DOXIES
Basil floatin' on his cactus
You probably know by now, I love dachshunds. 
Basil Pup
Basil is our dachshund. Yes, he has dealt with the fact that he is German with an Italian name. We adopted him in the fall of 2008, from Oregon Dachshund Rescue, just after his fifth birthday. He is the sweetest pup I have ever met.
Basil is able to keep up on a 2 mile walk, though sometimes he stops to sniff, what I call checking his doggie blogs. He has a set of fleece covered stairs to get up to our (tall) bed, and he loves lounging in the sun during the summer months. He is definitely a warm pup, always burrowing under blankets and sporting his sweaters.
He literally struts around in his jacket:
Like any hip blog dog, Basil loves his almond butter:
My tutorial for Handmade Dachshund Ornaments:
We call him our Dog Son. See what I did there?
While this is a Get To Know Basil page, it is also in tribute to my past dachshunds, and dachshunds in the blog world… Please let me know if you know of any not yet on the list!
I grew up with Hansel, a standard red smooth; Tasha, a sweet standard red that I named; Kozmo, a funny doxie we named after Kramer. My mom currently has two minis, brothers Jake and Elwood.
I love when bloggers include their pets in posts, and I have ‘met’ some fellow Doxie Bloggers through spabettie. Go visit and look for their Long Dog Cuties :
Mister Snoop “The Fastest Sausage In All Germany“
General Dottie Pottie of the Miniature Daschund Brigade
Dottie is so awesome, she’s on two blogs!
Sheldon is part dachshund (and Basil’s BFF)
Sweet Maggie (her brother James is not a dachshund, but still very cute…)
and these sites are A Must for All Dachshund Folks, and anyone who loves dogs:
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love it! Mini Milla feels proud to be listed among these fine doxies
This is the BEST page ever – and I feel honored that Dottie is part of it! Basil is absolutely adorable – wish he and Dottie could have a dachshund meet up!
Thanks for including Clyde!!
Someday we’ll get make our bi-coastal doxie playdate happen!!
I LOVE THIS. Charlie Parker has always been a star in my mind, but now he is a star in the blog world too!
This page makes me happy
Aw, Basil is sooo cute! I’m thinking about getting a second one when we move into our new house. I think Rascal needs a companion or he’s going to be a mama’s boy for his entire life and never have any friends. You should check out the Rascal tab on my site. He was so precious as a puppy!
Aw! So glad I stumbled upon your blog! I have two fur-baby dachshunds! Check them out here http://www.catherineslife20.wordpress.com under the “loves of my life” tab!
Thanks for adding Ollie to the list. I love checking out everyone’s blogs!
Oh my gosh, I just saw this dachshund page!! How cute! I have a dachshund (and I have had dachshunds my entire life!). My current baby is named Bahla and I call her pretty woman! Weird, I know, and I’m not even sure where it came from.
My first dachshund was Ziggy, then Scout, and now Bahla. Bahla is the first girl, and she is a little pistol!
Basil is so cute! I love the jackets!
THANK YOU !! <3
Oh man, that Barney Butter picture is the BEST!
Here’s the post where I introduce my fur children on my blog.
http://purplebirdblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/pumpkin-oat-bran-and-a-doggie-introduction/
These two are my absolute heart, and my is definitely not complete without dogs in it!
Awwwe, we are honored to make the cut! I’ll link back here tonight to share the love!
Lance is a dachshund I promise
Ok, maybe not, but his bestie from next door is!!
Awww! WHAT cute post!!! I love little doxies! My mom grew up with them her whole childhood. (I grew up with blacklabs,though… and now I have my adorable mutt, Happy!)
OMG I LOVE doxies. I have 1 and 2 mixes. I just can’t get enough of them. I actually just posted a recipe for doggie pizzas with broccoli and cheese
ah! I snooped around a bit on your blog… do you ever have doxie photos? what are their names, I could add them to this page of links!
I normally don’t post pictures of them on my site since it is more of a food blog. Their names are Spike, Red and Mario. Red is the mini doxie, Mario is the doxie-beagle, and Spike is the doxie-chi
Basil is such a fashionable little guy! I love the dachshund ornaments, I’ll have to try making those : )
Hmmnn – Hemi is getting offended with all this Daschund talk. We’re gonna have to get him a doxie disguise!! Seriously, Basil is adorable.
hee! thanks, Kel. poor Hemi, surrounded by dachshunds in this family!!
Hehehe. He’s so cute, and has such intelligent eyes! Dachshund maybe is the only kind of dog I *really* like, but in fact I adore him. My mom’s parents had a dachshund when she was a child, and his name was Schnüffi (the family of my maternal grandmother also had dachshunds a lot, and they were all named Krüper – I., II., III., IV., … go figure) and he liked gummi bears and radishes the best which resulted in gummi bears and radishes being bought *only* for Schnüffi (not for the children, i.e., my mom and her brother). He also was very stubborn and did *exactly* the opposite of what he was told. In that way, though, he was predictable again.
ha – Basil sounds like that – so very stubborn! we have a retro styled couch on legs, so he can SLINK under it when he doesn’t want to do something… it *can be* VERY cute. and gummi bears?? lucky Schnüffi !
oh, and Basil says thank you...
Whee, hi Basil! *wave wave* Such cute little socks you recently got …
*Bark Bark*
“wag wag wag“
*Awhoooooooooooooooooooooooooo*
Oh Yay! A veritable treasure trove of Doxie links! We have a blog about our adventurous weiner dogs and are always looking for others. Thank you for this post. Let the surfing begin
Yay!! so happy you like it, and I’m always excited to meet other Long Dog friends!!
GAAH, where was my HEAD yesterday?? what are the names of your Long Dogs ?? I will add you to this page!!
Thanks for asking! My babies are Chester and Gretel. You can find them at http://www.YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner.com.
I found lot of great blogs here to add to my list. I am in to healthy living too. You will see….my blog is about hiking with my dogs
Hi Jessica, Chester and Gretel !!
the pups have been added to the Long Dog Party, and I have added your blog to my reader!! great to “meet” you all!
i just found your blog, and i am in love! doxies are my favorite and yours is soo precious!
oh, YAY!
I have had “Long Dogs” all my life, and adding Basil to my blog has been SO much fun. “Dachshund people” are a very specific (fun!) breed themselves, and there is a great doxie community online!! what’s your little guy’s name?? I will add him to this list!!
Hey girl! I got a new blog and realized I never responded- I want to add my little guy to the list! Sorry this took, ohh I don’t know, almost a half a year to reply back haha terrible. His name is Barusz… pronounced “Barrh-oush”. He’s Polish. And bilingual. hahah
ha – never too late, I will add Barusz right away!
Awww, Basil is too cute! I used to have a black and tan mini Daschound. Her name was Minnie…very creative, I know – but hey cut me some slack, I was 12
Nowadays, it’s all about my two cats, Kitana and Mitsu. Kitana looks like a typical Calico, but typical she is not! Mitsu is a beautiful Maine Coon – translation: VERY FURRY!!!
I forgot to add that my husband and I call them our fur-children/fur-kids or sometimes fur-daughters
SO cute!
I love it.
thank you!! we love little Basil – he really is a very sweet dog! Minnie sounds great – I love the black and tans! aren’t dachshunds SO fun?? your cats have great names! my Dad is a cat person – he loves Maine Coons! actually, my sister does too – she is a cat person although she also has a dog – a bulldog!
They really are fun
Minnie was strictly my dog. She wouldn’t mind anyone but me LOL. She used to play with my mom’s chihuahua (Chico) and she would put her long nose under Chico’s belly and flip him across the floor! It was so funny.
Thank you on the name front! Everyone makes fun of us for it, but what can we say – we LOVE everything Japanese so they have Japanese names
We rescued Kitana first. Someone had thrown her out of a moving vehicle and she was all banged up and looked so awful. We named her Kitana because of the Japanese sword (Katana) cause we felt like she was a fighter. We spelled it with an i instead of an a since she is a kitty :p Mitsu means light and when we got her from the shelter, she was SOOO tiny! She could literally fit in the palm of our hand (and we have small hands haa). It was hard to even tell we were holding something, hence light. I was trying to figure out how to put a picture as an avatar but I can’t seen to figure it out! I was going to put up a pic of Kitana playing xbox haha
ha – Minnie sounds great, playing with Chico! Basil uses his nose when he wants more attention, nosing under my wrist when I’m tying on my laptop, mostly!!
and bless you for rescuing!! we found Basil from Oregon Dachshund Rescue, and I am so happy we did… he has some behaviors that make me think he didn’t have a happy life before (breaks my heart!!) and he is just the sweetest pup… and incredibly spoiled and (I hope!) happy here now… <3 I can’t wait to see the photo of X Box Kitana!!
Awww, how cute what Basil does when he wants more attention! Kitana will come and try to sit on my laptop when I am on here LOL She is very jealous! She used to be jealous of my phone…any time I would get a text she would stand in between me and the phone and god forbid I got a call cause she was try to root her way between my ear and the phone LOL It was hilarious. What was really crazy was she knew the difference between a call and text by the ringtone! It sounds crazy but it is true. If poor Mitsu comes and loves on me, Kitana will go and pounce on her and chase her away. I have FINALLY broken her from that but she will sit and give Mitsu and me dirty looks LOL It’s hilarious.
I didn’t know there were Dachshund rescue places! I can’t imagine anyone not wanting them! They pay between $200 and $300 for them around here. I got Minnie from my step dad’s aunt (from New Jersey) because she raises them. I understand exactly what you mean by the behaviors. Kitana is the same way! She can be very moody at times and she is always skittish. Sometimes, if you are just walking by her at a normal pace, she will take off running away real fast
It’s very sad to think about what people do to our animals before we have them! I think they should be imprisoned!
I don’t know how to upload a pic of xbox Kitana
I have it on my facebook page though and pics of Mitsu, she’s a beautiful cat!
I love this page! Basil is so cute! And I’m glad I’m not the only one obsessed with my dog! My doxie, Roosevelt, has his own page on my blog. My entire family is full of crazy doxie people. In total we have 6! There are more doxies in my family than there are people! My sister has two (both rescues), my parants have three, and I just have Roosevelt but would love to get him a brother or sister. Doxies are so addicting.
Thanks for sharing the list of doxie blogs, too. I can’t wait to check them all out!
hi Molly!! I will have to add Roosevelt to this page – and I’ll come look for him on your blog…
hello basil!
HELLO to you! *wag wag wag*
I had a daschund oo.. Almost grew up with him , he died 2 months back and I miss him terribly.. His name was oscar. :’(
hi Meghna – I am so very sorry about Oscar – I know how so very difficult that is! I grew up with dachshunds, and while it hurts terribly, they bring so much to our lives! sending you big hugs!
Fritz, Kraut and Gretchen invite you and anyone else to enjoy our blog…it’s about life in the Mitten state…but, we are featured in there also
I’m a foodie and a Doxie owner…I love that I found you!
oh my GOSH, they are the sweetest! Kraut!! that is a great name!! (they all have great names!) we had one named Gretchen once – her three names on papers were “Gretch the Wretch”
I will add you all to this page too, and will come visit often! they are beautiful pups! thanks for saying hello, Basil sends *wag wag wags*
all the dachshunds!! I am going to visit them all now, we have three and they are the best dogs!!
My momma was looking at a juice recipe on your blog when she saw a pic of a weenie. So she called me in to take a look.
Hey Basil! What’s going on?
well, hello there, Earl, very nice to meet you! we have added you to our list of Long Dog Friends on the doxies page!
tell your momma hello, and to let me know if she tries any of the juice recipes!
*wag wag wag* Basil
I love that you got Basil from a doxie rescue! Good for you!!
hi Darbi – yes, we are so happy to support Oregon Dachshund Rescue – and Basil has brought so much to our lives! we are starting to talk about a second pup, and would definitely rescue again!
I found your blog through KaileenElise (www.kaileenelise.com) and really love your approach to food! Then, I came across your Doxies page and realized WE BOTH HAVE DOXIES NAMED BASIL! How crazy is that? We adopted ours about a year and a half ago, when she was four. I’ve never met another dog named Basil, much less another doxie. Check it out: http://www.greenplatestudios.com/2011/07/25/holistic-health-and-wellness-for-dogs/
hello Analiese! I love that there is another pup out there named Basil – especially a dachshund! and your Basil is SO beautiful – I love her coat!
I have added you to my reader, look forward to getting to know you more – Cheers!
Love love Doxies! I was raised with them, tho I rescue cats now, Doxies will always be my fav. My parents went from Doxies to Corgies when we all left home, sweet, smiley, small digs too. Love your ornament!
hi Marty! I grew up with doxies too – so it’s only natural I end up with my own… Jason had a basset when he was young, so he’s used to the long dogs as well!
I nearly passed out looking at these pics. CUTEST. DOGS. EVER!
thank you!!
We have a 1 year old mini, the runt of his litter, named Oscar. He’s a whopping 8 lbs and they say that’s as big as he’ll get! He’s our first doxie and not our last!
I just came across your blog while looking for a “chocolate” recipe to make my dad for fathers day (http://spabettie.com/2012/04/05/triple-chocolate-truffles/) – and when I discovered you also have a love of doxies I knew I had found the recipe to use!
Thanks from Kyley and Ammo the Dachshund
http://www.ammothedachshund.com
P.S. I can’t wait to comb through your list of dachshund blogs!
hello my friend basil! your mom makes the most tasty looking stuff!!
HELLOOOOOOOOO! so great to see you here, *wag wag wag* < `();::::::::;~
your pup is very cute! I had three growing up, all over the place they ran. I wish to have another when my children are out of toddler stage.
I LOVE Doxies….rescued 18 Dalmatians when I lived in the country on 40 acres. Have 3 Doxies…Doc-dad of Gizmo, and Sydney. Dockie is quite the man..he’s my Bubbie!!!
hi Gail!! bless you for being a dog rescue-r! Basil was our first rescue, we want a second doxie girl to keep him young!
pet all those Long Dogs for me! – Kristina
Hi I love sausage dogs we have had about 13 between our famile we have 1 rescue dapple and a 18 month old boy we are mad on these little dogs and can’t wait to make the cookies elaine x
then you will LOVE these cookies Elaine, they are so fun! we doxie people are a special breed, aren’t we?
We have a little boy dachshund, Fletcher. A brown, short hair who is a character! He will be 10-years-old February 28. We got him at 6 weeks old. He was supposed to be a mini, but he is a tweenie. I kiss him more than I do my husband!
aw, Fletcher – all dachshunds are sweeties, aren’t they? we have had Basil for 4 years now, rescued him when he turned five – then a couple days before Christmas this year, we adopted another one (a girl, Rosemary!) from the same rescue – she just turned five – to keep Basil young!
Basil and Rosie send wags and doxie kisses to Fletcher!
Hello my name is Jill and I saw your link through VegNews for the doxies. I am the event chair for the 4th Annual Bark for Life of Beaverton benefitting the American Cancer Society. I just wanted to put the invite out there to bring your doxies and invite others. Thank you!
I am looking for pets and their owners in our community to join us. I am also looking for local businesses to have a booth, share information, and make new connections at our event. I am hoping that this is an event that your organization would like to have a booth. The first year we did this, 2010 we had 40 dogs, 2011 due to weather we had 25 dogs, last year, 2012, we had 45 dogs and about 100 human participants.
The event is June 22nd at Greenway Park in Beaverton from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. We will be doing a short opening ceremony, walk a couple of laps with the dogs, have a silent auction, have some booths set up with food and items for purchase from local vendors, have some demonstrations, have some games for the dogs, walk another lap or two, more activiites for the dogs and then a short closing ceremony. It is a ton of fun! You can visit our website at http://www.events.cancer.org/beavertonbark to see some of the photos from last year.
LOVE this. I have a doxie named Barney Stinson (because he’s got a white tuft of fur and looks like he’s suited up, and is a lady killer). He’s not on my blog as much as he used to be, and he’s currently laid up with a back injury (because no matter how hard we try, he just wants to FLY) and is getting crate trained (he isn’t supremely excited about this). He’s going to be 7 this year. I’ve had him for almost 4 years and he is a rescue doggie too.
I LOVE BARNEY STINSON THE DACHSHUND!! sending healing Long Dog thoughts to him, hope he is feeling 100% soon! aren’t doxies the best? and rescues… they just love so much.
woof woof *wiggle – wag* <3
very cute, I love dacshunds, my mom had one. thanks for all the linx
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