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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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