Teddy's fosters were so nice and gave us everything we needed. Teddy was a little shy when we got home but he's found his place in the bed and loves to lay next to my heater with me while I work.

Merry Christmas from Willie! I just wanted to let everyone know that I am doing really well. I am filled out and my coat is really shiny thanks to a special diet for my skin for which I still squeak and bark. I enjoy long walks, lots of toys, and my own basket for safely riding in the car, but best of all I enjoy being "the world's best cuddler"!

Thank you so much from Willie and his grateful Mommies. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

May your coming year be filled with joy as is ours. Merry Christmas,

She is very attached to Phoebe and follows everywhere Phoebe goes. Sometimes she goes into a fit of protective barking/growling if she thinks Phoebe is in danger. This particularly happens if I hug and kiss Phoebe as I leave. But we are working on it.

She still barks too much, has quieted down some, needs to get better. I think she will as she gets more settled. She had her second visit with the groomer today and was much more relaxed. The first time we had to muzzle her. Today she allowed her to pick her up and wash her as well as trim her coat and nails and just tried to kiss the groomer.

He loves running around in our big yard, chasing squirrels and rabbits. (Never catches them, but he sure tries!)

My daughter just loves sitting with them and playing with them. She even made two little signs to put a treat on, one of which said I Love my sister and the other said I love my mommy. She put the treats down on them and said that the one they ate was the one they said. I know they can't read, but my daughter was so excited doing this. At first Greta would not take either of the treats. It was only after Hana got over to the treats that both took their treats and made their selections.

They get treats in the morning and even though food is in their bowl during the day until they eat it, they do not seem to want to eat unless I am sitting next to the food.

They are still very nervous when new people are around. Due to a medical emergency, I did have a few new people come by and stay for an extended period. Just when I thought they had adjusted to that person, they would make a sudden move, and the girls would start barking as if they never met the person in the room. I feel like there is some trauma that they are slowly overcoming.

Also, back in March I had thyroid surgery and when I came home, he was waiting for me and as I crawled into bed, he gently made his way into bed and laid by me, and we went to sleep. I cannot tell you how much comfort he provided to me during my recovery.

Initially they were very scared of strangers and visitors and would bark nonstop. But with continuous walks, and lots of patience and love, they are not anxious anymore and now they don't bark at visitors or people at the park.

Both Frankie and Otto enjoy the back yard and have lots of space to run and play wrestle. They play with Dakota as well, though they are gentle with her.

Their second favorite thing is cuddling in bed with us to watch tv. They are very relaxed and confident.

During this spring break week, we took them to Galveston. They saw the sea and touched the sand for the first time. Loved the morning walks so much. Every day was a fun day of discovery at the beach.

Their next outing will be the Hill Country in April!

I never even noticed this sculpture looks exactly like him. He had that funny ear haircut, sweet smile, and cute nose. And although he is squinting here he had "precious moments" eyes like the ceramic piece. Thank you Aly Winningham for making this sweet sculpture before we even had Buddy. Maybe that helped bring him to us in the first place.

She was about 16 and originally from Louisiana. She became a really sweet and funny part of our a little pup pack of three. Her brothers loved her — especially Cooper, who spent lots of time licking and licking on her.

We had lots of fun together. She entertained us with her unending appetite, desire to stand right under us or between our legs, loud snoring, shark-like qualities anytime food was present, and ever demanding stare for food. And so much more.

She was a great travel companion, kayak companion, car-rider, and life journeyer. She was not however, a great dining companion, as she regularly snatched food off our plates or bit our fingers in search of a snack.

Daisy had seemingly boundless energy until the last few days. She was overcome by an intestinal blockage that seemed to trigger underlying conditions that we didn’t even know about. She could not get past this, and we and the emergency vet knew it was time.

We know that she was greeted by her Mama, Anna Lou, who passed on shortly after we adopted Chloe-turned-Daisy. We know that all of our family of fur and flesh also welcomed her “home.”

We are all on this life journey together. Thank you to everyone who shares this aspect of our journey with us – our love of our fur family. And thank you to everyone for all of the love and support during the past few days.

We are at peace with this, although it is sad for us. We love adopting senior animals. We would absolutely do it again and will someday. They are uniquely special and so rewarding.

She continued to have issues with her eyes and after many attempts to save them, she finally lost her eye lens and we had to make a choice to put her to sleep or remove the eyes. Her optometrist assured us that even as a 14-year-old she would adapt to living as a blind dog and the rest of her health was doing pretty good. We moved forward with removing the eyes and she did adapt pretty well. Unfortunately, other health issues followed in the past few months, and she was not doing well. We made a decision that it was her time to go, and she was put to sleep this past Friday, September 29th.

At home, Brulee is laying under my desk all day either sleeping, playing with a toy or asking for a belly rub. He and Miko (our Husky mix) get the zoomies at night and playfully fight over who gets what toy.

Strider Stripes" is now known as TAZ.... He's our little Tasmanian Devil around the house. He is curious, vocal, loving, and protective of whomever he meets. We have never had a "non- pedigreed" dachshund in our home.... ( I guess we were a little snobbish about our dachshunds). TAZ is the most loving, easy to train pup we've had. WE LOVE HIM!!! If I had room for 10 more just like him, I'd take them in a heartbeat. He's fearless, and a GREAT companion to our other Dachshund. In fact, when we had him neutered, our other boy laid by his cage, whining to him, until he knew it was ok.. and he could rejoin the fun.

He is both curious and easily startled. His shadow,

things blown by the wind: leaves, plants and a ball floating

in his water bowl. (I laughed so hard when I saw what he was barking at).

He is very high energy. He plays hard. He naps after exercise and he's ready to go again.

We walk every day. He looks longingly at his leash to let me know. He's very insistent. One day he was looking back at other dogs and ran into a utility box. Something I would do. I thought, "Is he embarrassed?" He makes me laugh every day.

He's a big chow hound. Never is satisfied after he eats. If I'm in the kitchen, he's in the kitchen. He will eat until he gets sick. I found that out the hard way.

He doesn't like to be alone. He sleeps with my grandson. If he's not getting attention from him he will look for me. Even if it's laying next to me while I pet him.

He's a handful, but so worth it❤

Genie and Missy came to live with us about one year ago as forever fosters. Missy became ill and passed away in February. I decided to adopt Genie then.

Losing two dogs within six months is difficult, as we all know, but such is life as a rescuer. No regrets here. I will always have rescues and will always love them. We take our lumps and go back for more.

Genie was a hoot! Always a high energy, beautiful and happy dog, her tail a blur of wagging, she loved the whole world and everyone in it. It was so sweet to see her in a puppy pile with Rhodes, Sansa, Miggy, Cow Girl, Sara, Mia and whoever else decided to crash with them - usually Bart, my tuxedo cat. Genie was my tiny bud, my shadow who loved to get under my feet and follow me around. She had the loudest bark for such a little dog just under 10 pounds. Her favorite time was mealtime and she ate with pure gusto. She slowly crept into my heart and stole it!

At bedtime I’d spray rose & lavender essential oils in the room and apply lavender to her coat. Then I’d kiss her little head, rock her in my arms and sing her a lullaby. I’d promise to meet her in our dreams in sleepy town. The lullaby I sang went like this:

Hush a bye, don’t you cry
Go to sleep my little baby.
When you wake you shall have
All the pretty little horses.
Dapples and grays, pintos and bays,
All the pretty little horses.

Yonder down in the meadow
Poor little baby’s crying Momma.
Birds and butterflies flutter around her eyes,
Poor little baby’s crying Momma.
Mmmm mmmmm mmmmmm,
Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm.
Go to sleep my little baby.

Then I’d kiss her again and gently lay her in her bed and sneak out of the room before she realized I’d left.

ever since. He is our shadow. Cooper loves to play inside and out. He especially loves to chase birds and squirrels. But when he is not playing outside,

you will find him sleeping in his bed or being held by me or my husband. Cooper is the happiest little dog and loves everyone. We cannot imagine our life without him. When we saw pictures of Cooper on the Dream Dachshund website, we knew we wanted to meet him in person. Cooper has also been undergoing heartworm treatments since we took him home and he is almost finished with the program, so very soon we will get to put his harness on him and take him walking. He is high energy and will love walking and running!

We have so much to look forward to with Cooper like unending kisses, understanding his cute personality, constant cuddling and sometimes there is three in the bed.

We are grateful to Dream Dachshunds for their adoption program, dedication and volunteers. Without the Dream Team we would not have our precious Cooper.