Dachshunds are escape artists! When Molly was a puppy, she would always escape her pen during the day to greet us at the door. We always put the blame on our son for letting the puppy run around the house when she was not quite potty trained.

But now we know the truth… Odie had a helping nose in it and let his little friend out!

I often wonder what my Dachshunds do all day at home when we’re off at work or shopping. But it seems to me that Seattle dog portrait artist Nancy Schutt has inside information on what Chloe, Odie and Molly are doing when we’re away.

I received a very clever email from Nancy asking if I would consider reviewing her new site. Normally, I turn down such requests, but since she said she was a dog portrait artist and attached a few of her wiener dog paintings, the least I could do is take a quick look.

I love art, especially wiener dog art. My home office is covered with all sorts of Dachshund paintings and drawings. My first peek at her painting simply got me laughing! Here’s a picture of my three dogs on our good sofa; Molly on top looking out the window; Odie on the foot stool; and Chloe getting ready to run to the door to greet us.

I just had to see her site…

Besides being a really good dog portrait artist, Nancy demonstrates abstractness with a keen sense of dog humor. I rolled out of my chair laughing at Schooooch Pooch (my name) where a dog is enjoying his ride a little too much across a very expensive carpet.

I enjoyed visiting Nancy’s site. See paints really Good Dog Art!

I saw the funniest Dachshund ad today and I just had to share it with you. Not that I’m really trying to promote cafepress.com, but I the Three Doxies get paid if you buy something there. So much for disclaimer, and I would write about the ad anyway since it’s too cute, funny and I had to sign up as an affiliate in order to load the image on 3doxies.com … I guess you have to be a Dachshund owner to understand.

Cafepress is a very interesting site. I found out about it about a year ago when I wanted to create some coffee mugs for my business. You simply upload an image, place an order and you get coffee mugs. Of course, once you create the product you can then sell them to customers directly from the sight.

When I find the right pictures, I’m planning to create a few “Dachshund” mugs of the Three Doxies. Perhaps a dachshund t-shirt of Molly would be a real sweet gift I can make for my wife. (She just loves Molly to death.)

Now, back to my original thought; the ad said “One Dachshund is never enough.” Whomever, came up with that slogan had to get that idea from Three Dachshunds.com. I don’t know how many times I’ve told my wife that “three dachshunds is never enough,” but she’s threated me with divorce if I ever looked at another Doxie.

So now I just collect all sorts of Dachsund things from coffee cups to paintings. I just know I’m going to spend all my time and money at cafepress.com.

This PR caught my eye today and I wondered if I would clone my Dachshunds:

American Company to Offer Dog Cloning Service at International Public Auction
BioArts International (BioArts), today announced that it will sell five dog cloning service slots to the general public via a worldwide, online auction to be held June 18th.

The first thought that cross my mind was “would the ‘new’ Odie have back problems.” That is, cloning should produce the same genetic defects, could I relive the pain Odie went through when he ruptured his disk? Probably not.

Then again, if the ruptured disk was injury related, and not genetic, I probably could.

Would he have the same temperament? That seems to be environmental so he would be a different dog.

Sorry, somethings are best left alone. Would you clone your Dachshund?

Yesterday I was at the Thousand Oaks Post Office to pick up my mail and a poster with a Dachshund, along with several other dogs, caught my eye. I picked up my mail and came back to read that next week (starting May 18th) is National Dog Bite Awareness Week.

It’s was strange that a picture of a Dachshund was prominently posted in the upper left hand corner of the poster. I had to ask myself “do Dachshunds bite?”

Now, being owner of three Dachshunds, I have to admit that I’m biased. But like all dogs, Dachshunds do bite.

I don’t think that Chloe would ever bite anything. She is the most passive loving dog we have. Molly is timid, will bark, run away and never bite unless really provoked.

Odie, on the other hand, is very protective. I fear that he would bite someone if they got too close and he wasn’t on a leash. Fortunately, our Dachshunds never have bitten anyone.

It doesn’t mean that they won’t. We’re just careful and introduce them to strangers so that they will know they are not a danger to us. Like all dogs, you really need to keep Doxies leashed and under control.

Molly Looking Very Pretty

Originally uploaded by chloeodiemolly

This is one of my favorite pictures I took this year of Molly. She’s such a beautiful Dachshund. I just love to hug and kiss her all the time.