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If you've ordered from us, you may have noticed that we are based in Garrettsville, Ohio. And you had probably never heard of Garrettsville before, nor have you since.

"I'll get you my pretty … and your little dog, too!"

Yin and yang. Balance in the universe. Doesn't it make sense that if you have one dog with only one hind leg, who balances on his front legs when he eats, that you should have a dog born without front legs, just to even things up? Our good friend and Northeast Ohio neighbor, Pat Holcomb, thinks so. And those two are only part of her pack.

A few days before the end of 2012, we got an e-mail from Animal Friends, a fine shelter in Pittsburgh, not so far from us. In it was a link to a video about an old dog named Chance. He was found wandering as a stray, identified as one of their alumni and brought to the shelter.

There are a lot of people — good-hearted people who love dogs and would never hurt one — who have bought puppies from pet stores, not knowing the terrible place that most of those puppies came from. There are, similarly, people who have done all they can to find a reputable breeder and have still been fooled into getting a dog from a puppy mill. Yvonne Haldeman Moyer falls into the category of people who have done both of those things, who have recognized their folly and, through hard work and love, have worked their dogs through behavioral and medical crises and made them into healthy, happy and loving family members. And, aside from all that, she's turned her experiences into a book.

It's November, and that means Thanksgiving in the USA. And even with tough economic times and killer storms assailing us, most of us have a lot to be thankful for.

Last month, we made possibly the biggest announcement of the 21 years that Dachshund Delights has been around. You can read all about it by clicking here. But, to sum it up, we're founding a sanctuary and hospice for senior dachshunds, and naming it Scarlett's House, after our own beloved Scarlett.

We're on a new, life-changing mission here at Dachshund Delights. Not only life-changing for us, but also for homeless senior dachshunds.

If you keep up to date with the Dachshund Delights Facebook page – and if you don't, you really ought to – you no doubt saw our announcement that Dachshund Delights is the official harness and canine costume provider for the upcoming movie "Wiener Dog Nationals"! Our Hug-A-Dog Harnesses, Snap-A-Dannas, Doxy Racing Team patches, hats, a harness dress, and a costume we designed will be in the movie!

This isn't the story we set out to write. That story was a celebration. This isn't the story that we wanted to write, although we knew we would eventually. This story is a memorial. But because the subject of the story naturally inspired such things, it's a celebration as well.

Memorial Day has come and gone, and that means that we're in the midst of dachshund racing season. Most of us will be able to find at least one local dachshund picnic that features races.

On May 12, we mark the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Edward Lear. If Lear is remembered at all these days, it's usually as the author of The Owl And The Pussycat. In his day, though, and in spite of his calling as an illustrator, he was known as the author of the wildly popular A Book Of Nonsense, the book that revived and popularized the limerick.

This is going to be old news to a lot of you, but we recognize that some of you still visit our site once a month – at the beginning of the month – and don't visit our Facebook site. (Let us throw in a plug here. If you're not visiting our Facebook page, you're not where the action is. Facebook lets you interact with us and your fellow dachshund lovers, sharing observations and photos and getting your questions answered.)