Dog Days
Thursday 5th March 2015
Rupert will be 11 this year.
Here he is, looking a bit nosy.
Arthur, who is his half-brother, will be 7 at about the same time, but he still often looks very puppy-ish, as he did yesterday:
Rupert is quite grey/white now on his face and paws. I remember Ralph going like this and at the end, his tan was all white and his black was all grey! Very chic, we thought.
Arthur is an absolute baby, a sun-worshiper, like most dogs:
Arthur is Rupert’s shadow. When Rupert sleeps, Arthur often snuggles up beside him and watches over him:
Rupert sleeps a lot. All dachshunds have the most amazing capacity for sleep, far more than cats. And when Rupert is feeling well, as he often is, he’s a keen walker (unless it is wet. Or cold. Or windy…). But he’s nearly 11. He sleeps even more than he used to:
There is, of course, no need for Rupert to sleep on the kitchen floor. He’s lying here on top of a home-made snuggle sack, which Florence made for them, but he could have chosen either of his two soft beds.
And then, when he thinks Rupert is drifting off, Arthur lays his head down over Rupert and goes to sleep too:
Look at the white flecks on Arthur’s head. They are neither of them young dogs now, but yet, not really old. Rupert is just mature. In his prime.
My Daisy and Lackie are so similar…Daisy is 11, Lackie is 6. They aren’t quite as “together” as Rupert and Arthur, but they are always aware of where the other one is, what the other one is doing. Daisy just had her teeth cleaned….seriously, she is like a puppy again. Makes me feel bad we didn’t do it earlier, but I now brush their teeth every day!!!! ha ha ha, just something else to do before bed 🙂
Ruper and Arthur are adorable….Daisy and Lackie say hello!
Anne
Yeay, we love dachshund photos but it brought a tear to my eye.
Ah Sam, me too when I took the pics yesterday. But you know, I like a mature Daxi, they’re just getting going, right? Love to the little chap x
Well, Anne, Daisy and Lackie – fantastic names! Much as I hate brushing the boys’ teeth – they hate it more! I even bought chicken flavor toothpaste for them (true fact) and it’s gross! Hi to D & L from my pack X
Lovely photos of your lovely boys. It doesn’t seem possible that Roo is going to be 11. I remember really clearly the day you got him and it doesn’t seem that long ago. Then again Denzil is going to be 6 this year … where does the time go?!
Denzil really loves having his teeth cleaned. He starts licking his lips as soon as he sees his toothbrush!