February 2012 Meetup!

Here are the details on our next meetup…

When:  Sunday, February 19, 2012

Time: 2-4pm

Where:  Dogma Training and Pet Services - 515-515 70 Ave SW

Cost:  $5.00 per family (not per dog) to help pay for the facility rental.

Hope to see you there! 

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WIENER-PAWLOOZA 2011 WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!

A HUGE THANK YOU to all of our sponsors, volunteers, and participants who made Wiener-PawLooza 2011 such a huge success; we could not have done it without you!!!  We could not have asked for better weather and I hope everyone had a great time.  See you again next year…and we hope it will be even bigger and better!

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Wiener-PawLooza 2011 – What to Expect on September 17th

WIENER-PAWLOOZA 2011

Saturday, September 17th from 11am-4pm

Rosemont Community Hall 2807-10 St NW (on Confederation Park)

11:00 – Event Registration table will open – $5.00 per dachshund attending.  Each dog will get a goody bag (while supplies last), & door prize ticket.

11:00 – The Junk Yard Dog Cart will be firing up to offer some fantastic, over the top hotdogs – these are not your ordinary wieners, $5 includes a drink

- There will be pop & water sold separately – $1.00 each.

- For our little furry friends Pupsicles – $1.00 each

We will be doing some demonstrations & other fun stuff until the races start.

11:00 – Race registration table open until 12:30 – $5.00 per dachshund racing registration table is set up in the hall.

1:00 – Races Start.  6 heats of 10 dogs to determine the qualifiers for the finals.

2:30 – The Race Finals begin – there will be 2 heats of 10 dogs

2:45 – Door prize draw, every dog that paid registration will get a ticket to enter. Entry box will be set up at the concession window in the hall.

3:00 – Drawing of the prizes, you do not have to be in attendance but must arrange to pick up prizes, tickets sold in the hall.

3:30 – Race Finals

3:45 Awards Ceremony & Wiener Circle Pictures

Don’t forget we have some of the best products up for sale by these wonderful businesses (not in any particular order)…

Slumber Pawz, beautiful custom made beds & dog accessories

Atomic Dog, truly unique custom collars and leashes

Kapchien Bags, the best dog park bag hands down

Sasquatch Art, caricature artist that can capture the funnier side of our already funny little wieners

Paws in the Park Photography, all the way from Lethbridge to capture our dogs in their best poses, pictures will be available for purchase online after the event.

Pets First introducing their Earth Options products, finally a product good for the environment as well as our dogs, they are also our Dachshund Race Sponsors!

Mutley Crew, truly organic doggy daycare & grooming. Offering nail trims to aid the Alberta Dachshund Rescue

Raining Cats & Dogs, bringing you everything Dachshund to accessorise your world

Alberta Dachshund Rescue, showing off some of the pups that are looking for their special human. Keep an eye out for them in their fancy little jackets. We are also accepting gently used dog items for the Rescue, there will be a donation box set up at the ADR table. Anything from collars to kennels are welcome.

More information & pesky rules

NO PUPPY SALES OF ANY KIND!  IF YOU ARE A BREEDER AND WISH TO ATTEND, PLEASE LEAVE ANY PUPPIES AT HOME.

Dogs are allowed in the hall but should be pottied outside (please clean up after your pup inside or outside),  doggy bags will be available if you forget yours.

All dogs must be on a leash at all times except when inside the race course.

This is an outdoor event so please plan for whatever weather Mother Nature gives us; if it’s nice, bring a lawn chair and shade for your dogs.

We ask that you not bring a dog that does not have current vaccines; we have some young pups attending and we wouldn’t want them to catch anything!

Other sponsors not attending but generously donating

Big Chief Beef Jerky

Calgary Flames Hockey Club

UB the Artist

Dr. J. Williamson – Back to Motion

Macleod Trail Animal Hospital

Glamorgan Animal Clinic

The Mut Hut of Canmore

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Wiener-Pawlooza Volunteers needed!

Wiener-Pawlooza is coming together nicely. We are now looking for volunteers for the following:hot dog cookers, food sellers, race registration table, event registration table, Pupsicle sales, setup, cleanup and many other positions. We would like to get enough volunteers so that no one has to give more than 1.5 hours. If you would like to help please email your contact info to WPVolunteer@shaw.ca. Include your position of preference if you have one & we will try to accommodate. Lori will be doing the coordination so she will contact you. Thanks in advance for your help! Darlene Tosczak

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Wiener Walk!

Here are the details about our next meetup:

Where: Southland Off-Leash park (just off the parking lot towards the river)
When: Sunday July 3, 2011
Time: 11am-12pm

We will meet at 11am and the walk will begin at 11:15am (in case people are running late). Don’t forget bugspray and sunscreen for you and water for your pups; hope to see you there!

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Dachshunds in need of homes!

The Alberta Dachshund Rescue is desperately looking for foster homes for some of their dachshunds.  If you are able and want to foster a dachshund in need (or adopt one!), please go to their website http://www.albertadachshundrescue.com/home.cfm.

If you or someone you know is looking to adopt a dachshund, please contact ADR at the link above.

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Winter Meetup Guidelines

With winter upon us, we would like to remind everyone about our policy about other breeds of dogs attending our indoor meetups:

If you wish to bring another breed of dog to our indoor events, it must be one from your own household and it must be on leash at all times, or be put into an exercise pen which you must provide. We just want to keep all dogs safe and happy. If they are not kept under control, or are not behaving, they will have to leave and we will ask you not to bring them again.

Ultimately, this is a dachshund club which is why everyone joined. If we start allowing all breeds to attend our indoor functions, then this is no longer a dachshund club and some of our members may decide to stop coming out. One of the benefits of this club is socialization for dogs that are afraid of (or don’t do well with) other breeds. I know some dogs in the club are afraid of bigger dogs. Also some dogs in the club don’t like the small “fluffy” breeds and may try to pick a fight with them. We have also had incidents where a bigger dog has stepped on or “rolled” one of the dachshunds, and where the dachshunds have become overly curious or aggressive towards the other breeds which has caused problems.

We sincerely hope you understand why we decided to put this into place. This was a difficult decision to make but we hope it will make everyone’s experience with the Lowriders a great one.

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Hallo-Wiener 2010!!!

Hot dog?  Dragon?  Angel…or devil?  We’ve seen all sorts of costumes in the last 3 years and for our fourth Hallo-Wiener we need you to pull out all the stops!  There will be treat bags and prizes for the best costume!

Where: Dogma Training and Pet Services

When:  Sunday, October 24th

Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Cost:  $5.00 per family (not per dog)

Hope to see you all there!

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Wiener-PawLooza 2010 was a HUGE success!

For the second year in a row, we were completely overwhelmed by the success of Wiener-PawLooza.  Thank you so much to all of our generous sponsors, our gracious hard-working volunteers and our brave Lowriders who came out in the chilly wet weather to race, have some hot dogs and support the Lowriders and the Alberta Dachshund Rescue. We could not have done this without you and we are already looking forward to next year!

Dian and Parker

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We are all Lowriders!!! Post your Pics!!!

Here at the Lowriders, we would like to invite you to share your Doxie pics with us. You can make a post, and once we check it over, we will publish it.  Please use discretion. No explicit images, language, or links please. No selling of dogs is allowed. No breeder links unless specifically allowed by Dian as we want to promote responsible breeding of Dachshunds. Try to stay on topic. We are all about Dachsies, so try to keep it in context.

C’mon everyone and post away!

Park

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