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Janis,

 JK> That must be a rough day for you, Daryl - thank you for taking the time
 JK> to reply to my message - it did help a lot reading about your dog(s)
 JK> and your wife.  Thank you for that distraction :)
 
   A male dog is truly an S.O.B. -- and he acts like one, too.  But, even
 the females can be real b!+ches...as noted, that first dachshund Janice had
 pooped on my shoe. :P But later on, she had males...because while they pee
 on everything to mark their territory, it's cheaper to neuter a male, than
 it is to spay a b!+ch.

 JK> It is so hard to deal with all this, knowing that it is the only way
 JK> Sophie can survive for the brief time she has left.
 
   To many folks, their pets are their kids. This one family in Maumelle, to
 the northwest of Little Rock, don't have any kids...her name is Karen, and
 her husband is named Lars (Swedish, I think). But, they have 4 males and 1
 female dachshund (all fixed). The males are named Baxter, Floki, Thor, and
 Gunnar, with the female named Torvi...and I think all of them are "Rescue
 Dogs". 
 
   When the dogs "hump humans and each other", it's actually a "dominance
 move"...as they feel they are "the alpha male" or "the alpha female". Torvi
 apparently has become "queen humper", learning it from one of her brothers!!
 
   That night Fritz tried to assert such, Janice sternly told him that "he was
 NOT the alpha male anymore". 

 JK> That is what I am expecting to happen here sooner than later.  Most
 JK> nights after forcing some of the meds down her throat, I end up crying
 JK> myself to sleep - it is just too too painful right now to see her
 JK> trusting eyes look at me, and then I have to force these meds on her :(
 
   As noted, I cried like a baby for 15 minutes the day we put Fritz down,
 but Janice and I knew it was "the only humane thing to do"...as the poor
 thing was suffering so.

 JK> I will :)

   One of the things they had awhile back was a deal called "Weiner Airways",
 an airline espeically for dogs. It featured complimentary toilet water, with
 plenty of treats to snack on, and toys to play with. I love the memes that
 they have of dachshunds and other dogs. Here are three that come to mind:
 
 1) The birthday card for the lady notes that "for your birthday, I thought
 you'd like to see a good looking guy, with a nice weiner". There was a good
 looking guy, and a dachshund that said "You look wonderful today". 
 
 2) There is a fat bulldog (who obviously overdid it on the treats), who notes
 "I'm Trans-Slender. I identify as SKINNY". 
 
 3) On the way back from burying my wife in Florida in 2007 (after a service
 in Arkansas, so I got a double dose), I had taken Amtrak to/from there as a
 "bereavement trip". In the dining car, at the table across from me, was this
 young couple (the loneliness bug was biting severely), and the woman had a
 T-shirt on, which had a super fat dachshund on it...his belly was literally
 down to the ground!! Below the pudgy pooch, it noted "Dachshund Is On A Diet!!
 Please Do Not Feed!!". I could hear Janice's voice, as clear as day, saying 
 "What Was Your First Clue??!!". 
 
 JK> Take care and thank you again,
 
   No problem...been there, done that, with losing the pets. When Janice died,
  I re-homed Slinky...as I couldn't afford to keep him.
  
  Daryl
  
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