If you know me in real life, you might know that I have a thing for dachshunds. (I could not resist that dachshund creamer, above, at Fish’s Eddy in NYC last fall.) My family had two dachshunds when I was growing up: Molly, a black-and-gray dapple with a fondness for long naps, and later Peanut, a black mini dachshund who wanted to play all day long.
Both of those sweet dogs are long gone now, and we can’t have a dog in our current apartment. But lately I’m getting my dachshund cuteness fix through Instagram.
It started with Mary Todd Lincoln, a tiny dappled dachshund (with amazingly fuzzy ears) who is one of the resident shop dogs at Parnassus Books (Ann Patchett’s bookstore) in Nashville.
I mean. Is she not completely adorable? She also likes to accessorize – or tolerates her humans’ tendency to accessorize her.
The second account I’m obsessed with is Harlow and Sage – which these days actually means Harlow, a Weimaraner with the funniest facial expressions, and Indiana and Reese, her dachshund pals.
They are seriously silly, and seriously cute.
The third account I love is Riley the Dachshund. Riley is a tiny black mini dachshund (I swear he looks just like Peanut) who was adopted via the Puppy Bowl.
My husband rolls his eyes sometimes when I have to show him all the cute dachshund photos at the end of the day. But they make me so happy.
Any animals you’re obsessed with on Instagram or other social media? (What a strange world we live in.)
I grew up with doxies too! Have you seen the Agent Little Joe and his crowd on facebook? And Pink Dachsunds in the blogisphere? And my late Toby has his own page @ foxgull.com/tobythedachshund
Awwwwwww, they’re adorable! I never had a dog growing up so didn’t get an affinity for any particular breed. (I’m a cat person, but sadly, horribly allergic.)
My favorite animals – and like you, those who know me IRL are well acquainted with my obsession – are whales, particularly humpbacks and to a lesser extent orcas. And like you with your dachshunds, I have a few IG accounts I follow for a daily fix. I love Jodie Lowe, a whale-watching guide in Australia, for humpback pics, and Wild for Whales and Orca Beauty for orcas. I can’t get enough of either – my dream is to kayak with orcas in the PNW. Someday!
I visited with Mary Todd Lincoln on Monday! She was having “an off day”, barking at those that had the audacity to walk by without speaking! She is a beautiful and gentle creature, as are all the shop dogs at Parnassus Books.
How fun! I didn’t know about the dog at Parnassus Book store. I’m following her on Instagram now too. I didn’t even know about the book store until recently when I read one of Ann Patchett’s books and was looking up info on the author. It would be fun to visit it some day. The little book store where I work we have two store dogs that are there occasionally if they come on the days the owner is working (which is most days) – but usually only one at a time. One is elderly and deaf and very quiet and sweet the other is young and lively and bouncing around the store. They both add to the book browsing experience in their own way.
So fun! I love the idea of bookstore pets.