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Dachshund Tails Rescued and Other Tales

by Marilyn Cochran Mosley

131 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #02-1278; ISBN 1-55395-562-5; US$18.00, C$21.00, EUR15.00, £10.50

Another dachshund tale about one rescued dachshund bent upon mischief as he travels, his "rescued" friends and their stories, and his new brother, also a rescued dachshund.

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About the Book Another dachshund tale about one rescued dachshund bent upon mischief as he travels, his rescued friends and their stories, and his new brother, also a rescued dachshund. Schultz is the storyteller if one uses a smidgen of imagination. Everyday is a new adventure for Schultz, whether he's home on Vashon Island in Puget Sound in Washington state or sniffing the air while passing through new territory. Stubbornness, playfulness and a talent for mischief are part of his personality, the thread of his story. His tale is about his coming to Vashon Island, his new-found family and his pet primate, Marilyn. Schultz introduces some of his favorite rescued friends midway through the book. Each one tells a heart-warming story of a dachsie abandoned, deserted, lost, or caught in a mischievous moment or two. All of the stories are based on true incidents.

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About the Author Dr. Marilyn Cochran Mosley is a school psychologist, and has worked with children since 1973. Prior to that she has been a counselor at the college level. Most recently she has traveled throughout Alaska as an itinerant school psychologist. Writing is a hobby for her. Marilyn was born in Oregon, and grew up in the Pacific Northwest. She holds an undergraduate in Sociology, and masters degrees in both Philosophy and Educatioinal Psychology/Counseling. She went on to receive her doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from Seattle University. Marilyn, and her two dachshunds live on Vashon Island, along with two other griffin pointer mixes and three cats. Outside her work Marilyn is an avid photographer, enjoys animals, and loves the outdoors. She is also a gourmet cook, certified scuba diver, and has held a private pilot's license. Her first book Dachshund Tails North, tells about flying experiences 13,000 miles over Alaska which she and her husband shared with their dachshund crew. Dachshund Tails Up The Inside Passage is the sequel, and is about three fun-loving dachshunds sailing up the Inside Passage to southern Alaska. The third book, Dachshund Tails Down the Yukon, is about seven dachshunds bent upon mischief as they travel down the Yukon River through Canada's wilderness on a 17-foot canoe.

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Sample Excerpts or Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prologue

Chapter 1 New Home

Chapter 2 Harrison, A Baddy Burmese

Chapter 3 New Family Members and Great Escapes

Chapter 4 Guard Dogs? I Don't Think So

Chapter 5 The Secret of Toilet Training

Chapter 6 Fur Balls and Fluff

Chapter 7 Travels with Marilyn

Chapter 8 More Travels with Marilyn

Chapter 9 Rescuing Golf Balls

Chapter 10 A Dachshund Standoff

Chapter 11 Pee, Poop and Prairie Dogs

Chapter 12 A Rescued Dachshund If Ever There Was One

Chapter 13 Starfish, Sea Horses and Sand Dollars

Chapter 14 Rescues Happen the World Over

Chapter 15 An Unexpected Rescue

Chapter 16 Scooter Pie, the Piebald Dachshund of New York's Subway

Chapter 17 Freddy, Fritz and Bumper

Chapter 18 "Animal House"

Chapter 19 Bilingual, at That!

Chapter 20 Romeo and Juliet

Chapter 21 Ten Pounds of Trouble

Chapter 22 Becky Jo's Great Adventure

Chapter 23 It's Best to Let Sleeping Bears Lie

Chapter 24 Snoopy Never Waited for Groundhog Day

Chapter 25 Eiger's Home

Author's Note

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Prologue

Schultz is the teller of this story, for it's mostly his. But first, I will tell you about Schultzie.

Everyday is a new adventure for Schultz, whether he's home on Vashon Island in Puget Sound, Washington state or sniffing the air while traveling in the car along some highway. Stubbornness, playfulness and a talent for mischief are part of his personality, the thread of his story. Schultz's tale is about his coming to Vashon Island, finding his new family there, and meeting his pet primate, Marilyn. Eiger, another rescue dachshund, joins him at the end of his tale.

Midway through the book Schultz introduces you to some of his favorite rescued friends.

The saga of Schultzie rescued kindled an interest in other dachsies needing a forever or permanent home.

Schultz had a home, and a good home, but his people were unable to keep him when he couldn't be toilet trained. I took him in to join my remaining four dachshunds that you can read about in my book, Dachshund Tails Down The Yukon, and the adventures they had as puppies. By the time Schultzie arrived they were senior citizens, and I found myself having to move from my home on the beach when my husband passed away. I had lived there for twenty-two years. Adding a year-and-a-half-old dachsie was a bit of a challenge. Schultzie adapted well.

Rescued dachshunds come from various situations ... displaced by the death of their owner, a divorce, a new baby, or a move to a place that won't accept animals. Some new owners find they are unprepared for the lifestyle requirements that exist when one takes on a dachshund. Other dachshunds, found as strays, find their way into rescue programs through local animal shelters. Some dachshunds are rescued from intolerable situations, such as Fritz was in Chapter 17. Thanks to volunteers, those dachshunds are retrieved from shelters before they are euthanasized and are kept in foster care until a forever home can be found. Others come from puppy mills, a deplorable situation, such as Scooter Pie's in Chapter 16.

Think of the rescue programs as a match-making service for dachshunds in need. As much information as possible is learned about the dog, then the search for an interested family begins.

Rescued dachshunds are not free. Expenses multiply as the dogs are nursed back to good health, ridding them of fleas, lice and ticks as well as internal parasites. Additional costs include spaying or neutering, cleaning teeth, clearing up skin problems, adjusting a dog's weight up or down, giving injections, feeding and housing until the right new home comes along.

There isn't a set adoption fee, as each dachshund has a different background. They are checked by a veterinarian, brought up-to-date on their shots, and spayed/neutered before placement. Some groups ask for a donation to cover the funds used for medical care and to help keep the group going; others have minimum adoption fees.

People need to remember that rescues, however, are not coins that fit in a slot, ka-ching. These dogs have gone through many different life experiences. Sometimes it is very difficult or impossible for a dachsie to adjust properly to one certain home or situation, new people, or other pets. Sometimes it is necessary to move them to another home, where some will do just fine. Unfortunately, others never make a successful transition.

Adopting a rescue dachshund can be more difficult than adopting a child. There's paperwork to fill out, questions to answer, and then prospective homes are checked to see if what was claimed is indeed true. But in the end, those rescued know they were saved and reward their new family with undying loyalty.

All of today's dachshunds, like Schultz, descended from hunting dogs living long ago in Western and Central Europe. When burrowing under fences, in gardens or in beds of clean laundry, dachsies are merely continuing a heritage from their ancestors.

The dachsie's characteristic low and long body form is ideally suited for work both underground, and tracking through underbrush. Their ability to go both forward and backward in a crouching position, combined with their sturdy bodies and strong jaws, allows them to excel at bringing badger, fox or rabbit from their dens.

Dachshunds are long-standing members of the Dog World, with evidence that dogs of dachshund type were known in ancient times. The dachsie family tree used today dates back to the fifteenth century, to the training of badger hounds bred by German foresters. The breed was well established by the late 1800s. German pedigrees are recorded as far back as 1859. In the United States, between 1879 and 1885, only eleven dachshunds were registered.

Dachshunds were initially introduced into North America about 1880, and gained popularity, until the world wars. Then, because of their German origin, they suffered a setback. Since then, due to the efforts of dedicated breeders, they have regained their status as one of our best-known and most popular breeds.

Dach, means "badger" in German; hund means "dog." The two words are put together and pronounced as one - "doxhoont." Hence the name of these courageous little dogs, shaped long and low, who have the courage, skill, and build to track badgers into their burrows.

Dachshunds are exceedingly stubborn. And a good thing! As the smallest breed used for hunting, they need all their pluck and intelligence to do their job and survive, just as important, to help them circumvent anything they choose not to do-like be prudent. That's a problem that often propels dachsies into trouble. They are courageous to the point of rashness.

Both smooth-hair and long-hair dachshunds have existed since the origins of the breed. The wirehaired dachshund appears to have been developed later, possibly by the introduction of some wire-hair terrier-type blood.

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