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A Visit with Wizard Dog

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Duke and Gertie got to visit Wizard Dog (aka Lucy the dachsund) at her new house this evening. At her house, she can not only walk along the back of the couch and hide behind it, she can crawl under it! Duke was mystified. It’s always intriguing to watch big dogs and little dogs interact. Gertie often took the role of protector, getting in between Duke and Lucy if she thought the play was getting too vicious.

Tough doxie!

Maybe Lucy was just showing off her game face for the big race this Saturday (the Wiener Dog Race at Oktoberfest in Galena). She plans to show up at the race site, hop on the registration table, and demand to know the whereabouts of last year’s winner. She will then strut up to him and call him a fatty (because, as you may have read in this post, he has gained two pounds since his big win—and two pounds in Dachshund World is like a hundred pounds for humans).

Here is Lucy in her gangsta warmup outfit:

Intimidating, huh?

Gertie and Duke think that an athlete of Lucy’s caliber needs bodyguards. So they’ll be wearing black SECURITY t-shirts, walking in front of her and growling at the other dogs who try to get too friendly.

In unrelated dog news from the internet, I found this story about a Pug Social in Vermont. It reminded me of my daydream to gather as many boxers as possible in one park. We would, of course, have to get a group picture. It would be mass chaos with all of those goofy dogs but such cute mass chaos! Maybe Mid-Iowa Boxer Rescue would host an event like this. This one was hosted by a pug rescue group, I believe.

Anyway, wish Wizard Dog good luck this Saturday! I will be excited to report on all of the details of the event, including the race heats, semi-finals, and finals, the crowning of Wiener Dog King and Queen, the costume contest, and the doxie parade.

What mystifies your dogs? Who are your dogs’ friends? Have you ever been to a Wiener Dog Race? (Lots of questions today!)

Upcoming DoggiEvents: Off to the Races

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PAWS in the Park

PAWS in the Park–Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control will be hosting the first annual PAWS in the park this Saturday, September 24 in Noelridge Park. Race-day registration begins at 9:00, with the races starting at 10:30. The event includes two fun run/walks, pet contests, and vendors, and it will raise money for the Spay and Neuter Fund. I will probably miss the event, but it sounds like a lot of fun. Hopefully Duke, Gertie, and I can make it next year!

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Galena Oktoberfest Wiener Dog Race–The Galena Lions Club is hosting Oktoberfest on October 1, and it includes a Wiener Dog Race! l am pretty excited to see this race action–Tom and I are going with our friends Chandra and Andrew and their doxie Lucy (“Wizard Dog” to Duke and Gertie). The gossip on Main Street Galena is that last year’s winner has put on two pounds, so the field is wide open. We plan to bring a winner home to Cedar Rapids (meaning that we expect Lucy to win–no pressure Wizard Dog–not that we are going to dog-nap the winning wiener dog). I’d like to take Gertie and Duke to the race to cheer, but I’m pretty sure Gertie would enter the race by force. We may be taking them with us for the weekend, though, and staying at Galena Log Cabin Getaway, where they can rub furry elbows with alpacas and goldendoodles. I’ll report back on our stay!

Source--He looked kind of like this, but with a more distinguished goatee and slightly darker fur.

On another note, don’t you love when you’re sitting at a stoplight, and you absent-mindedly look out your window, smile at the passenger in the car next to you, then do a double-take and realize it’s a dog? I “met” a goldendoodle this way today. He was very handsome, with a thick goatee and honey-colored fur. I hadn’t seen a goldendoodle with that shade of fur, but I specifically rolled down my window to ask his dad what kind of dog he was ’cause I just had to know. Gertie does this sometimes. No, she doesn’t roll down the car window and talk to people, but she’ll lie down on the car seat after a long day of play at the Dog Zone, and then pop up at stoplights and surprise people. I love seeing those surprised smiles on people’s faces.

Do you know of any dog events happening in Iowa or surrounding states this fall? Do you ogle dogs in cars?