Catching Up!

Hi Everyone!

It's been a while! Since I last posted life been a bit of a whirlwind; I started a new (somewhat stressful) job, our puppy grew up, we went to London for the Dachshund Cafe, we've been renovating the garden and garden and been here, there and everywhere!
Life has finally calmed down to the point I have time to dedicate to the blog once more, i'll be honest, I've really missed it and it definitely feels good to be back! :)

Lola is now 6 months old and is massive and gorgeous, and oh so clever!

She went to her first show last week and qualified for Crufts twice on her first time out! :)
Sev also qualified for Crufts multiple times over the summer too!

We met us with Chloe and Winnie to head to the London Dachshund cafe in August. It was Sev's first time on the underground and he took it like a pro! Definitely helped by our Teddy Maximus carrier which has been absolute lifesaver.

Lily is doing brilliantly and is fitter than ever, she's so happy back at home with the girls and my parents :)

And the most exciting thing thats happened in our absence was the announcement that another Dachshund pup would be joining our family. Luna is a shaded cream miniature longhaired dachshund who will be joining us mid November - I cannot wait! Our little family is finally complete :)

We're off to Discover Dogs next weekend to be part of Team Teddy, separate post to follow on that!

Thank you for reading!
Jaime, Sev & Lola xo

The Travall Dog Guard & Why We Think It's Fab!

Hi everyone, sorry for the radio silence! We have been super bus with the pups and then we went on holiday, but we're back and i've got lots planned!

In July we took delivery of our brand new car (setters take up a lot more room than a dachshund, haha!) We spend a lot of time doing long car journeys with the dogs so we chose a car that was safe and comfortable for all of us; a Dacia Sandero Stepway, and set off on the mission to find a good quality dog guard that would ft.

We came across Travall who actually sell guards specific to our car (we really struggled to find any!) and very kindly sent us one to review.
Travall are absolutely brilliant and sella huge range of accessories made specifically for your make/model of car, my mother has a Travall Dog Guard in her Mercedes and thinks it is great!

The Travall site is so easy to use, you input your car make and model and Travall will show you a list of everything available for your car so that everything is guaranteed to fit properly; we went back and bought the mat set for our car too!

The guard itself was super easy to install and took about five minutes to fit, it's secure, doesn't rattle, and doesn't obstruct the drivers' visibility.
We have been using the guard for a month now and think it is absolutely brilliant, we have gone on a few long distance trips with the dogs (to Windsor, Dorset, Surrey and the Isle of Wight) using it and put it to the test, and knowing they are safe and secure really puts our mind at rest.

 All loaded and safe, ready for adventures! (Dog shows in this case!)

We love our Travall Dog Guard and would definitely recommend it and the rest of the Travall Range!

Thank you for reading,
Jaime, Sev & Lola xo

A Dog Friendly Networking Event

Last Sunday we headed over to Wilts to attend a Dog Friendly Networking event hosted by Steph from Spaniel Life at Monty & Mabel's in Wilton.
This was Lola's first proper outing and she was so good! (thank God for beef scalp!).
Steph had organised various different stalls and speakers, this is the first time we've been able to go to a blogging event in ages and I'm so glad we went - it was brilliant!
Monty & Mabel's provided us with tea and cake (the best chocolate cake ever!) and the event provided Puppicinos and doggy popcorn and crisps for all the pooches, which S&L loved!

The afternoon started off with a talk from Honey's Raw, i'd heard of Honey's before but not really looked to much into them, the team explained all of the benefits of raw feeding and talked a bit about their food before answering questions. They kinda provided everyone with a copy of their Natural Feeding Handbook (which i've had sat on my Amazon wish list for ages!) as well as a voucher for discount on their food - we will be ordering soon and will let you know how we get on!

After that Emily from DevilDoodDesigns and Adventures of Doodles ran a paracord collar making workshop, we prepaid for this because it was something that looked super fun - no photos of my collar yet because I still haven't finished it - oops!

There where lots of stalls from our favourites, Luna's Loft, DDD, Cotswold Pooch and a few more others, we're off on holiday next week so I was on a budget and picked up a new lead for Sev and Lola. Sev's is a soft rope lead from DDD with gorgeous gold hardware and Lola's is a lovely soft rope slip lead from Luna's Loft.

To finish the day Steph and Camila ran a discussion on photography and instagram which was really interesting - I definitely learnt something!
I am so, so glad we went and would definitely go to another one!

Would you go to a networking event?
Thank you for reading,
Jaime, Sev & Lola xo

Dachshund Afternoon Tea!

On Saturday we went to a local Dachshund Afternoon Tea which was raising money for IVDD research which is a cause extremely close to my heart!
The event had three slots for afternoon tea and sold out super fast and was a really lovely, well planned event! The dogs had a variety of homage doggy cakes and treats, and the humans had a cake stand full of cakes, sandwiches and other delicious tiny desserts - it was so worth the money!

Bow & Harness from Teddy Maximus

We met up with Chloe, Winnie and Archie and spent the morning surrounded by Dachshunds!
I didn't take as many photos as i'd planned to, but it was so lovey just to sit and catch up with Chloe

 Puppicino w/ sprats may be Sev's new favourite!

 So many delicious treats!

Archie & Win enjoying a pupcake 

We've got some exciting posts planned for this week, of which i'm super excited to share!
Thank you for reading,
Jaime & Sev xo

Where have we been?

Wow, it feels like forever since we last posted - sorry!

The last two months have been a whirlwind! We've been busy doing up the house (it properly feels like home!), we've been to a few different small events and got to hang out with our friends including Chloe, Archie and Winnie at Bow Wows at Number 7 which was lovely.

 Sev's snood is from Luna's Loft - use FACHSHUND10 for 10% off!

We've hunted out bluebell woods and gone on many beach adventures.

My best boys 💕

Lily came on a trial week over here with us, and those of you who follow me on twitter will know that sadly she didn't settle over here so went back home with my parents (where she is loving life - I get daily photo and video updates!).

 Lily's snood and Sev's bandanna are also from Luna's Loft

And most recently we were joined by Lola, a 9 week old Gordon Setter puppy. Now yes, I know it's not a dachshund (one day i'll find my perfect cream bitch puppy!) but I have always loved the Gordons and when the perfect litter popped up 20 minutes down the road we couldn't help but visit and allow one to join our family! Lola is the happiest little ray of sunshine who thinks Sev is the best person ever! (He is not quite so convinced, but he's getting there!). We've owned Lola for a week now and she's so clever and has already mastered the sit and the puppy dog eyes, she doesn't quite have the patience to sit still just yet but we're working on it!

 When they first met!

Gorgeous personalised neckerchief from Teddy Maximus' new collection

We're booked to go to a Dachshund afternoon tea event on the 24th June with Chloe which we're super excited about, and will be at DogFest South (more about that closer to the time!)
I've got a whole list of blog posts lined up which i'm super excited about so watch this space!

Thank you for reading,
Jaime, Sev & Lola xo