| Edward |
 Hi! My name is Edward, and I was just adopted in July 2005. I just wanted to say thank you to my Foster Mom Lois for finding me my new home in South Carolina. It was quite an adventure moving from Illinois, but now I’m in the Upstate near Clemson University. It’s really cool here! There’s a big forest called Issaqueena. They say it’s some kind of research forest with over 8,000 acres that’s run by the University. All I know is there are LOTS of trails to run and play on! And, I LOVE mountain streams. Apparently, I’m quite a water dog—who knew! There’s also a big lake near my house. My new Mommy (I hear people calling her Debbie) has already bought me a season pass so I can go swim anytime I want to! This weekend I found out about these things called “sprinklers”—boy were those fun! The water just keeps on coming! I had fun running back and forth… luckily Mommy was there waiting with a towel when I was done. And I keep hearing about this thing called the “Ocean”. I’m not sure what that is, but who cares? I can’t wait to go find out! I know I get to go to Charleston soon—that’s where I’ll get to see the “Ocean”… and the best part is I may get to meet up with my best friend from foster care! That’s where he found his forever home.
I’m having so much fun with my new family! My new Mommy also has a couple of cats. They’re not too crazy about me yet, but I don’t mind them so much. I think one day I’m going to win them over and we’ll be the best of friends (after all, who can resist me for very long). I have the most fun going to visit my Godfather, Matt, and his two boys (also longhaired dachshunds), Rudy and Oscar. I was a little too hyper for their tastes at first, but we’ve become best buds. Even though Oscar is eleven, he keeps up with me pretty well (and that’s no small feat!). Words like enthusiastic, exuberant, and adorable get used about me all of the time. I’m not really sure what all that stuff means, but I think it’s all good. People are usually smiling or laughing and hugging on me when they say it. I hear my Mommy saying all of the time that it’s a good thing that I’m such a cutie… whatever that means! Sometimes that’s said in the same conversation with words like stubborn and bullheaded. I don’t think those are as good, but I hear those are dachshund traits so I don’t worry too much. All I know is I’m still pretty young. The world is still such a big, new exciting place—so much to see and do! I just have to learn that I can’t chase every butterfly I see—occasionally I have to be a “big” doggie and listen to my parents! They tell me it’s for my own safety. At first I thought they just didn’t want me to have any fun, but now I know they love me so maybe it really is for my own good. My Mommy has also bought me bunches of toys (that’s a good thing since the fuzzy stuffed ones don’t last very long!). I will play fetch for hours (if only my humans could keep up). Mom is always hugging on me and telling me how much she loves me, too. I don’t really like to stay still that long, but I’ve decided that it’s ok as long as she lets me give her kisses! But at the end of the day, I like nothing more than to curl up on the big bed with my Mommy—warm, safe and protected. I think I truly have found my forever home! |
| Submitted by Edward
(with a little help from his Mommy!) Liberty SC |
| contributed September 2005 |
| Emma |
 Emma is the sweetest, most lovable little doxie that anyone could hope to meet. She has been through a lot in her 4 or 5 years of life, but she hasn't let that stop her from being the sweetie that she is. DRNA rescued Emma about two months before we saw her cute, little face on the website. Libby, her foster mom, told us that she was in horrible shape. Emma had thousands of ticks all over her body that were breeding and feeding on her. She was extremely emaciated and was in a significant amount of pain. When Libby took her to the vet, she found out that Emma had a pretty large hernia that was painful, but fixable. She also found out that Emma has a severe heart murmer, but the vet was unable to say whether it would affect her life expectancy in any way. Thankfully, it does not seem to be affecting her yet, but our vet here is keeping a close eye on her so that we can track any changes. In addition to all of this, Emma had every intestinal worm under the sun, but, thankfully, no heartworms. We cannot thank DRNA enough for taking care of little "Emmy" so that we could later meet her and fall in love with her, just as her foster-parents did.
I recently began working at home and I wanted a companion to be here with me throughout the day, so we started looking at the options for adopting a dachshund. As soon as we saw Emma's picture and read her story, we knew she was the one for us. We adopted Emma on August 26, 2004. She is our little sunshine now. I really can't imagine a day without her. She is very timid to people that she doesn't know, especially to men, but she is a sweetie as soon as she gets used to them. She was also timid toward her new Daddy for a while as she settled in, but now she will lay on his stomach for hours watching TV. I think I got the best end of the deal, though. Emma is my little best friend. She follows me everywhere I go, even if it's just to the kitchen to get a drink. She sleeps at my feet on the big bed and she never leaves my side, no matter what. I really want to thank DRNA for all the work they do to place these dachshunds where they should have been all along--at their forever homes. |
| Lora & Mike McCaskill
Greenville, SC |
| Ernie |
 ust wanted to let anyone know that remembers Ernie from Albany, adopted about two years ago, who went from Albany Ga. to North Carolina back to Leesburg Ga, which is just outside Albany...My wife saw his picture on the public access TV here in Leesburg, called the Albany Humane Society, got the website and we adopted Ernie. My son and I drove up on a Sunday to Florence SC, met some good folks who were fostering Ernie. They drove down from somewhere in North Carolina. We met Ernie, he and my son hit if off immediately, we loaded up, drove to Statesboro Ga., stopped and my son played a game of soccer, then loaded up again and drove back to Leesburg, 490 miles that day. Ernie was special from the start, he was so well behaved in the car, at the soccer field that very first day, he loved the kids and the kids loved him... and when we got him home he just melted into the family. He is a great dog, my wife says he has a little man inside him. As you can see from the one photo, he thinks if he hides his head we can't see him—thing is, he pretty much has run of the house anyway. Keep doing what you're doing, it would have been a shame not to have Ernie in our lives.
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| Thanks and Regards,
Blase Goodman |
| contributed October 2005 |
