Somewhere, waiting for me / My dachshund stands on golden sands

August 17, 2013 9:33 AM

The Sausage Dog Hotel is a dachshund hotel and retreat in Hertfordshire. Its site and Youtube channel contain updates on the various proceedings among the distinguished guests.
posted by Countess Elena (13 comments total)

Awwwwww.... dachsies! Such sweet and funny little beasts. So far I've laughed aloud several times, just at the gallery thumbnail photographs. "Spot the Odd One Out!" *snerk*
posted by Lexica at 10:05 AM on August 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

Wait, you're telling me these guys have successfully created a business where they play with dogs all day?

They should have sent a poet
posted by dismas at 10:08 AM on August 17, 2013 [2 favorites]

This is seriously the most important thing I've seen in awhile.
posted by dismas at 10:16 AM on August 17, 2013 [4 favorites]

I know I'm sensitive to it, but the agility videos put a lump in my throat since Doxies are so susceptible to paralysis via IVDD. My chorgi inherited the IVDD genes from the Corgi side and had to have emergency spinal surgery, so yeah... but otherwise, there are worse ways you can live your life!
posted by drewbage1847 at 10:25 AM on August 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

Very cute. For some reason Havana, Cuba is the wiener-dog capital of the western hemisphere.
posted by bonobothegreat at 10:37 AM on August 17, 2013

So this is now the second UK-based business I now want to somehow emulate.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:52 AM on August 17, 2013

Now if they can just do something similar for bulldogs. Hey, they don't need so much playtime. (But you do have to air-condition it and ventilate it well...)
posted by azpenguin at 11:45 AM on August 17, 2013

For some reason Havana, Cuba is the wiener-dog capital of the western hemisphere.

*moves to Havana*
posted by alby at 12:23 PM on August 17, 2013

Wait, you're telling me these guys have successfully created a business where they play with dogs all day?

I love that the heading/navigation font is called Luckiest Guy.
posted by humph at 12:49 PM on August 17, 2013

I love this. We have a "Doxie Derby" where I live and I'd love a shirt from here to wear to that. Or wear my Doxie Derby shirt to this place, either way!
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:18 PM on August 17, 2013

This place must be 10 mins drive from where I live. How did I not know of its existence? And how did I go so wrong in my career choices?
posted by jonnyploy at 2:35 PM on August 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

One of the things I've always loved about dachshunds is - you can tell that, in their own heads, they sincerely and unswervingly believe that they are actually the size of Irish wolfhounds, and are properly proportioned. And absolutely nothing will shake them of this belief.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:29 PM on August 17, 2013

After all these years that video has finally explained to me what the hell the "camber sands" were in Pulling Mussels From a Shell.
posted by interplanetjanet at 9:19 PM on August 17, 2013