is an English Bull Mastiff. Big boy!! And he's still only a puppy. He has close to 100 lbs more to go!

I can't wait to see your photo album of your furkids. The photopoint thing is really easy and really fun to use. Let me know if you need any help putting it together.

~~Amy & Owen http://dachsie.org/ubb/facelick.gif~~

[Tanya]

I don't think I said so, but I am glad Helga is back home!

Owen'smom, I don't exactly know what to do once I get to the web page www.photopoint.com (http://www.photopoint.com)
Any chance you could help me out a little? Josie says pweese!
Tanya