Dixie and Buddy

I haven't written about the new members of our family, and they have been with for almost a week now. I think it is because I feel guilty. We couldn't take Jet and Simba (or Princess and Delta) because of the move. We tried to do what was best for them, which we did except for Jet. And I feel awful about Jet.

So... Jeff has ALWAYS wanted a Dachshund. Always. We were going to get one when we got here, but decided to wait. We wanted to wait until we had a bigger place, made more money...blah blah blah. Then last weekend I was on Craigslist and under the free section I saw a "Free to a good home" I clicked on it, and it was an add for a Dachshund. It was actually a dachshund and a cat who were raised together. They are both a year old. Dixie is a female, not a full blood dachshund, she is a "Weiner Jack", one of the new mixed breeds. She is 1/2 Dachshund, 1/2 Jack Russell Terrier. Buddy is her counterpart, he is a sweet kitty. Except towards Jeff for some reason. He attacked Jeff one morning. He walked to the kitchen and the cat jumped out and scratched / bit him on the leg. Pretty bad. Ouch. I think it is because the dog had been chasing him and bugging him all morning and he was in fight mode. When Jeff walked by, he didn't realize it was Jeff, thought it was the dog and just jumped. But he is sweet as pie with the girls and me.
Just for a size comparison, here is Dixie next to my tool box.

Our sweet boy Buddy.



Buddy must have had paper in his bed when he was a kitten because he LOVES to sleep on paper.

Jeff hard at work with "the little baby" on his lap

Does this look like a vicious cat? He seems to be saying "Please make her put me down. I am a good kitty. Please."

Dixie and Jeff

Dixie at the park. She has her leash wrapped around the tree about 1000 times.

"Here dinner, I mean here ducky. I nice
doggy!"