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This month, once again because some of you didn't get around to it in August and asked for an extension to prepare your dachshund for the coming fall and winter, we're offering $5 off any Hug-A-Dog Harness Coat, CoverUp, or Cloak. No discount code needed. So what are you waiting for? PLUS: 25% off our fine Teckelklub clearance items, also in the coats & sweaters area of our online store. Start shopping!.
The September Newsletter Feature Of The Month reviews the new book about Itty Bitty.
Cleveland Oktoberfest Wiener Dog Races Berea (Ohio) Fairgrounds September 11 Midwest Dachshund Fest Vermillion County (Illinois) Fairgrounds September 18 Dog Days of September Wiener Dog Nationals Lucas County (Ohio) Fairgrounds September 19 Woofstock Holden Aroboretum Kirtland, Ohio September 25 26 National Dachshund Races Findlay, Ohio October 2 Mid-Atlantic Dachshund Phest Prince William County Fairgrounds Manassas, Virginia October 9 Wienerfest 2010 Wolf Pen Creek College Station, Texas October 23 Wine & Hallowieners (by Dachshund Delights!) Candlelight Winery Garrettsville, Ohio (details coming soon)
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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
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.)
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 Houston Dachshund Rescue of North America Dachshund Rescue of South Florida Dallas-Fort Worth Dachshund Rescue DARE (Dachshund Adoption And Rescue) Diamond Dachshund Rescue Dixie Dachshund Rescue, Inc. Gulf Coast Dachshund Rescue Midwest Dachshund Rescue
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There are some dogs that you just naturally take to. Some because they're so friendly; some because they're so handsome. And some have
something
about them that you just can't put your finger on, except you know that you're glad when they're around and you think of them when you're not.
That would be Joey. He's a very handsome piebald, with a manner that is dignified without being stuck-up, friendly without being obsequious. And he has some of the most soulful eyes we've ever seen.
We have more than once directed you to The Long And Short Of It All, the blog that Joey maintains with his sister/littermate Maggie, and an occasional assist from his dad, Carson, who has the opposable thumbs in the family. Most weekdays, we know that we can go there for the latest news about dachshunds, stories about celebrities owned by dachshunds, fine photography, poetry, videos and marvelous miscellany.
Carson and Maggie have been doing the updating during August, because Joey has spent weeks in the hospital, including a few days when his future was looking really dim.
It all started mildly enough in late July, when an e-mail from Carson to a few friends noted that Joey and Maggie had just been to the vet for checkups and that there was good news and bad news for both. It was such a mild statement that we didn't follow up right away..
When we did, we learned that Joey's bad news was that he almost certainly had Cushing's disease, caused by too much adrenal hormone in the body. The disease can be treated, according to its type and severity, but both drug therapy and surgery carry many risks and side effects.
That was bad news, and it got worse quickly.
Further tests and ultrasounds confirmed in short order that Joey did have Cushing's. And while the disease can be caused by a tumor on one of the two adrenal glands, Joey had tumors on both. If that wasn't enough, one of the tumors was pressing on the vena cava, the vein that returns blood to the heart after its journey through the body. The prognosis was grim. Without surgery, Joey would be gone within four to six months from heart failure. Many dogs don't survive the delicate surgery.
And the surgery would take both adrenal glands out of his body, which would present him with a lifetime of maintenance medications.
Surgery was scheduled, and Joey's many fans waited all day with breath held and fingers crossed. And the news was good! Both glands were removed, and the tumor that was pressing the vena cava was not attached to it.
We all breathed a sigh of relief. Too soon.
The recovery period was tough, and Joey started showing signs of severe pancreatitis. He was discharged from the hospital, but he was back the next day and going downhill fast.
Carson, with all the other worries on his mind, posted regular updates, and the comments came in from all over the world. Messages of encouragement and love. And Carson printed each one out and took them to the hospital to read to Joey each night.
We're writing this on the evening of August 31, and Joey's story is one without an ending. The battle is not over, and there's little doubt that he has some tough times ahead. Please keep him in your thought and prayers. The world's a brighter place with him in it.
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