tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54357370184485719592024-03-04T23:36:45.130-05:00lowdogworldTwo dachshunds bring you views on life from their ankle-high world.MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-4229453379233473472023-12-22T16:08:00.001-05:002023-12-22T16:08:08.202-05:00New faces, same places: LowdogWorld returns It's been a minute - apparently. I'm Irvin, and Sadie is sitting next to me --We found this old blog login when we were ordering Amazon stuff for Christmas. Staffer Mom left her computer open when she went to get coffee. (More coffee, geez, she needs to cut back.) We've been learning about the creators of this masterpiece, Bandit and Maggie. They were fun! We wish we'd met them. So we MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-77173149747161707722013-03-28T21:45:00.001-04:002013-03-28T21:45:34.094-04:00Tennis takes guts and tapeAnd we're back....unfortunately our basketball teams have all tanked in the NCAA tournament, so we're turning to tennis again. The Sony is on, and Serena's playing well in spite of clearly showing some age. All we know is that if we had that much tape on our thighs, we'd not be able to lift a leg. And for Bandit, that would be a problem.
Both Williams sisters will be close by next week and MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-9287425082907546202013-03-24T18:49:00.002-04:002013-03-24T18:49:55.125-04:00We love the madness It's March Madness and we've been called out recently for not posting as much as we should.
Fair enough.
Here's the deal: Now that Bandit's blind, he can't watch the games and that makes a bracket tough to finish except when he's using the tried-and-true snackie-treat method (red treat - high seed, green treat- low seed....) to pick games.
Bandit can listen to the games, and he's developed an MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-53711206433548624702012-09-09T16:21:00.001-04:002012-09-09T16:21:11.741-04:00Is pro tennis a whiny sport?As our careful readers know, we love to watch tennis and especially the Williams sisters. Guy tennis is good, too, but we really don't have a favorite right now. And Andy Murray got some respect yesterday at the U.S. Open when he put up with the wind and other stuff to win. At one point, his opponent Berdych complained that Murray's hat blew off and distracted him. Really?
But here's the MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-90565634091844318872012-08-30T21:10:00.000-04:002012-08-30T21:27:19.611-04:00A blogosphere moment
Maggie's been reading a lot lately. She tries to share what she can with Bandit, but with his blindness and ability to sleep all the time he's not really listening. He just looks like he is. We've seen Staffer Dad do that to Staffer Mom before. Every now and then, we'll post our faves here since Maggie needs to share.
Still the best
Check out the fun posts over at The Long and Short of It. MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-51183105145385198852012-08-11T16:06:00.000-04:002012-08-11T16:06:14.732-04:00Olympics and moreOk, so we've been pretty quiet during the Olympics.
We haven't made fun of how long you have to hold your breath if you're a synchronized swimmer or said anything about how butt cheeks are apparently OK to show now for volleyball players.
We've mostly resisted the urges to be catty. (Well, Maggie hasn't....)
We were very happy to see Serena and Venus kick some butt, and we love Misty and Kerri. MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-16872662976400499232012-06-13T21:15:00.000-04:002012-06-13T21:15:00.273-04:00It's Bandit's birthday!
Yes, we're back --
It's Bandit's birthday and we had to celebrate with all of you!
After all, how often does a great dachshund turn 18?
We don't have a lot of plans for the week, but we intend to spend it wisely. The staff is distracted by yet another raccoon break-in on the back porch, but we think they are aware it's a very special day on Thursday. We're sticking together and plan to MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-57232894304276016102011-08-29T21:09:00.000-04:002011-08-29T21:09:14.197-04:00Venus is back and so are weIt's U.S. Open time, and we are so glad the staff let us watch the opening night matches.
It's not that we were tired of Little League Baseball, but we really were. We didn't want to tell Staffer Mom, but we really didn't care what happened to those kids. A couple times, it was clear one of those teams could've fielded a whole lot better if they'd had a wiener dog for a shortstop.
By the way, MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-23546451139750601742011-08-27T16:41:00.000-04:002011-08-27T16:41:06.035-04:00Hurricane leaves lazy daySo we've been waiting for days on this big Irene storm that was supposed to come through here and make a lot of noise. Nada. Nothing.
Apparently this Irene thing went on up north where the Yankees live. Hope they can deal with it. We've done our share of storms, and we really don't intend to do any more if we can help it. One of them cost us our fave doghouse a few years ago, and we still MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-56950959249988483692011-07-12T16:24:00.000-04:002011-07-12T16:24:45.589-04:00Fun time!We're recuperating from two great weekends -- one with Aunt Audrey and one where we didn't get a bath!
Aunt Audrey came and played with us -- she even sent a few Cheerios our way the other morning when the staff wasn't looking . We know she was just looking after us since they were of the multigrain variety. It was fun having her here. She understands dachshunds.
And this weekend, we played MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-58999257305822979772011-07-02T22:50:00.000-04:002011-07-02T22:50:25.316-04:00The long weekendYes, it's a holiday weekend, and we really weren't sure what was going to happen since Staffer Mom declared Wimbledon over for us when the Williams Sisters lost. But, things are looking better.
Today the staff took off and left us all day. They went somewhere requiring a ferry ride and time on an island with feral horses and wild boars. Whatever. We were prepared for the day to be a wild bore MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-19132709808250276182011-06-28T22:24:00.000-04:002011-06-28T22:24:12.467-04:00Spiritual therapy for pets | savannahnow.comSpiritual therapy for pets | savannahnow.comMaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-44490758686328349402011-06-26T19:46:00.001-04:002011-06-26T19:47:29.409-04:00It's Wimbledon time!All in all it's been a good weekend -- the staff was around a lot, our friend Jake is here -- and we didn't get a bath. Best of all, there's Wimbledon.
Faithful readers will know how much we love the major tennis tournaments. It's Wimbledon time and the Williams sisters are IN.
Maggie loves Venus -- she's stylish and tough. Bandit prefers Serena's tough, competitive nature. Tennis-ball MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-41077652380562474172011-06-20T20:59:00.000-04:002011-06-20T20:59:21.940-04:00Enough of the Weiner jokesWe're really fed up with all the ruckus about Rep. Anthony Weiner. We've even heard someone call him a hound.
That's an insult to all of us who are really wiener dogs and hounds. Granted, he'd be lucky to be one of us. At least we have sense enough not to take pics of our parts and sent them out of Twitter. Geez.
Enough. Find another news story. Move on.MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-15500185233819242872011-03-12T15:37:00.001-05:002011-03-12T15:41:02.700-05:00Hospital sleepovers and tourney timeFrom Maggie: We had a few scary days this week. Bandit felt really awful on Wednesday and the staff made him go to the Emergency Clinic. We didn't know what was wrong, but Bandit said he had a tummy ache and wouldn't move or eat. He said he was cold, too, and the nice vet said he had a really high fever, so he had a sleepover there.
The next day the staff took him to see our fave vets at Case MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-83749950534918925312011-02-27T20:06:00.001-05:002011-02-27T20:13:56.939-05:00Lame staff anticsCan you believe the staffers were trying to decide whether to watch The Oscars or Tar Heel basketball?
The Oscars will last all night anyway. They can catch up.
We've made it pretty clear we'd take action if we didn't hear some basketball on the TV ASAP. There's a freshly cleaned rug in there just waiting for our statement.
...And there's Tyler Zeller on the tube right now. That's better.
(MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-28436633310026758592011-02-26T15:59:00.000-05:002011-02-26T15:59:42.514-05:00Stupid human rulesWe weren't going to blog again today, but Staffer Mom showed us an upsetting news story and we had to share. Can you believe the city won't let the Girl Scouts sell cookies in front of the Juliette Gordon Low House? Click here.
They're Girl Scouts! The sell cookies to fund their activities. It's what they do.
Humans can certainly make a lot of stupid rules. Reminds us of the stupid MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-91384833694007797912011-02-26T15:41:00.001-05:002011-02-26T16:01:07.354-05:00Notes from the lowdogs' weekHello!
We're so glad to be back and writing again! And, we're so happy to heave heard from our Navy buddies, Skipper, Cricket and Pretzel. They have a new friend, too, Mandy. They also let us know they got a Kackel Dackel game for Christmas...we're pretty jealous of that. They also donated one to DRNA for auction and helped fund placement for homeless dachshunds. Great idea!
(If you want to see MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-23172991392429627722011-02-01T22:26:00.001-05:002011-02-26T15:42:25.035-05:00Games we can playSo, we learned today from our friend Clarence about a dachshund game you have to buy.
Here's the link.
We'd play this for free if you'll give us some treats!MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-52990084877462998812011-01-30T16:42:00.000-05:002011-01-30T16:42:36.498-05:00All dachshunds are works of artPicasso had a soft spot for dachshunds -- rightfully so.
Here's more proof of it in the NY Times arts blog. Check it out.
Now we've got to convince the staff to get us some designer plates. Those stainless steel bowls aren't going to cut it anymore.MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-33742443109419829572011-01-02T21:36:00.001-05:002011-01-02T21:56:57.034-05:00Happy Wiener Dog New Year!Wow! It's been half a year since we last posted, and we're really sorry about that. Oh, and we're blaming the staff.
They've been pretty lame -- we don't always need their help, but we do need access to computers, good wi-fi and some quality attention. They also get distracted easily and have found many reasons not to help us out. We're not sure they should even be called "staff" at this point. MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-15787498753437973502010-07-05T21:00:00.001-04:002010-07-05T21:04:14.195-04:00Stupid humans, Ch. 1So this guy in Russia thinks it would be fun to take his dachshund scuba diving. While we appreciate his wanting to spend more time with his canine, this was a bit too much for us when we heard the poor thing squeaking underwater.
Please.
Here's a video.
We think they probably quit filming after the dog came out of the water and tore the owner a new orafice. And we don't mean a hole in his MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-65135098846002488642010-07-05T11:52:00.001-04:002010-07-05T20:35:42.450-04:00We saw the Wienermobile!It's true! The staff took us on a great field trip this weekend!
We saw the official Wienermobile, or at least one of them.
While we weren't allowed to go inside, we did get to stand on the steps and we had our pictures taken with it. Here are a few of the pics -- the best ones have the staff in them because they were helpful and lifted us up so we could see better. Staffer Dad also let MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-44145258120265954512010-07-04T20:43:00.001-04:002010-07-04T21:14:05.632-04:00All right. We know.
We've been scarce lately. And we're sorry. It's been a little nuts since the stupid Kitten came to live with us. Bandit has lost a lot of his eyesight, and Maggie, well, she's still cranky as ever.
In other words, we're fine.
Summer's here and the staff is finally spending some time around the house. It's a holiday weekend, and we generally expect our annual road trip and some Wimbledon action.MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435737018448571959.post-60593717343898675722010-02-27T15:18:00.001-05:002010-02-27T21:01:01.111-05:00Who's up for some wiener-dog curling?OK. It always seems like we're apologizing for taking a break, but it's been really darn cold, it snowed and we discovered a new sport to keep us mesmerized for the past two weeks.
We organized our naps and play around the basketball season until the Tar Heels imploded. It's not that we are fair-weather fans. We absolutely aren't -- but it became pretty painful to watch and we can only take so MaggieandBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17699222754968706399noreply@blogger.com0