Sleeping
Dumbo
The new vet bed
All curled up
Lounging
Christmas present joy
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A seven-year-old dog in Austria called Betsy has amazed scientists by being able to recognise more than 340 words. Go to – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8441974.stm
Finally. We went to pick Couscous up this morning. The roads were great – considering a number of places in the UK were snowbound. She howled for about 10 mins in the car and then went to sleep. I don’t think we’ve got the housetraining off to a good start but we have, at last, a good use for all those free newspapers you get shoved in your face coming home on the tube.
Couscous Day 1
Little one
Couscous again
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Found this one on Wikipedia.
(Photo by Mike Lehmann, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dachshund_8574.jpg)
We have just arranged to visit Lily and her pups on December 5th. I think we are getting a girl but I’m not sure why that is – we never expressed a desire for one or the other so it doesn’t matter. We’ll get to pick her up the week before Christmas – how exciting.
From ‘The Times’, 24 October 2009:
“Terrier takes title of oldest dog”
A dachshund-cross terrier from Shrewsbury has been officially recognised as the world’s oldest dog. Otto, who will be 21 in February, takes over from Chanel, a dachshund from the US, who died earlier this year aged 21, or 147 dog years.
We have just heard that Jessie’s pregnancy did not go well. One of three pups survived and has been returned to the father’s house. We hope Jessie recovers quickly! We have met another lady who was to have pups in the near future but we never heard if her bitch fell pregnant. So I will now contact her and see how things are going with her dog Lily.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8232569.stm
The dog who held the record as the world’s oldest has died at 21 years old, her owners have said.
Chanel, a wire-haired dachshund, died on Friday aged 147 in “dog years”, said owners Denice and Karl Shaughnessy, at her home in suburban New York state.
Guinness World Records officials presented Chanel with a certificate as the world’s oldest dog at a birthday party in Manhattan last May.
Chanel was walked daily, her owners said, but also had unhealthy habits.
She enjoyed butter sticks and chocolate – usually feared to be toxic to dogs – Mrs Shaughnessy said.
“She once ate an entire bag of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and, you see, she lived to be 21, so go figure,” Mrs Shaughnessy told Associated Press.
Chanel also liked wearing jumpers, as she was sensitive to the cold, the Shaughnessys said.
The couple attributed Chanel’s longevity not to healthy living but to God. “Dog’s are God’s angels sent here to look out for us,” Mrs Shaughnessy said.
Mr Shaughnessy had nominated her for the title after noticing there was no record listed in Guinness World Records.
But there are rival contenders for Chanel’s title – including Max, a dog in Louisiana whose owner, Janelle Derouen, has submitted documentation to Guinness apparently showing that he is 26.
Chanel
First visit
We visited the Rowe’s on Saturday, on the edge of the New Forest. They have 8 dogs and now 8 pups (until we get our hands on one).
Here are a couple of photos of the two that came out to play the longest.
Not camera shy
Good teeth
Had enough
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