Here's another installment in our "resourceful dogs" series. Alayne had noticed in recent weeks that Daisy had started dragging one of the dog beds all the way across the living room floor and over to another bed she had been lying on, and was using the second bed for a chin rest. No kidding. So yesterday, when she saw Daisy doing this again, she got the camera. Given the size of the bed relative to the dog, her spine problem that affects her rear legs, and the fact that the second bed needs to be on top of the first bed to serve as a chin rest, this is actually harder than it may appear. But, as you can see above, Daisy got the two beds together just the way she wanted them!
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Still No. 1!
Please keep voting for the ranch every day in The Animal Rescue Site/PetFinder's Shelter Challenge. Thanks to your votes, we came in third nationwide and won $3,000 for the animals in the previous contest earlier this year. Now we have a shot at No. 1 and the $20,000 grand prize in the current contest! Enter "Rolling Dog Ranch" and our state postal code, MT for Montana, and it will bring up our listing so you can cast your vote. Please ask your family and friends to vote, too. Thank you!
I love all your animals and their stories. I laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time. But, I must admit, I am very partial to the dachshunds. I adopted Fritzy 7 yrs ago. He is now 14. Although I am now retired, he still wakes me up exactly at 5:20 a.m. Habits are hard to break! So, after his morning potty trip, I come up and vote for RDR on my computer. EVERY MORNING! I am also a creature of habit.
Gabrielle in Seattle
Posted by: Gabrielle Collkier | December 09, 2009 at 06:31 PM
We're on our twice annual (I never knew where "bi-annual" or "semi-annual" meant twice a year or once every two years)trip to California to visit my wife's family. In the hotel lobby there are three computers and each computer has Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox internet browsers. So I've been voting twice on each computer each day - six votes per day! It seems to work and I'm glad to see that RDR is still in first place!
Posted by: Fred | November 22, 2009 at 03:39 PM
My little guy, Renaldo, who is a dachshund/chi mix, seemed to have brought his blanky to the door with him today when I got home. It was stuck to his collar! Poor little guy. He's under the blanekts now, sitting next to Mommy.
Posted by: Adele in the Bronx | November 19, 2009 at 06:41 PM
That is awfully cute and resourceful of her.
Posted by: Julia | November 19, 2009 at 01:55 PM
Daisy blends so well with the first bed that I didn't even see her, at first!
Voting is part of my morning ritual, too, 7 days a week, before I even look at e-mail!
Posted by: Vicki Small | November 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Now that is just doggone cute! You guys have a treasure trove of cute behaviors to capture on camera! Very much enjoy them. Daisy is a little sweetheart!
Posted by: Dawn | November 19, 2009 at 11:35 AM
I wonder if it makes her back feel better ? Having her neck straight instead of down. Smart hound! :) Cute photo.
Posted by: Amy A | November 19, 2009 at 11:19 AM
I love her. She is too cute for words.
Off to vote now...it's my morning ritual.
Posted by: Teri | November 19, 2009 at 11:14 AM
What a smart little doll! And her beautiful reddish-brown coloring comes through in contrast to the bed underneath her.
Posted by: Angela | November 19, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Ok, now you have to post a photo of her moving the bed....
Posted by: Celia Brown | November 19, 2009 at 10:55 AM
I love all your posts and all the animals on your ranch, but I must say I really love the dachshunds and the posts about their antics. They are something else! I can just picture Daisy pulling this big bed to rest her pretty little chin.
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Posted by: Barbara Techel | November 19, 2009 at 10:48 AM
It appears the humans are failing. She wants pillows!!!!
Posted by: DT | November 19, 2009 at 08:51 AM
Wow...this is big task for her!
Glad the reward was a soft chin afterwards, probably a big *sigh* too!
Posted by: boundforglory | November 19, 2009 at 08:34 AM
How adorable and resourceful she is! Hey blog readers, we can't let up on our voting over the next few weeks, even though we may be off from work. Did you notice that Dennison City Pound moving up in the rankings?? They must have their entire town voting for them! We don't want RDR to be edged out at the last minute - it would be heartbreaking. So keep voting on all your PCs and on the weekends too - even if it means taking a break from the shopping! Thanks all.
Posted by: Barb Ribinski | November 19, 2009 at 08:25 AM
Wow....that is one determined little girl. Good for her!
Posted by: Debbie | November 19, 2009 at 07:35 AM
Daisy dog is so smart. She knows how to get comfy for the day.
Posted by: Penny Heinrich | November 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Too cute! She earned that chin rest!
Posted by: Leila - Washington | November 18, 2009 at 11:13 PM
That is so adorable! She must work so hard to get the beds just perfect.
Posted by: Shauna at WSU | November 18, 2009 at 10:21 PM