fbpx

August 4, 2013No Comments

You know you’re a Los Angeles dog owner when…

Your dog has taken Intermediate Animal Acting...twice, but still no breakthrough role.

Your dog has taken Intermediate Animal Acting...twice, but still no breakthrough role.

You keep trying to schedule a play date with your dog and the neighbor's pot-bellied pig but you're just too busy.

You keep trying to schedule a play date with your dog and the neighbor's pot-bellied pig but you're just too busy.

You've complained about cell service at the off-leash dog park.

You've complained about cell service at the off-leash dog park.

While at work, you've watched videos of your dog playing at doggy day care.

While at work, you've watched videos of your dog playing at doggy day care.

You've driven the dog 10 miles to Runyon Canyon for a hike (and spent 15 minutes looking for parking) instead of walking her around the block.

You've driven the dog 10 miles to "see and be seen" Runyon Canyon for a celebrity-spotting hike (and spent 15 minutes looking for parking) instead of walking her in your own neighborhood.

Courtesy of Flickr by Heartlover1717

You have considered asking your medical marijuana doctor to label the dog as an "emotional support dog" so she can go into Whole Foods Market and Target with you instead of waiting at home.

You've used dog-sitting services at the local farmer's market so you could pay too much for organic apple butter and handmade soap.

You've used dog-sitting services at the local farmer's market so you could pay too much for organic apple butter and handmade soap.

You take the dog to Olvera Street every year on the Saturday before Easter for the Blessing of the Animals.

You take the dog to Olvera Street every year on the Saturday before Easter for the Blessing of the Animals.

You've brought the dog to a screenplay writing class.

You've brought the dog to a screenplay writing class you bought through Groupon.

You underwent a background check and two home checks to adopt your chi-weenie/labradoodle mix from a local rescue group.

You underwent a background check and two home checks to adopt your chi-weenie/labradoodle mix from a local rescue group.

February 28, 20122 Comments

Famous people with dachshunds

Dachshunds always make me smile. If their wiggly walk, big personality and sausage shape don't draw enough attention, then most doxies will bark loudly to get it. The national dog of Germany, the dachshund (literally "badger dog") is the smallest dog bred for hunting. They are tenacious and brave, with long ears that usher smells into their astoundingly sensitive noses.

There's a great article in the February 2012 National Geographic ("Mix Match Morph: How to Build a Dog") about research into how dog breeds have developed over time, and how it could help unravel the complexity of human genetic disease. Of course the writer couldn't resist talking about the most recognizable dog breeds in the world -- the weiner dog. Here's an excerpt:

To create a dog well suited for cornering badgers, for instance, it is thought that German hunters in the 18th and 19th centuries brought together some combination of hounds -- the basset, a native of France, being the likely subject -- and terriers, producing a new variation on the theme of dog with stubby legs and a rounded body that enabled it to chase its prey into the mouth of a burrow; hence the dachshund...

...Pliable skin served as a defense mechanism, allowing the dog to endure sharp-toothed bites without significant damage. A long and sturdy tail helped hunters to retrieve it from an animal's lair, badger in its mouth.

Img_0107

My little dachshund pup, Chloe, (above, mid-bark) is a miniature, English cream with long hair, with an assertiveness and playfulness big enough for a dog seven times her size. I'm not alone in my love of dachshunds...below I've assembled a little list of famous people who've owned dachshunds, and some links for more information about this fabulous breed.

Adele

Jerry Seinfeld

Pablo Picasso

David Hockney

Queen Victoria

John Wayne

George Stephanopoulos

James Carville and Mary Matalin

Sharon Stone

 

 

Everything About Dachshunds

http://www.everything-about-dachshunds.com/Dachshund-Information.html

Daily Dachshund News

http://www.dailydachshundanddognews.com/category/famous-dachshunds