Zzinyi’s life
If you’ve seen those bright, paw-print disposable boots wrapped around a dog’s feet like little bandages and wondered whether they actually work, we can tell you from experience. We put a set of bandage-style dog shoes on our cream longhaired dachshund, Zzinyi, for a real fall walk — leaves, gravel, uneven curbs and all. Below is our … Read more
Short answer: yes, with a few precautions that matter more for dachshunds than for most other breeds. We’ve taken our cream longhaired dachshund, Zzinyi, camping more times than I can count at this point — pavilions by the pond near our apartment, open fields an hour outside the city, patio setups with the tent half-pitched … Read more
Zzinyi’s Rabies Vaccine Day: The Shot and the Nap After Every year around this time, Zzinyi has his annual rabies vaccine appointment — routine for us at this point, but always worth a quick note for anyone whose dog is due for the same shot soon. This time we also got a good look at … Read more
If you’ve caught your dachshund staring down your ice cream with those big, pleading eyes, you already know the struggle. Regular ice cream isn’t safe for dogs, but that doesn’t mean your pup has to miss out. This is exactly what we do for our cream longhaired dachshund, Zzinyi, when the weather heats up: a … Read more
Our dachshund got into something she shouldn’t have and ended up on IV fluids for gastroenteritis. Here’s how we still get him outside safely.