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maddy + dogs
On my way out the apartment on Monday morning I walked into the living room and these two were just sitting on the couch like this side by side. Total buds.
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Edie was there too. It was a regular dog party.
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Later that evening, Meredith's friend Blair came over with his new puppy!
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Hahaha. Maddy was like "I'm a dog! What are you?"
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On Sunday we took the dogs to the dog park together for the first time!
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I love how her stupid feet go in opposite directions. Landing gear up, please.
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Look at how Maddy used to fall asleep! All balled up light a little speckled hedgehog.
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Such winning hounds.
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Speckly pals.
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...and then they settled in together.
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I love how Maddy looks like she's sitting in a little hand-seat. Hahaha.
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Edie turned in circles padding the bed down...
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Puppy kisses are the best.
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I told Leigh that Edie and Maddy had become buds in her absence and put the dog-bed on the couch to demonstrate.
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Puppy bellies!
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Later that evening, Ellen brought Piper over to meet Maddy.
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It took her all of about 10 minutes to use her razor sharp puppy teeth (and tiny puppy raptor claws!) to create a puppy-sized hole in the gate's mesh that she could easily wriggle her way through! Most adorable jailbreak ever!
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Aw, really?
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She was so cold when we got her back inside that we had to wrap her up in a towel-nest.
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The world's tiniest bean feel asleep with her little chinny-chin our our Meredith's lap like this.
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Tiny dog in a pink shirt!
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Taking the doogs out for their first walk together in the Stuytown courtyard.
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Dog friends?
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...and was surprised to find that Edie (who you can see has her dog-toenails painted!) considered my lap off-limits to Maddy. Haha. MY LAP!
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Maddy was forced to slink away in what is probably the most adorable picture of dejection ever taken.
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On Sunday afternoon, Scott brought Edie over to our apartment so she could meet Maddy. Maddy was as interested as she was concerned and kept getting chased in worried circles by Edie. Look at her eyes in this photo. Haha.
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But a couple minutes later, they were both excited to learn that my lap has a two-wiener capacity.
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She kept seeking refuge in my lap...
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Aw, seriously? I called Roxane (the breeder) that day and confirmed that we wanted her. (Here's a link to Roxane's Daschunds if anyone is interested! She's was great and we highly recommend her!)
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As soon as I saw this photo, I was like "THAT'S OUR DOG." Meredith was excited and was like "YES!" (Later, Meredith told me that she didn't think the dog was all that cute but she trusted my judgement. Haha).
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One morning in early February, I mentioned to Meredith that her birthday was coming up and asked her if there was anything in particular she wanted. She turned to me and said, "You know, I don't know how much longer I can go without owning a dog. Can we get a dog already?" We'd been talking about doing it for years and it finally seemed like the right time! After falling in love with Leigh's dog Edie, I told Meredith that I really wanted to get a dappled miniature daschund.

After looking around locally for a couple of weeks without any luck, I finally found a daschund breeder in Kentucky with a dame that birth to a litter of dappled pups! After corresponding with her for a couple days, she sent us photos on Valentine's Day. Aww.