Puppy Party!

Not to brag, but my birthday party was AWESOME!  It was the best party I have ever been to, anyway.  I got all dressed up, and I was very excited.

Don't I look pretty?  I feel pretty!

It was hard to wait for the party to start.  

There were lots of treats, for puppies and for humans.  (It is important to be considerate of all your guests, especially when the humans might share their treats.)

There were festive decorations.

There was a cake that looked like me, a truly chocolate dachshund.

There were presents!  I love opening presents!

And, best of all, there were lots of doggies to play with!
Jennifer brought Eugene, the crazy chihuahua.  Titus was so glad to see her, his foster Mommy.  Eugene, not so much.  Too bad he and Titus don't get along.

Kisses!

This is Sabine.  She runs The Nest, which is full of dogs like Manfred.  Here are Waldi and Jack, trying to help me persuade her to pass us more pumpkin muffins.  It worked!  Nom, nom, nom.

Even shy little Titus made some new friends.  This is Carrie, she is very nice.  I think Titus has a crush!

We had such fun, it wore me out.  The mark of a great party.

Titus

This is me, Dharma, again.  I would like to tell you a little bit more about my foster-brother, Titus.

Titus eyes the camera suspiciously.  Not a very experienced model, is he?

My humans say Titus is a chihuahua:

A chihuahua.  (Not Titus.)

They tell me this is a kind of dog found in Mexico.  But I also heard they come from California.

See?  California.

Titus might be a mix...part chihuahua and part something else.  What might he be?

This is a fennec fox.  It looks kind of like Titus, especially the ears and nose.

This is something called a Gremlin.  It looks a bit like Titus, too.  

This is a red panda.  It looks lots like Titus.  The ears, the nose, the tongue!  And the colors.

A meerkat, like Timon.

Now we're getting somewhere!  Titus looks more like a meerkat than anything else.  The coloring.  The black nose.  The brown eyes, with eyeliner around them.  (That smokey eye look is so in this season!)  The tiny snout.  The ears might be a little small, but I think this meerkat is folding his ears back.  More evidence:

Meerkat belly.

Titus belly.

Yes, he is definitely part meerkat.  And, strictly for comparison purposes:

Doxie belly.

Nope, he is definitely not a dachshund.  But we like him anyway.  

So busy!

So much has been going on lately that I, Dharma, have not had time to write any posts.  My mommy is done with her semester.  That is great, now she can spend more time rubbing my belly and taking me for walks!  She is going to be home all summer.  No more grading (I try to help her, but it is very tiring work.)

I give Mommy a helping hound.

We are getting ready for my party next weekend.  I am very excited, but Mommy won't let me have any of the treats or toys or even the streamers to play with.  I have to wait until the party.  At least she promised me no balloons.  I HATE balloons.  Grrrrrr.

Making my escape from the scary balloons.

And, most exciting of all, we got another foster puppy!  This one is not a dachshund.  Which is unfortunate, because everyone knows doxies are the bestest.  But he is about my size and is suitably impressed by my importance.  I may be able to train him.  He lets me steal his food when Mommy isn't looking.  And he lays at my feet when we snuggle Mommy in the big bed.  His name is Titus.  And he is a chihuahua.  Or at least mostly chihuahua.  

Titus in profile.  His legs are so long!

He is still a little timid.  He likes to cuddle Mommy, but he is a little afraid of Derek.  I don't understand it, Derek is such a softie.  Well, just one more thing Titus needs to work on.  But it has been so hot that neither of us feels like working much at all.  Yawn...

Two melted puppies.