The subject of this post is “jingle jangle jingle” because for the last three days, and for the next seven days, I’m housesitting for dachsunds. Their tags jingle and click and one of them is always (ALWAYS) spinning around in circles, so the jingling never stops. Not even at night.

I said dachsunds. I didn’t say how many! There are six of them! Shirley Bird, Joey, Brody, Lester, Rosie and Daisy. It sounds like it would be impossible to keep track of them, but it is actually quite easy. The number one problem with keeping track of them is that they’re so small.

I also didn’t say the most important thing about them. The owners (who I work with) are very sweet, generous people who both own and foster disabled dachsunds, which I will label as the photos go.

6 dachsunds is a lot of work. A lot more work than I thought it would be, but so far it is totally awesome.

Daisy & Rosie are sisters and they like to snuggle. They are both deaf and blind. Daisy can hear a little, we know this because she runs around faster when you say her name.

Lester is the sweetest old man dog ever. He only wants to nap on his pillow, and snuggle with you at night. Lester can see just fine, but can’t hear at all. He also needs a lot of encouragement to go upstairs.

Don’t be fooled by this. Joey is the PUPPY and the INSTIGATOR and if you want him to sleep at night you have to HOLD HIM DOWN until he falls asleep. He is half-deaf and half-blind. Most of the dogs at this house are rescues from bad breeders.

A better picture of Joey, and more accurate. He’s actually the biggest of the group, it’s amazing to watch him attack everyone else who is about 3/4 his size.

This is Brody. He likes to chill out when you are doing things like putting on makeup, or sitting at the computer. He also tells fortunes in his spare time. Brody is blind and deaf.

Savannah (who I visited in Sisters, and visited who came to town this weekend) and I took Shirley Bird for a walk today and it was EPIC. I ended up carrying her part of the way home, but it was still super fun. Shirley can see, hear, dance and hold whole conversations. She is paralyzed from the waist down but scoots around the house like a maniac and is a complete tyrant. It’s totally hilarious.

The thing that totally sucks about these six dogs is that they’re not all completely housetrained. WHEE, FUN. Don’t blame the owner, two of them are fostering, and I can’t imagine it’d be easy to house-train a completely blind and deaf dog, let alone three! And then there’s the really old guy, the puppy who is stupid (in an endearing way) and the paralyzed one, so…. you take what you can get. It’s a pain, and kind of gross, but you deal. Or at least, I am.

I must admit though, being fabulous is not my top priority this week–rather, suriving without getting pooped on is.

So if there’s a bit of radio silence on my end for the next while, that’s where I am. I’m sure I’ll be posting photos to my flickr as it goes!