Adventures of a Rotten Dog's Life!
This web site album is all about our well-loved Dachshund, Bad Baby Bogart. He is a rescue dog that we have kept
at Dachshund Rescue NW and is now our rescue's mascot. We love our special dog so much that I decided to start his own
album of all the funny photos and his rotten dog adventures since his arrival to our lives.
This boy is a very photogenic and handsome boy who will be four in August 2008. This is my best guess because
most recycled dogs do not come with paperwork including health histories or birthdates. We do not care how old
he is, only that Bad Baby stays happy, healthy and as snotty as one spoiled dog can be in his lifetime. But I am guessing
he was less than six months old when we got him.
Bad Baby is a standard-sized, shorthaired, black and red, neutered male who almost always wears a red bandana during
his work day of helping me train our horses. Bad Baby is 26 pounds of pure wiener trouble, but that is part of his wiener
charm. Plus he is a charming "Daddy's Boy" who has wrapped my husband around his paw so Dennis does his bidding.
Bogart also goes on long trail rides and follows right along with us or he barks at horses in the bull pen to train them
as needed. But his full-time job is to really get into trouble on the farm and see how he can be a Bad Baby to live
up to entire name. He is a happy dog though even when causing problems and barking at visitors as every good watch dog
should then licking faces later or hunting moles and mice.
And sometimes Bogart is a very good boy who is a visiting therapy dog for seniors in rest homes, a personal
greeter of all children at parades, horse shows or fairs, a wagon-riding lazy boy when we are in any parades with our
Wiener Train, a ball chasing dog extraordinaire (he could put any Lab to shame), a soccer playing demon and an ambassador
for our breed as he goes to many pet events throughout the year here at our hometown of Spokane, WA, to promote our dog
club and rescue.
It is too funny to watch Bad Baby trying to "kill" his beach balls and the crowds at our dog adoption
events always laugh when they see him do that "famous" trick. This dog thinks all balls over the size of a tennis ball
should be murdered.
Bad Baby's other number one job is as a greeter of all rescued doggies that come to our farm. Bogart
meets and greets them all. He hen he lets them know that they have come to have fun until we find them new homes.
Every dog that we get into our dog rescue adores Bogart for his cheerful, happy, fun loving nature. There
isn't any dog he can't get along with in his happy life. And Bogart will drag the most shy dog into some wiener
mischief to make them happy dogs as well while teaching how spoiled Dachshunds should really act in life before we find
them new homes.
For doing this job of helping is retrain our abused and neglected rescues, Dennis and I will always be thankful
that someone turned Bogart into our rescue in 2003 "because he played too much." He is by far the best dog that we have
ever had the pleasure of having around. We are both thankful for Bad Baby as he is making us laugh constantly
even as he is destoying our home, licking cat's faces or killing mice.
Bogart and great dogs like him are the reason why Dennis and I recycle unwanted dogs because any throwaway
dog can be a great dog with enough training, attention, treats and love.
I hope you enjoy my photos of our funny wiener boy and some of Dennis' hilarious stories. I take critter photos
professionally, but I do love Bad Baby as one of my favorite subjects in addition to my husband pictured here.
Sincerely,
Margo Mossburg
