My Friend, My Dachshund

It is difficult to know quite where to begin our dachshund tales.  Although it has been almost a decade since we brought our first dachshund puppy home, it is now hard to imagine life BD  ~before dachshunds ~    What began innocently enough as simply acquiring a beautiful little chocolate and tan dapple smooth girl from a pet breeder in Ga [Janelle McCallie] turned into a positive addiction!   But, what an addiction to have!  Don't know any other addiction which could possibly give you the highs ~or the lows~ that these dachshund kids have given us during our Life With Dachshunds! 
 We named our first little girl Georgia in honor of her origination.  Fiesty, self assured, and oh such pretty color!!  I remember anxiously awaiting her flight arrival at Delta cargo in San Francisco.  We arrived there at least 30 minutes early, the flight was [of course] late...and then the endless waiting while she was unloaded and brought to us.  I am quite sure there is still a path where I paced back and forth in the waiting room of the Delta cargo area, and even more sure that the Delta attendants couldn't wait to get me out of there!! 
 FINALLY her kennel was presented to us [after we signed all the paperwork], and the time had come to bring that baby out of her shipping kennel! 
 Opening the door I saw that sweet little face, those VERY alert little eyes watching every move I made, and it was a matter of seconds before she decided it was definately OK to bound out and into my arms.  Her tail never stopped wagging!
 Then and there began a Love Story that is still going on.  I had NO IDEA at that moment,  that in just a few years we would be showing, importing, and become major enthusiasts of these little dogs.  I never suspected how their presence would affect our lives so totally, nor any inkling of the many paths we would follow in the years to come.