One of the dogs rescued at auction

A large puppy mill in Denver, Prairie Bark Kennels, decided to auction off 202 of its breeding stock prior to relocating. Two local rescue groups offered to pick the dogs up and find them homes, but PBK said no.

Instead, they loaded the dogs — yorkies, papillons, dachshunds, pugs, chihuahuas and others — into crates and hauled them 788 miles to Missouri to be sold at auction.

Sharon Peters describes what happened next.

Mark Steinberg remembers the first dog that came into his life:

Notecard from Dogstuff

The dachshund arrived when I was 6. A cousin’s dog had given birth to a litter of five, and our relative was determined that every one of them would stay in the family. She appeared unannounced at our kitchen door one morning carrying a female puppy, a doggy bed, biscuits, a chewable rat and smug optimism. She stepped into the kitchen, put the puppy on the floor to roam free, folded her arms and waited.

The dog recognized immediately that there was only one Decider in our house, my mother, and she targeted her routine at that one-person audience. First, she did the puppy “boing boing” thing, jumping up and down because she’d found the most lovable, sensitive human being on Earth. Then she threw herself at my mother’s feet and licked her toes. As a finale, she walked over to the doggie bed, flopped down and went to sleep.

By sunset, the puppy had been named Lisa and listed first on my mother’s “preferred organ recipient” card.

The rest of Steinberg’s reflections on living with dogs are here.

Veggie Wiener Dog

…and as long as we’re being healthy with a veggie dog, why not go further with a Dachsie Doc?

Doc Dachshund

These are only two of a large and hilarious collection of wacky Dachshund  figurines from Hot Diggity Dog.  Click this link to see them all:

Hot Diggity Dog Figurines

And be sure not to miss our “kissing” Dachshund magnetic salt and pepper shaker sets, like this “Bee and Blossonm.”

Bee and Blossom Magnetic Dachshund Shaker Set

Angels and Devils, hearts, hotdogs and plain – you can see the whole collection of kissing Dachsies if you Click Here.

In fact, there’s always a world of Dachsie stuff at Dogstuff.com – we usually have 200-300 Dachshund-specific items in stock.

Petitpoint and Needlepoint Pillow

Dachshund Trio Apron

Click here to browse them all.