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Meet Davey: The 30th Dog Granted a Dog Wheelchair through The Frankie Wheelchair Fund

Posted by Barbara Techel

photo 2Another happy, happy day here at Joyful Paws headquarters! Meet Davey – the 30th paralyzed dog The Frankie Wheelchair Fund recently granted a wheelchair.

Davey was with Oregon Dachshund Rescue – but not for long before his new family came along to adopt him. And you know what is so great?  Davey has a new brother that looks just like him in that he too has wheels!

This is Mickey!

1426605_10151824291556242_558388138_nWhat a sweet and inspirational site it will be to see these two handsome wheelie fellows rolling down the street, don’t you think?

These two are in excellent care with their mom, BeBe who loves and adores these special dogs. I think she is pretty special too for not only caring for one, but now two!

***Wheelchair I recommend and work with for The Frankie Wheelchair Fund is Eddie’s Wheels.

Learn more about The Frankie Wheelchair Fund

You can learn more on our website, National Walk ‘N Roll Dog Day where you can apply for funds or donate.

I Bet You are Just Dying to Know What a Weenie Pocket is!

Posted by Barbara Techel

weenie pocket 2 1200As you can see by the photo, and may have already figured it out – yup- this is what a weenie pocket is. Every weenie really ought to have one!

If you know dachshund’s well, most of them love to burrow.  This pocket is just what every weenie needs to snuggle in. It is super soft on the inside and has an adorable fleece as the outer layer.  This particular pattern has the cutest wiener dogs decked out in splashy colored rain boots.  There are other patterns to choose from as you will see on Wendy’s website.

Gidget especially loves her pocket right in front of the woodstove. The other day she was so snug and happy within that I picked up the whole pocket and transported her out to my writing cottage, and plunked her gently in front of my little gas stove. She barely moved an inch and kept on snoring!

weenie pocket 1 1200This special post and weenie pocket would not have been possible if not for the big heart of a dear dachsie friend, Ms. Linda.  She had this sent as a gift for Gidget and we are most thankful for her kind heart.  You may recall, Linda is the angel who flew on a plane all day last October to bring Joie to me when I adopted her from Oregon Dachshund Rescue.  There are some pretty amazing and sweet people in the world and Linda is absolutely someone very special.

On another happy note, Gidget is Dachsie of the month featured in the Dachshund Delights Newsletter! Click on the photo to read all about it! Stay tuned for a fashion show of photos of Gidget modeling her new hug-a-dog vests and cuddler’s.  Coming soon!

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Note:  I’m not an affiliate for Weenie Pocket or Dachshund Delight products, but share products I love and believe in.

Three Months Ago Today My Heart Exploded…

Posted by Barbara Techel

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…with love for my new found love dog on wheels. It’s hard to think Joie has only been here for three months. It truly feels like she was always here. Always meant to be here.

Before this I had never rescued a dog.  Cassie, Frankie and Kylie all came from breeders. Before that I had cats which most came from the humane society. Joie is my first rescue dog.  I’m pretty sure this will be the route I choose going forward when the time comes for another new one to love.  Which I hope is many moons away, as this little one sure has my heart full up with joy and sweetness.

Something that has really amazed me with Joie is that she made herself right at home. She seamlessly fit right into our lives. It truly was, and is, quite magical. I feel very fortunate for this, as I know that is always not the case. I know John worried what we might ‘be getting ourselves into’ not having had the opportunity to first meet Joie before committing to taking her into our home.  But as I spoke of when I first saw Joie on Facebook through Oregon Dachshund Rescue, I just knew in my heart she was the one. For me it is another affirmation of trusting ones intuition and following it.

When Frankie passed, I never thought I’d find another dachshund as sweet as she was. There would never be another Frankie. And while there will truly never be another Frankie, Joie is a new light and love in my life that I didn’t think possible. I keep pinching myself at how lucky I am to have found another very sweet doxie.  Though sharing this with a friend of mine she laughed and said, “Of course you found another sweet dachshund Barb, because you are sweet.”

That was very kind of my friend to say and yes, I suppose we do attract into our lives what we are like. But I also believe we attract into our lives what we most need at the time. I’m not quite sure what that is with Joie yet. But I’m up for whatever it is I’m supposed to learn from her. Or maybe it’s just simply to love and enjoy her the best I can. I know I can do that. She certainly makes that easy!joie 1

And maybe I was just supposed to learn what it is like to rescue a dog.  A dog with IVDD and in need of a wheelchair. And I still sit in awe of that as I would have never considered this had I not traveled the path I did with Frankie. Now this is all I ever want. To care for IVDD/wheelchair dachshunds. I’m so thankful Frankie opened my heart wide open to this… and that my heart got to explode once again with this intense, amazing, deep, love.