Foster sisfur goes to vet

Last week foster sisfur was not feeling very well. She was panting a lot and she had potty accidents in da house. She was also shedding a lot, but dat probably from heat and not related. So Ma took her to the V.E.T. However foster sisfur haz not gone often to the V.E.T. and so she didn't really know what was happening. I heard Ma telling Dad on the phone about the V.E.T. and I ran to hide. Foster sisfur thoughts it was special girl trip of just her and Ma and she was so happy on the car ride.

Once inside the V.E.T. a very nice nurse came and took sisfur to get weighed (she has lost 10 pounds since she came to our house! Go sisfur go!). Dat iz da leg and hand of nurse, she waz very nice.

Da doctor came and checked sisfur. Then they tooks her away, she tolds me she was scared because they had to take some of her blood but Ma comforted her and she felt ok. When they were waiting to check out they saw dis little rottweiler puppy. My Ma and Dad never met my brofur Liam as a puppy and so my Ma took a pixi of this puppy to show to Dad and to wonder if brofur looked like dis once. 

A few days later Ma got a call saying dat sisfur's bloodwork was ok. She iz on observation for her heavy panting but most likely iz just da horrible heat and her weight (oops don't tell her I sayz she is a little big! BOL). 

Thank you for reading,

Love,

Moxie

The one dat got away

Furriends I went Friday to a meeting of the Gateway Low-Downs, iz da group here in St. Louis of dachshund owners, iz sooooo cool! On the way there I waz so excited because Ma can only take me since brofur and foster sisfur are not dachshunds, so I was feeling super special and riding up in the front wif Ma. I looked so serious when Ma took the pic but I was very happy!

Then Ma told me that Hazel was going to be there! Furriends I haz had many girlfriends over the last year, and I haz rejected girlfriends too. Ma sayz I iz a playboy. But Hazel iz the one girl that rejected me. She didn't even look at me, I tried and tried and nothing. When Ma told me dat Hazel would be there I gots a bit upset.

When we got to da place of the group reunion I saw her, the super beautiful Hazel. Isn't she pretty?

I tried again to get her attention but without success! She iz sooo diva! So I saids to myself: Moxie why you waste time wif Hazel when you can go snif da sisters Suzy and Tina!. Last year I was infamous for switching back and forth on my attentions with these two BOL I just say that I kept getting confused between one and the other.

After going around wif the ladies I tried to make friends with a 10 year old dapple that my Ma sayz I look a lot like. Can you guess which one iz me?

There where many dachshunds in attendance, Ma only waz able to get pic of a few of them at a time because everyone was moving so much but I thinks there were around 20 of us!

Even though Hazel ignored me again I iz happy because I made new friends and saw old ones too! 

Love,

Moxie

Bring your dachshund to work day

I wish that Ma didn't work in a lab were things had to be kept clean or where I couldn't get sick with chemical stuff that is there so that I could go in for a work day. However Ma did take me for a short tour of the outside of her workplace. It iz very nice place and they all work hard to help people all over the world. She has plants in the greenhouse and her and I walked all around them. Her workplace has huge huge lawn area in back and although it is not dog park she took of my leash and her and I enjoyed walking around. I specially liked the little rock area by the greenhouse and it seemed like a very good spot to go potty BOL

Thanks for reading

Love, 

Moxie

Give me da pizza!

If there iz one thing featured on my bloggie iz me and brofur getting in to messes with food! Check me out eyeing the pizza that Ma was eating. She better keep a good eye and hand on it because I am quick!

                                                  

Evening at the dog park

Three months ago Ma filled out application fur a dog park close to where we all live. It was not expensive and also it was the only park that would allow her to register three dogs since it is me and brofur plus whatever foster sisfur is around. Da park sadly was closed for like forever, although Ma sayz it was just a month and a half because they were planting new grass and then the new grass kept getting ruined or something because of all the rain we have been getting here in St. Louis. 

But finally the park opened and we have been going there almost every evening! I enjoy laying on the grass BOL but Ma forces me to run around!

Ma and Heidi have been walking and running in the dog park because they boths are trying to loose weight. Here is Heidi running towards Ma, she knows her name already and she iz very quick to respond. She like me loves Ma. You can also see brofurs butt BOL in da background!

I hope you all are enjoying your summers!

Love,

Moxie

My new foster sisfur

Dis is foster sisfur Heidi. Her name used to be Abby but there iz already an Abby on our rescue group and Ma didn't want people to get confused and because she iz german shepherd mix Dad said it was good idea to give her a good german name. Dad has german ancestry and he has a cousin named Heidi :)
Heidi was with her past family for a very long time, she is 7 years old. But her family was struggling a lot with getting food for her and also did not know what they would be able to do care for her if she needed vet care so they asked our group for help and luckily there was space and Ma offered to foster her.

Heidi was confused the first weeks, she paced a lot back and forth, Ma slept on da futon to keep her company, of course I enjoyed dat too because she was out of the bedroom since we dogs are not allowed to sleep in there! ( I know! the horror!). Heidi is doing so much better and she iz getting a lot happier. Da picture is of her getting comfy in da bed of Ma and Dad, she iz not allowed up there but she is quick and sneaks in the room and once up there she gives Ma very sad looking eyes and Ma can't force her to get down.
She iz very well behaved and we iz getting along fine, I like having sisfurs!

Bye!
Love
Moxie

My dogsitter

Furriends as some of you may know about a month ago I waz very very bad. Against Ma's wishes I was left at Ooman Uncle's house while Ma and Dad went on weekend trip to Chicago. Yah I haz stayed there before and done ok, but I don't likez to be put in crate and I don't care much for petting (I iz from puppymill and only care for Ma or Dad's petting) so Ma did not think it waz good idea to keep sending me to Ooman Uncle's house. Well on Saturday morning Dad gots a call from Uncle saying I haz been super bad, gotten somehow out of my crate, destroyed a door and ripped a carpet! Yah! I did! Uncle was super angry and told Dad I could not stay there anymore! What could my Ma do? She was very upset about what would happen to me because they were so far away. But Ma quickly called Brooke, yah she da nicest dog sitter in da world! I haz stayed wif her before and after I stayed wif her I came a little bit out of my shell and actually went away from Ma fur like 2 min when we went to the dog park. Ma called Brooke that Saturday morning and she actually went to PICK ME UP from Uncle's house!!! and then took me to her house. I had a bootiful time there, Ma got to see me through her webcam  and Ma was happy. Dis weekend Ma and Dad are going away again and without no doubt Ma booked my weekend away wif Brooke. I iz going to Bark in the Park wif her and the other weekend boarding pooches! How fun!!! I iz glad to have a super nice dog sitter and happy dat I get to stay wif her dis weekend.

Dis iz website of dog sitter Brooke, you can go check it out :) Pack Leader Plus. 

Ma graduated finally!

So furriends, I haz been away fur a looooong looong time, you can blame Ma please. She finally finished school, she has PhD now! All of us are so happy, I waz a little sad because that meant she had to go back to her laboratory and work there every day. When she was writing her thesis she waz at home wif me and brofur all day long and it waz soooo nice. For her graduation I gots a nice outfit fur myself too, I wants to be Dr. MoxieDaDoxie BOL

Glad to be back everyone!
-MoxieDaDoxie

Holiday Photo Op and late happy New Year!

Hi all!
Well Ma iz letting me update my bloggy quickly, it has been such a long time since I last had a chance to use the computer. Ma is super busy writing her thesis, she is getting a PhD and after so many years she has too much to write. She tolds me after Thanksgiving dat I would not get much time online. I waz a bit sad because I haz so many good friends on twitter and on my bloggy but I haz to seem understanding and told Ma it was ok.
Anyway it iz a bit late but here iz da Xmas pixi of me and Brofur. Of course you will immediately see that Brofur is all smiles in da pixi, but don't let it fool ya he was really growly and Santa was not happy wif him. And I was not growly but I was not happy either, I decided early on that dis Santa character was not to be trusted and then suddenly Ma plopped me on his lap! The horror! You can tell I was displeased with Ma's decision but I was not growly (like Brofur!) It was our first Xmas pixi and Ma was not too happy with both of our behavior specially since she sayz she had gotten us matching reindeer outfits and all. In Ma's mind the Holiday Photo Op should have gone very differently with me happy on Santas lap and Brofur leaving his costume on. To top it all off when we were leaving Brofur and me got super naughty and were getting Ma tangled in our leashes and at the precise moment Ma was dealing with this out of a car comes a family of two hoomans and two dachshunds, all wearing matching t-shirts all of them looked perfect in every way. At first Ma got a bit sad and thought "Oh No! We iz no perfect family!" but then Ma  realized that we iz no perfect pair or family but there is lots of love and she iz happy that I iz not on a puppymill and Brofur is not abandoned in a shelter. We iz what we iz and that is just fine!
-Happy New Year!
Love Moxie

Brofur and me plan naughty things

I haven't always liked my Brofur, specially when Dad decided to adopt him out of the blue, well Ma was there when he decided but she really didn't have a say in da whole thing, so just like that there was a big big dog in da house. I like big dogs but I hatedz Brofur, I tried to attackz him all the time until Ma and Dad scolded me. I eventually got used to him and now we sometimes hang out, I iz very particular about what doggies I hangz out with but I like my Brofur now and sometimes we are naughty together ;) most of those times it involves food. 

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Snif snif snif there is something yummy close by! Brofur! Brofur come over here and take a look.

Brofur arrived and took a look, he is tall so he can see whats on da table. Oh my Dog! Pumpkin cupcake leftovers! Let's eat!

Oh oh oh, Brofur got caught by Ma!

 (u can't see me cause i hid under da table when Ma was coming BOL)

Ma decided it was ok to give me some since Brofur had already eaten some

Some days like this one brofur's are great companions to do naughty things. I love my brofur Liam!

-Love

Moxie

Thanksgiving Noms

Dis was ma first Thanksgiving ever and my Ma gave me and brofur some mashed potatoes that Dad made :)

This is Ma's hand picking up some mash potatoes

I gots da first bit, I loves it!

Then Brofur got some too, Ma gave him more because he is super big

Then Ma decided it would be fun to put mash potatoes on brofur's snout so he would entertain himself and try eating it! BOL i was barking at him and watching!

But then it was ma turn! Ma put mash potatoes on MY snout too! the horror! such offense! I donts look too happy here.

What iz I supposed to do about this mash potatoes Ma? I donts like eating like this! remove them!

Ma finally helped me clean the mash potatoes from ma snout and I ate them.
Then I got ma turkey shaped treat! She got it at a super nice store named Treats Unleashed 

Nom nom nom!

It was a great 1st Thanksgiving!

Thank you for reading furriends,
Love
Moxie

Lots to be thankful about

This iz ma first thanksgiving EVER. I lived in a puppymill before Ma fostered me and eventually adopted me last March. I haz so much to be thankful for, my Ma loves me so much and she gives me lots of noms and accessories, she gives me what all doggies deserve.

Thiz iz me at camping trip sunbathing

I hopes all anipals out there find a home but in da meantime we can all help out by giving a little love to our anipals in need out there.

If you gots a few extra dollars please consider donating to Santa Paws Drive, it's a real great group of pals trying to give joy to anipals in shelters. Or you can take some treats to your local rescue, always try to remember small rescues, I come from St. Louis Senior Dog Project, they iz selling hot senior dog calendar this year, ok there iz no unreasonable pictures BOL but still real goodz pixis and it helps to care for da senior dogs.

Dis iz Tina she iz in da calendar, dis picture did not make it BOL humand thought too revealing!

But last but not least not all gifts are in money or items, best gift iz to give hugs to anipals. Go to shelter or adoption event and hug anipals there, show them what caring humans are!

Thank you for reading,
Moxie

Anipal Photo Hunt: #14 Mom

Dis is ma first post for Anipal Photo Hunt! Ma and I kept missing the past deadlines but I dinks we are on time for this one!
So Ma and Dad are unfortunately very obsessed with Jersey Shore, they don't miss an episode or preview or after party episode, seriously if I need attention during an episode they just don't care! So because of this obsession since July my Ma kept going on and on about how she wanted to be Snooki for Halloween. Dad was not so thrilled about being a character from Jersey Shore but Ma convinced him in the end to be The Sitch more commonly known as The Situation BOL. Now Dad is a little shy sometimes so we won't post his pixi here but here is my Ma as Snooki for Halloween. She told me later she had lots of fun! Maybe next year I will be The Situation instead of Dad!

My Halloween Toy

Ma went to da store and all da Halloween's stuff was on super sale! so she gots me and brofur each a toy.

Dis iz me with ma toy 

Brofur destroyed his toy in 2 minutes!

He iz little sad about this but i donts care cause I iz little BOL

Ma what is dat thing there? Da filling? iz ma toy ruined? What? Yes? oh no :(

 Then i gots a bit sad about ma toy

But then I realized that brofur lays in this tiny chair

and I gets da big couch! BOL

Thanks for reading my bloggy,

Moxie

The Nutro Prize

Yes, I have been winning so many prizes, Ma is certainly very happy because she never wins anything and she is happy that I have luck :)
So I participated in the Nutro Small Breeds contest offered by online twitter ambassadors @ReneeAtNutro @NatalieatNutro and @EdnaAtNutro. Last Saturday I got ma prize in da mail and it was awesome! It came with a big bag of food that had a dachshund on da front! yah exactly a dachshund itz like dis food was made for me!  plus it came with a holder for doggie poo (yah i don't care about that let mom worry about that) and some more info for humans to read over to show dat this food is good. But of course as Ma was reading the info all I could do was point at picture in front of bag and say: Duh! it has a DACHSHUND on the front, what else do you need to know? Anyway Ma read da stuff and directions on how to feed.

Here is da front of the food bag and me sniffing around :)

Come on Ma! give me some of this food!

Ummm helloooo fur brother don't ya see that the picture of da bag is a dachshund???

 Iz not for rottweilers!

 Okay seriously you don't want me to get angry! Back away from ma food!

Yeah that's right, I will show ma teeth to you! I may look small but i iz in charge around here

Uh seriously you are showing ME your teeth, yah I haz no fear!

 Get away fur brother! I won't back down it's ma food.

Ma tells us both to settle down! So we both lay down and waited, but neither one of us wanted to go far away from da bag. 

Ma was upset at us so we tried to act nice.

So then we both got Greenies and everyone was happy!
Of course i am still keeping a close watch on ma bag of food to make sure fur brother doesn't eat it.
Thanks for reading ma Nutro Prize story!
-Moxie
PS. We got this as a prize we are not sponsored or payed in any way by Nutro humans or anipals!

First post and #pawpawty prizes :)

Hi furriends!
This iz Moxie although many know me as MoxieDaDoxie :) I iz a tweeny dapple dachshund, yah i know its a mouthful just to say the type of dachshund I am, my dad haz been telling my momy to stop telling people when they ask her what I am that I am a tweeny dapple dachshund and just say weiner dog. Of course my momy refused and sayz she will NOT refer to me as a weiner dog BOL.
Wow ok i guess i iz getting just a bit sidetracked here, its only because iz ma first blog post.
Okay so a few weekends back I participated in da #pawpawty and I entered a lot of the da contests and won! hooray, I have been receiving ma prizes all week and here are some pictures of my winnings.

Check out the cool towel and doggy treat back from @poppy_dog, she sent me a card too!

This is me with super cute postcards that mom will help me write and send to my furriends, i got this from @smokey8 from @no_crybaby_dogs store :)

I am already looking forward to pictures from ma furriends @AutumnTheDoxie and @PerrytheBirman with the prizes I got to send to them!
Hooray for #pawpawty!!!
Bye
Moxie