TODAY IS LONG-HAIRED DACHSHUND DAY!

I am declaring today as LONG-HAIRED DACHSHUND DAY on this blog!  Although my family has always owned the short-haired (or smooth coat) doxies, I think the long- haired variety is absolutely beautiful! Below are photos of all kinds of beautiful long-haired doxies, as well as information about them.

When we adopted Duke at eight weeks of age, the doxie farm where  he was born had all kinds of doxies, and the long-haired ones were stunning.  One thing that struck us about the AKC breeder:  although she had over 100 dogs, not a single dog acted mean or "yappy."  I put my hand out to pet one of them, and about fifty tongues started licking it!  And as we arrived on her deck, all those doxies were barking--you can imagine how loud that must have been!  She had a cane, and when she knocked on that deck three times, all those dogs stopped barking immediately!  Right away, we knew we were in the presence of a doxie master.  

It had also been very hot that August, and she told us that when it got too hot outside, she just brought ALL the dogs inside the house.  Of course, her house was dog friendly:  she had tile floors and simple furniture--but no odor was present and it was very clean.  She also said that the "good" dogs got the honor of sleeping with her one night (she was a widow).  She added that on the previous night, SEVEN doxies slept in the bed with her!  Doxie lovers, this lady is "our kind" of dog lover, yes?  

Her assistant took us around to the cages inside the home of mama doxies and their litters of babies.  We were looking for a black-and tan baby just like Shadow, and that's when we laid our eyes upon Duke.  HE WAS THE ONE!

In I AM SARGE, Book 1 of THE DACHSHUND ESCAPADES, Sarge is adopted from Mrs. Fitzgerald's farm, and she is patterned after the breeder and the farm where we adopted Duke.  Our daughter Holly and son-in-law Philip had previously adopted their Shadow from the same breeder.

Below is AKC information about doxie coats:

Coat

Defining the coat of a dachshund is not at all an easy task, but overall there are three ‘variables’ in the dachshund coat equation.

• Hair
• Color
• Pattern

Hair

There are three types of dachshund coats; long-haired, wire-haired, and short-haired.  (courtesy of www.everyonelovesadachsund.com)

Ta da!  Here are our beautiful long-haired doxies for today:

Dachshunds . . . whatever their coat and color, you gotta love 'em!