This is Not The Long and Short of it All

Dreaming of Maggies

2011-08-20T07:42:00.000-07:00

It's not very often that my dreams include Joey and Maggie, but I had a dream last night, mostly around Maggie. For some reason, I was living back home with my parents, and it wasn't our regular house, but more of a 70's modern ranch house, a bit dark, kind of like The Jungle Room in Elvis' home in Memphis, with deep dark shag carpeting and bulky dark leather couches and furniture.

I walked in the front door after taking Joey and Maggie for a walk and Mom goes "How come you didn't take Maggie with you? She was scratching at the door, so I let her in." And I said, "I did take Maggie with me, she's right over here." And mom goes "No, she's right over here." We looked over, and there were 2 Maggies sniffing each other, exact duplicates, and we couldn't tell them apart. Their personalities were exactly the same, all the spots the same, same crooked tail, same smell, everything.

I sat down to snuggle with them on the couch, holding each one in my arms at the same time and thought how nice it was to have two Maggies. Just perfect.

Mom goes "You know we're going to have to find the other Maggie's owners." I said "I know, but how will we tell them apart?"

The selfish side of me came out, and I thought "I'm going to give back the Maggie that has Cushing's disease, because I want my Maggie to be healthy and live a long time." And I examined them both carefully. But they both had the same hair loss, the same pot belly, the same darkened skin. There was no difference at all. Both Maggies apparently had Cushing's Disease.

We made some calls around the neighborhood, and found the family who was missing their "Maggie." They drove over in their car, and it was a young yuppie couple, bickering as they slammed the doors of their car and walked up the sidewalk. "Where is she," the woman demanded, irritated to be bothered and come and get her dog and yelling and placing the blame on her husband because they were going to be late to some other function.

We opened the door to the house and there were the two identical Maggies standing there. I said that we can't tell them apart to know who's dog belongs to who.

The woman quickly reached down and grabbed one of the Maggie's, saying "This is my dog, let's go"

And the couple walked down the sidewalk with their "Maggie," arguing all the way until the closed car doors muffled their voices.

And then I woke up.

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Vintage Dachshund Pride

2011-02-23T18:11:00.000-08:00

I am W.B. YATES. This is my Dachshund.

Vintage 1950's photo source unknown.

Two Big Dachshunds and a Fox

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Very ealy 1900s image - source unknown.

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"I'm a little groundhog, it's my day.
Wake and stretch, go out and play.
Down in my burrow, down so deep,
Time to wake, from my long winter's sleep.

Grumble, grumble, scratch, scratch,
Grunt, grunt, yawn.
I'll eat my breakfast in your front lawn.
I'm a little groundhog, it's my day.
Wake up and stretch, go out and play.'
- Author Unknown

Vintage Dachshund Funnies: Muggs and Skeeter

2011-01-21T06:23:00.000-08:00

Comic Strip Mugs and Skeeter, by Wally Bishop, ran in newspapers from 1927 to 1974. This one ran on January 28, 1970. Image Source.

Vintage Maggie

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The Princess.

Vintage Dachshund Lovers

2010-12-14T18:03:00.000-08:00

Vintage Dachshund Photo Circa 1943; Source Unknown.

1930's Dachshund Walks

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The styles, they may change, but the Dachshunds remain the same.

Vintage Dachshund Comfort

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For Immediate Release: Los Angeles, California: To prevent the pets from fighting over one pillow....11-3-1939.

Vintage Dachshund Fritz

2010-11-29T18:38:00.000-08:00

Circa 1950s Droyt Soap packaging.

Vintage Show Dogs

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Vintage Dachshund Face-Off

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Miniature Dachshunds head to head.

Very Vintage

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This photo is originally claimed to be from the 1850's.

Source unknown.

Vintage Dachshund Camping

2010-11-18T18:59:00.000-08:00

1960's(?) photo source unknown.

Glamour Dogs

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Very early 1900's, possibly late 1800's Dachshunds.

Photo source unknown.

Vintage Dachshund Mom

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Photo source unknown.

Vintage Reds

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Photo circa 1950, source unknown.

Vintage Dachshund Relaxation

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Very early 1900's photo; source unknown.

Senior Dachshund, 1904

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Vintage photo postcard, sournce unknown.

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Joey

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Vintage Black and Tan Picnic

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2010-03-02T06:34:00.001-08:00

Morrissey: My Dearest Love

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Circa 1960's?

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A great old Dachshund piece.

Black and Tan Brotherhood - circa 1964

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This Was A Really Tough Pattern Of Photos To Lay Out Properly But She Was Worth It.

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(click any photo to enlarge)

Kyle F. writes: She is my princess.

We can see why. Thanks for sending in such great photos!

Vintage Dachshund Coy

2009-12-01T18:29:00.000-08:00

Vintage Dachshund Pride

2009-11-15T05:23:00.001-08:00

Dachshund Kennels of Yore

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Dachshund Jump

2009-11-14T16:38:00.000-08:00

Joey and Maggie

2009-09-04T05:33:00.000-07:00

concrete blonde - joey
by aquarius3

Joey by Concrete Blonde

Maggie May by Rod Stewart

TURN UP THE VOLUME.

Marlon Brando

2009-09-03T18:29:00.000-07:00

Famous Dachshund Myths and Urban Legends

Historical Dachshund Revelations

2009-09-03T18:13:00.000-07:00

News from Germany circa 1968:
East German border guards recently asked their West German opposite members to help free a large, red Dachshund whose leash had become entangled in a bush near the communist death strip, a mine along the Iron Curtain.
"Odd," said one West German guard to his patrolling buddy. "Odd, isn't it? If it had been a man, woman, or child, they would have been shot to death!'

via the American Dachshund, January 1969

July, 1970

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(click photo to enlarge)

Vintage Boxers

2009-08-08T16:13:00.000-07:00

Max Schmeling

Dachshund and Hunter

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(click image to enlarge)

Vintage Vacation

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Vintage Dachshund Lover

2009-07-14T18:27:00.000-07:00

July, 1947

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Vintage Dachshund Pride

2009-07-14T17:55:00.000-07:00

Modern Life is Rubbish

2009-07-02T19:51:00.000-07:00

Vintage Women

2009-07-02T19:36:00.001-07:00

Black and Tan

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Maggie, Summer 2009

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Joey, Summer 2009

2009-06-28T16:13:00.000-07:00

Early Summer 2009

2009-06-28T16:02:00.000-07:00

Salvador Joey.

Longhair Black and Tan

2009-06-24T18:17:00.000-07:00

Dachshund and Gun

2009-06-13T17:45:00.000-07:00

Vintage Red Longhair

2009-06-13T17:26:00.000-07:00

Squatty, Short, and Long

2009-06-13T16:43:00.000-07:00

Badgers!

2009-05-14T18:45:00.001-07:00

Gotham City's Finest

2009-05-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

Maggie Spring 2009

2009-05-11T20:10:00.000-07:00

J&M

2009-05-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

Vintage Red

2009-05-11T19:50:00.000-07:00

How to Ski with your Dachshund

2009-05-11T19:16:00.001-07:00

Long and Short Dachshunds

2009-05-11T18:36:00.000-07:00

New Spring Logo?

2009-05-05T19:52:00.000-07:00

love, Joey

2009-05-04T19:59:00.001-07:00

Photo on an i-phone by a good friend at a local meetup. Batman is one of Joey's many alter-egos.

Bark in the Park 2009

2009-05-03T10:26:00.001-07:00

Vintage Dachshund Fashion

2009-02-28T17:49:00.000-08:00

2009-02-26T05:15:00.001-08:00

Wiener Dog

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Circa 1900.

Dachshund

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vintage humor

2009-01-01T16:21:00.000-08:00

Two Dachshunds

2008-12-10T18:29:00.001-08:00

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Love Me

2008-12-08T17:34:00.000-08:00

The Smiths classic tune covered by the Filthy Amigoz.

Morrissey singing the song almost 20 years after its release in Zagreb, Croatia, on July 6th, 2006.

Testing High Dachsinition Display

2008-12-08T05:54:00.001-08:00

Vintage Hero Dachshund

2008-12-03T17:47:00.000-08:00

Looks Long and Short

2008-12-01T18:42:00.000-08:00

Dachshund Circa 1900

2008-11-22T18:28:00.000-08:00

60s Vintage

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Doctor, Doctor, Give Me The News

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Vintage Dachshund

2008-11-22T17:29:00.000-08:00

Have a Coke and a Smile.

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Boxer Max Schmeling

2008-10-24T11:31:00.001-07:00

Maggie at 7.5 years old, Summer, 2008

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Joey at 7.5 years old, Summer, 2008

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Ginger Rogers

2008-05-19T18:43:00.000-07:00

Christian Slater: Dachshund Lover

2008-05-19T18:19:00.001-07:00

Nice Sweater.

The Dachshund Society Pages

2008-05-04T19:27:00.000-07:00

Black and Tan Vintage

2008-05-04T18:51:00.000-07:00

Vintage Dachshund Art

2008-04-19T18:39:00.000-07:00

What a great old dachshund postcard which was postmarked in 1906.

Mags

2008-04-18T20:05:00.000-07:00

Maggie the Dachshund

My MoJoe

2008-04-18T19:49:00.000-07:00

Short and Long

2008-04-17T20:01:00.000-07:00

Nice old dachshund photo.

Pink Dachshund

2008-04-17T19:50:00.001-07:00

Vintage dachshund drawing. Can't remember the artist, unfortunately.

Aqua Love

2008-04-17T18:57:00.000-07:00

Dachshund Jump! Vintage 60s photo.

Vintage Kennel Ad

2008-04-10T05:29:00.000-07:00

Vintage Dachshunds

2008-03-28T18:55:00.000-07:00

Nice Vintage Dachshund Photos

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Duo

2008-01-20T17:16:00.000-08:00

"I could stay out longer, but Joey really wants back in the house"

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Nice Colors

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Piebald Dachshund, 1930's

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with the caption: "just met my old sweetheart"

Not Quite Right

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