Do the Toby Shake

Toby Does the Toby Shake!
A little self-backrub and a shake afterwards!
It's a dog's life!

What do you think about Toby's antics?

Geocaching!

Today, for our first time, My Alphas and I created a geocaching team (geocaching.com) and went searching. We looked for 5 and found all 5! It was lots if fun! It was sort of like a treasure hunt! I think we'll be doing this more! I'm hoping we can find one with dog treats!

Hot Dog!

Why is it that everyone is always calling us dachshunds "hot dogs" and "wiener dogs?"
Look! Here's a hot dog Slick'R that uses a dachshund for it's shape!

Once when I was taking Alpha-Henry for a walk, a little boy was walking by with his family. He was laughing and saying "Mommy, mommy, look at the wiener dog!" We'll, at least I made him happy!

Now, I for one really like hot dogs. They sure are tasty! But, why should we be compared to food?
I know that it's because we're long in the body that we're compared to hot dogs.

Yet, it seems to me that we are a distinguished dog breed and we should be compared to something more dignified. Don't you agree?

So, I've been thinking about something dignified and long in the body.

I've got it! I have just the right idea!

I suggest that from now on, people should use the better nickname of "stretch limousine!"

I think that's very fitting, don't you?

Then children would say "Mommy, mommy, look at that dog! Why it looks as dignified as a stretch limousine! A limousine that would carry a bride to a wedding!"

Ok, ok! Maybe, "hot dog" just works better!

I Love Snow and Sled Riding!

I love it when I get to go outside. And, I love it when I get to go in the snow. I always keep my fur coat on, so the cold doesn't bother me all that much!

Snow is fun!
I convinced Alpha-Henry to take me sled riding.
I also got to roll around in the snow and bark at the neighbor dogs in the snow.


Here's the fun I had sled riding!

And, here I am rolling in the snow!  Oh, it's like a back rub! Alphas like to make snow angels, I guess you could say I'm trying to make a "Snow dog angel" here!

Here I am barking at the neighbor dogs. I keep asking them to come out and play, but they don't always come out.



What do you like to do in the snow?

Stairs, tilting head, and Greenie Bones

Someone mentioned to Henry-Alpha lately that they liked my special doggy stairs so I thought I'd show you a photo of me on them.
Also, after I had these photos taken, Henry-Alpha started talking to me about things I like. It always makes me tilt my head one way or the other. But, when he mentioned Greenies, I was off to go get one!

 

Here are some videos

Animal Sounds

Toby makes some animal sounds. He was making other sounds before this video was recorded, but once the cameras were rolling he seemed to be stuck mostly in rooster sounds!


http://youtu.be/OMJ_-DdHleo

Scary beeping

Last night I couldn't sleep. A smoke detector was beeping because the battery needed to be replaced. I don't really like to hear beeping. I figured something was wrong. It worried me. Ruth took the battery out of the smoke detector. I still couldn't sleep. Henry tried to console me, but I wasn't able to relax. We were all awake for quite some time trying to get me to calm down.
Ruth gave me some tuna fish in the morning and that made my tail wag. I'm feeling all better now! And, as usual, I caught up on all my sleeping during the day. Dogs always sleep with "one eye open" anyway :)