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| Oscar Meyer Weinerdog's Tale
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Oscar Meyer Weinerdog was born on Valentines Day 1997. He's a miniature
Dachsund, but a tad large for the breed at 19 pounds.
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Weinerdogs have very strong legs and neck muscles, since they were bred to latch
on to (unwilling) badgers and drag them out of their holes. They have bigger
lungs than other dogs so they can last longer underground where the air is
stale. While his jaws can crack walnuts (actually proven thru experimentation)
he's gentle and sweet, never ever having bitten us or even scaring us. If he
gets rough while playing, he'll stop instantly if you make a "hurt noise" and
roll over on his back looking pathetic until you tell him it's okay.
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He's very smart. He can open the door to his kennel with his nose and can
locate tennis balls even if they are cleverly hidden inside/beneath/behind
things. He'll do ANYTHING for a Snausage treat. If you say the magic words,
"Oscar go to bed" he'll jump down from wherever he's sitting, shake his ears
(very important), and trot off to his kennel for the night. Most nights,
though, he sleeps with us in the human bed, with his head on my pillow.
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Where other dogs chase after things and bring them back to you, Oscar plays
games like "Fetch the Tennis Ball and Run Around Like an Idiot". The rules of
the game are simple: as long as you express interest in the tennis ball he runs.
The minute you act bored, he'll dash up to you, slam on the brakes, and drop the
ball at your feet. But try to pick it up and he snatches it away and begins the
"running around like an idiot" phase of the game again. Kind of like trying to
get a bill thru Congress.
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If there's something soft and warm laying around, Oscar will find it and build a
nest. That dog sleeps 20 hours a day, I swear.
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Contributed by Oscar's Daddy
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