For those who don't know, Liesel is a registered wire hair dachshund...her colouring is wild boar with silver highlights! She came to us from an amazing breeder in Ontario...all girls in her litter. When Liesel was but a few weeks old she underwent surgery to remove a foreign growth in her eye. This growth likely happened as she was developing and after her birth it became apparent something was wrong.
This is where an amazing breeder comes in...Liesel very easily could have been put down...but because her breeder is such a caring and compassionate young woman...she opted to travel with Liesel to a large veterinary hospital in Guelph, Ontario where she had surgery from a specialist to remove the foreign growth. A very expensive surgery...and there is no way her breeder could ever recoup her money invested in Liesel. But she had the surgery done as putting her down was not an option....and we are so thankful she made that decision Because Liesel required healing time...she was about four months old when she arrived with us.
She flew from Toronto to Halifax on a plane. And not just any plane...but a cargo transport plane! Her breeder and family stayed with her at Pearson Airport until the flight was ready to go...in a fully heated, vented cargo plane! Her flight was only one hour and ten minutes to Halifax...and we were right there to retrieve her. In making her flight arrangements...we discovered there wasn't a direct flight from Toronto to Charlottetown...there would be a stop over in Montreal...for a minimum of three hours!!
That was just not suitable! We were not going to have her sitting for that long unattended, alone and scared. Cargo planes fly between Toronto and Halifax daily...her breeder drove three hours to take her to Pearson Airport...and we drove three hours to Stanfield Airport in Halifax to pick her up. She did amazing on her flight...her water bowl...still full!! So she had a pretty quiet smooth flight!!
How precious is this baby picture of her? Any wonder it was love at first sight?
Look how much she has grown in four years!! And still has that sweet little face we love so much!!
Yesterday, she and Benson (who will soon be turning five) had a great time swimming and floating around in the pool. Benson is a registered black and tan smooth dachshund...my daughter and her husband are his parents. His breeder lives in Nova Scotia...
She was one very tired little wiener girl last night!!
In honour of her birthday...I ordered a beautiful dachshund quilt...I'm sure she will claim it as her own. I opted not to get the cushion...although it was tempting....
We are loving this weather....this is PEI at it's best!! We'll be spending our time cooling off in the pool!!
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