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New Category In Our Shop This Month!
We've added a new category to our store: No Waiting! These are production items that are already made and ready to ship. Nothing wrong with them – they're either overstocks from shows or items that were ordered by customers who mismeasured their dogs or who changed their minds on color or fabric. They're our same high level of quality, lacking nothing except a buyer. And that would be you.

No alterations or personalizations are available. You buy 'em as is, and you get 'em fast.

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March Special Of The Month

POT OF GOLD DRAWING

Your name will be entered into a drawing once for every $25 (including shipping and taxes) you spend in our shop during March. Six prizes will be awarded. Six different winners will be drawn.
1st prize: DreamSack
2nd Prize: Hug-A-Dog harness
3rd Prize: Fuzzie
4th Prize: EZ Dog Leash
5th Prize: 2 bottles of shampoo
6th Prize: Set of 4 Toys

So what are you waiting for? Start shopping!.

Fabrics Of The Month For March
Order an item made from any fabric from our special selections and get money off: $2 off a fabric harness vest, $3 off a coat, or $5 off a DreamSack. We will apply the discount when we total your purchase. This month, we are featuring Rainbow Bones and Rust Leopard.

   

The March Dachshund Of The Month is the sister of our newest family member.

The March Newsletter Feature Of The Month is a Winter Wiener Wonderland gallery.

Puppy Harness Vest Replacement Program
Our Harness Vest Replacement Program (see below under Of Ongoing Interest) proved to be so popular that we expanded it for those who don't want to buy a harness vest that a pup will grow out of in a few months. Go ahead and buy that harness vest, and when it's too small, send it back to us. It doesn't matter what condition it's in. We will give you a $10 credit toward an adult-sized harness vest. Just one used harness vest per order, please.

Come See Us in Your Town
March 19 – 21
Super Pet Expo
Chantilly, VA

March 26 – 28
Columbus Pet Expo
Columbus, OH

April 24 – 25
Buda Wiener Races
Buda, TX

We've found a pet insurance company we really like, especially since they cover genetic conditions and the disc disease that dachshunds are prone to. Visit Embrace Pet Insurance by clicking the link below.

You can read some opinions of them at Pet Insurance Review.
 

Of Ongoing Interest

Harness Vest Replacement Program

Has your doxie outgrown the clothes in his closet? Or has she been successful on that vet-prescribed diet? Perhaps you have a canine fashion maven who demands a new wardrobe. Send us a usable, reasonably clean Hug-A-Dog Harness Vest and receive $10 off a new harness vest. We will distribute the trade-ins to dachshund rescue. Just mention in the comments box at the end of the ordering process that you have a harness vest to trade in. Mail the old harness vest to us within a week to receive immediate credit on the price of the new harness vest. Need to use the old harness vest until you get the new one? Send the old harness vest to us after your doxie is dashing around in his new duds and we will credit your account upon receipt of the old harness vest.

Send used harness vests to Dachshund Delights, 8675 Pierce Rd, Garrettsville, OH 44231

Special Deals On Clearance Fabrics

Order a fabric harness vest or a DreamSack made with one of our clearance fabrics and save money! We will deduct $2 from the price of a harness vest or $5 from the price of a DreamSack. (These discounts will be applied manually by us when we process your order.)

Looking to Add A(nother) Dachshund to Your Home?

If you want to buy a pup, we recommend 2 Dogs Long.

If you want to adopt a dog of any age, here are some rescue groups who can help you:
All American Dachshund Rescue
All Texas Dachshund Rescue
Almost Home Rescue
Central Texas Dachshund Rescue
Coast To Coast Dachshund Rescue
Dachshund Rescue NW & Dachshund Club of Spokane
Dachshund Rescue of North America
Dachshund Rescue of South Florida
Dallas-Fort Worth Dachshund Rescue
DARE (Dachshund Adoption And Rescue)
Dixie Dachshund Rescue, Inc.
Gulf Coast Dachshund Rescue
Midwest Dachshund Rescue

Browse our Family Album. Click here to start with our beloved Stubby, then read about all the others.

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We have a gallery of satisfied customers: good-looking dogs wearing our Hug-A-Dog Harness® Vests. Your dog can be here, too. Send an e-mail to the Webmaster with your digital photo (under 300 Kb, please) or for instructions on submitting photos to be scanned.

We also have unsolicited comments from our customers.

It's March 2010, And There's a New Member of Our Family

Give your pet the greatest gift of all ‚ The gift of health!

Dapple

It was a set up. A divine set up. I didn't need another dog. I didn't even want another dog. But the universe always knows better than I do.

The pieces aligned themselves just right … and on January 1, I had a new puppy. She wasn't just any puppy. Oh no. It would take just one kind of puppy or dog to get me to bring home "just one more."

To understand why, we must back up a bit in the story. Last April, at nine years old, Greta went to Rainbow Bridge completely unexpectedly. Greta underwent surgery for a ruptured disc in her back. After a successful operation and a couple days in recovery, she was sent home with optimism. Three days later, she was showing improvement in spirit and body. But on that third day, something terrible went wrong. In a matter of minutes, Greta went from napping peacefully to awaking with heavy panting. Less than 10 minutes later, she was gone. Her chest and lungs filled with fluid and blood – and there was no saving her.

The grief over her loss was immense. I've had many dogs over my lifetime and each has his and her own place in my heart and memories, but Greta was truly special. She and her sister Garbo came into my world to help ease the pain and grief of the tragic loss of another very special dog … another divine set up.

Eight months after Greta was gone, I agreed to help with the transport of six dogs for Dachshund Rescue of North America. Winter weather had canceled plans for the first attempt at transporting the dogs from Tennessee to SW Pennsylvania. I had not been a part of the original transport plans. I learned of difficulties in rescheduling the transport, so I offered to help.

I met the DRNA rep from Tennessee in West Virginia. When she opened the crates and took out two of the pups, I couldn't believe it. I was taken back nearly nine years to the days when Greta and Garbo were puppies. Silver dappled, long, shaggy coats – almost like mops with little legs. One pup more silver than the other. One pup with a split-colored face. Greta and Garbo got their unique coats from the union of their longhaired, black & tan dappled dachshund mother to their rapscallion father, a red miniature poodle. Hence, producing "Doodles."

These pups were dumped in a shelter and were reportedly wirehaired dachshunds. They looked like they could be wires – albeit soft-coated wires. But to me, they looked like baby Doodles.

I kept telling myself on the trip to the DRNA rep's house in SW Pennsylvania, "I don't need another dog … I don't need another dog … I don't … "

I was defiant up until the moment of departure to head back home. I said goodbye to all the dogs and wished them happy lives in their adoptive homes. I saved her for last. And the tears came. And I couldn't put her down. I said to the foster mom, "I'm taking her."

I know that "Dapple" (named for Greta's nickname as a newborn) isn't Greta. I don't expect her to replace Greta. Anyone who ever knew Greta knows that she was a character all of her own making. But there is enough of Greta in Dapple – in her looks and her personality and her quirky mannerisms – to remind me that Greta is only gone in body.

I guess I did need a dog after all. I needed this dog.

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