"Fat dachshund" is just sad. Their backs can't handle the strain of all the weight. Schatzi got a bit pudgy at the end of her life, but my mom never let her get fat. Mom taught us not to overfeed the pups, that it was mean to them in the long run. Schatzi did go through a period of "prison breaks", in which she'd dig out under the fence in the back yard and roam the neighborhood, eating garbage! Mom had to replant the fence deep enough that those tough little legs couldn't tunnel to freedom!

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...schatzibed.jpg

PS, Nanci, I loved "25th hour".