Happy Hallo-wiener!

Dharma was a Tootsie Roll for Halloween. Well, she is just the right color and shape for it. I only made the "wrapper."




Emilie, the Good Witch, says "I will put a spell on you. It will make your eyes turn green and glow in the dark. I'll get you, and your little dog, too! Bwah, ha, ha!"

Walkin' in a Wiener Wonderland

This week it has finally started to feel like fall. So Dharma has been wearing her little coats. This pink one is from Emilie's mom. It says "Puppy Love." (It could also say "Crazy Human!" but that would be redundant.)


Dharma wore her jacket for a Winter Wonderland themed photo shoot. The hood is cute, but it doesn't really fit over her ears. So it is purely decorative.



Which picture do you think we should use for our Christmas cards? I think the Christmasy one is cuter and very festive, but the Arctic one is nice and non-denominational.

Once you decide which Presidential Candidate to vote for, you can vote on our Christmas card picture.

Eat your heart out, Coco Chanel!

Of course, Dharma also has formalwear.


Here, she poses in a Chanel knockoff jacket, from Target. for $2.50. I love Target. And I love my doggie! She is SUCH a good sport. And, unlike a child, is unlikely to grow up and need therapy because I put her baby pictures on the internet. Good thing, too.

Sherlock Dharms

You know how compulsive gamblers can ask to be put on a special list so the casinos won't let them in? I think I might need a list like that for certain stores. On Friday, I managed to avoid the yarn store, but I did go to the Chocolate Emporium and London Dog. As I type, I am eating bridge mix from the Chocolate Emporium (with no icky raisins!) And I bought Dharma a very overpriced tweed jacket from London Dog. But see how cute it is? Doesn't she look vedy, vedy British? A bit like Sherlock Holmes, but without the pipe? They had hats, but I think that people who put hats on their dogs are even crazier than people who buy them little winter coats. And it was hard enough to keep her from eating the coat, since it has fuzzy lambswool lining that is, apparently, quite tasty.



I also gave in to the latest craze of arranging books to say clever things with the titles. In an effort to avoid total chaos in bookland, I only made one stack.


But I can see how addictive this game could become.

Holidog

Since Dharma was so good at modeling, we thought she might like to have her picture taken for our Christmas cards. (We don't have kids, so we can't put their picture on our cards, after all.) She really seemed to enjoy the attention, and she was quite good at posing for treats. We like this picture of her in front of the fireplace.


On the other hand, not every shot was so successful. And she tried to eat some of the "props." Silly me, I didn't know bows were edible!

Double Dachshund Dose!

To make up for the long dearth of daily doxies, here is a double dose. Kind of like the Daily Double on Jeopardy. I may be a crazy person who dresses her dog up in clothes, but my mother is definitely enabling my bad habit. She made Dharma a tiny bandanna. People keep asking "How old is he?" when they see tiny Dharma, so my mother made her a pink bandanna. Real bandannas are far too big for her, they look like superhero capes on her! (Her superhero alter ego is known as Hyper Pup, who can ALMOST fly at top speed.)

Dharma liked the pink one so much, my mother (not known for her moderation) made her a little Halloween bandanna, too. It has glitter on it, so now the whole living room (and the whole puppy) is festively dusted with glitter.


Now, I just have to make Dharma's Halloween costume. . .

Daily Dachshund Dose Returns!

Dharma, in her fire-hydrant ornamented tee-dress.

Back by popular demand, more Dharma news! Recently, Derek and Emilie have been working too hard and not blogging very much. Emilie is seriously reconsidering her desire to teach 4 classes a semester.

Dharma has started a new career: fashion model. We all went to a Humane Society fundraiser at the local dog park. A big dog off his leash got too friendly and (literally) scared the poop out of Dharma right at the beginning. But then she found some little doggies to play with, including a doxie with two little (human) girls. Dharma was invited to model some clothes for the fashion show by London Dog. And, just like a real model, she got to keep the clothes she wore in the show. It was fun, and we helped to raise $26,000 for local doggies in need of help.

Dharma struts her stuff (with a little encouragement from Emilie.)

More updates to come. After I write a midterm for my U.S. History class. . .

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