We have a new member to our family. Donkey was added a couple of weeks ago and is a 12-week old (tomorrow) black & tan mini-dachshund. Long story short, we had to put Phillie to sleep on October 1st (5 months exactly from the date Motley died unexpectedly)--he had 2 slipped discs & a calcified disc and was paralyzed from the waist down. The vet said that even if we could have afforded the very expensive surgery there was only a 25% chance he would make a full-recovery (there were risks that he might never be able to walk again or control his bowel functions, etc.). Daddy & I made the very hard decision to let him go to happy dog heaven and he buried him beside Motley under our Japanese Maple tree in the back yard.
The decision to get another puppy so quickly was one that I wasn't too keen on, especially that particular breed since spinal problems are well-known, but truthfully, the breed has the most qualifications I "want" in a dog. So far, Donkey (whose name was originally going to be Scrat (from Ice Age), thanks go Harlee..but then she decided she didn't like that name so he was nameless for a week until Daddy came up with Donkey) is a normal puppy--very energetic, very attention-needy and the occasional accident (or somedays very frequent accidents). Some days I feel like I have 3 kids (4, including Daddy...lol) but for the most part, he's not too much trouble. Here are some pics we've taken of him in the last couple of weeks.....
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