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Willie Lane

 

Born January 14, 2025

 

We lost 2 dogs in 2024. Losing Sabrina was bad but losing Pickles – our doggie #1 – was beyond brutal.  No single thing or living being has changed our lives like Pickles did, and the dogs that came here after him. The impact of him passing was massive.

 

Donna (and I) have been mourning Pickles constantly since October. We were down to Lizzie and Stella. When you have been 4-5 dogs for 10+ years 2 dogs is not enough. Lizzie mostly sits with me at night. Stella is not a lap dog leaving Donna without any dog.  It has been quiet with 2 but in some ways TOO quiet.

 

I did not think I could ever go for a puppy again. It has been 14 years since we got Shelby as a puppy. I am legally OLD. Getting a puppy now is really not a good idea. Sometimes your worst idea is what you need to do the most. Donna really needed it. Lizzie and Stella are seniors now. Not a lot of “action”. We needed the magic back.

 

So we welcome Willie to the pack. Officially Willie Dexter Lane – or WDL same as me. That part was a coincidence We are back to 3. It is doggie 7 from Beaver Valley Dachshunds. We have gotten more dogs there than anyone else in Lida’s 20 years of being a breeder.

 

Willie is our first that is not red or a red variant. We have come close to getting a creme adult in the past but it did not happen.

 

 

 

This was his first photo taken 1-19-25

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Photo Taken 2-7-25

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Photos Taken 2-16-25

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Photo Taken 2-23-25

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Picking Willie up at Beaver Valley Dachshunds on 3-9-25

Lizzie and Stella ready for the trip. Much to my surprise they made the 5 hour ride without pooping or peeing in my car.

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Lida met us outside. The long wait is over. It is finally real. We have Willie.

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Lida with Willie, Lizzie and Stella. This experience with Lida getting our dogs has always been so very special for us.

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Willie “sang” for us for the entire ride home.

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Photos taken 3-9 & 3-10-25

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We were home for maybe 5 minutes when I sat on the couch. It was great that Lizzie went right to her favorite spot. I put Willie on my right side. He instantly stayed still and went right to sleep. Later he was sitting with Donna. He climbed up and slept on her.

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New Boy With Old Girls

I was outside with Willie just hugging him and watching him explore when I was totally overcome with missing Pickles and Shelby thinking how they would have liked to play with Willie. Lizzie and Stella never learned how to play as puppies. So we will see how this works out as a new boy with old girls. I think Stella will be the one to play with Willie first. She LOVED Pickles. There was only one 2 second growling event so far with Lizzie and Willie literally in the first 5 minutes of coming home. Otherwise the girls both have been pretty tolerant of Willie after that. Willie follows them both around the yard a lot. But he has started puppy biting of everything including them. We have to be careful. We have drastically changed the pack. Previously the new dog coming into the house and getting accepted into the pack only took about 2 days many times. This might take a bit longer.

 

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Doggie Fences

I am pretty proud of myself for this idea.

 

In anticipation of the boy coming with more energy than US I made these fences from PVC pipe. They are about 9 feet and 14 feet long. Our house is sort of closer to 1 corner of the yard that is about 1/2 acre. Lots of it is wide open. The pool is very close to the house.

 

I wished I thought of this sooner. I had many mornings in years past trying to find dogs in the dark that did not want to come in. These block off about 80% of the back yard. If somehow Willie gets passed it the worst thing that can happen is he gets into the other part of the yard that is also very secure. It also keeps the poop in a smaller part of the yard - easier to clean up.

 

Not shown is how I designed the 14’ PVC fence to hang on the chain link fence for storage and cutting grass.

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Updated 3-10-25

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