HOWL-O-WIENER COSTUME: I AM LION, HEAR ME ROAR!

Happy Monday, doxie lovers! How do you like today's costume? If you have a photo of your doxie in a costume, feel free to post it in the comments section below. We'd all love to see it!

Dachshunds . . . you gotta love 'em!

HAPPY HOWL-O-WIENER TODAY, DOXIE LOVERS!

One of my favorite memories from childhood was when my family lived in Bremerhaven, Germany. All of the military families lived in military housing, or apartment buildings, with three floors with nine apartments in each. That situation was a dream to those of us children who wanted to go trick-or-treating! A group of friends and I went together, and of course every single door opened to us and showered us with Halloween goodies! 

Back then, homemade cookies and cupcakes were acceptable, along with everyone's favorite chocolate candy: Hershey's kisses, regular candy bars, Almond Joys, or 3 Musketeers. We got plenty, let me tell you. I always brought home a huge shopping bag full of goodies, and took some to school the next day to share with friends. 

I have to share one memory that was less than stellar, however. Remember, this was the 1950s, so nobody was concerned about safety issues or bad intentions toward trick-or-treaters. I was going out with several of my cousins--a couple of parents drove us around town, let us off to go door to door on a block, then picked us up and took us to another neighborhood. We knocked on the door of one home (there were about six or seven of us), and when the lady came to the door to hand out candy, she took a particular interest in me. I though she really liked my costume, but after eyeing me for for a moment, she declared, "No candy for you! You've already been here once tonight, so that wouldn't be fair!" I was floored, said I'd not ever been to that house before in my life (we lived in another state, in fact), so I turned to my cousin Brenda, imploring her to tell the lady I hadn't been there before.

Brenda merely shrugged and said, "How do I know if you've ever been here before or not?" She knew I'd never gone trick-or-treating in her town!  I told my mom what she said when we got home, and she just chalked it up to youthful ignorance. We were only nine or ten years old, after all.

We often attended church Halloween parties with games, snacks, and lots of fun, too. There was always a costume contest, and although I don't ever remember winning, it was so much fun to dress up.

Childhood should have its moments of unabandoned, wholesome FUN. As I look back, I'm so thankful my parents saw to it that my brother and I had lots of such moments.

GUESS WHO? HOWL-O-WIENER DOXIE AND TOOTH FAIRY

Guess who?

Thought I'd take a break from having Howl-o-wiener doxies. The photo above depicts moi as the Tooth Fairy when I taught English at Wake Christian Academy in Raleigh, NC. It was Spirit Week, so we did all sorts of shenanigans to get students fired up for the football game on Friday night. What's that container in my hand, you ask, Why, collected teeth, of course!

Always ready to do something different in my classroom, I enjoyed participating in such events. After all, my motto was "Learning English should be fun." And it was--at least to me.

To avoid disappointing my doxie-loving friends, here ya go:

#1 Race Dawg!

IT'S HOWL-O-WIENER TIME: DOXIE COSTUMES!

Today's Howl-o-wiener is a combo of my two favs: doxies and chocolate! Isn't this a cute Halloween costume? 

If you have a photo of your doxie in a costume, please share it in the comments below--add the dawg's name and age, and where you're from.

Dachshunds . . . you gotta love 'em, especially in a Howl-o-wiener costume!

HOWL-O-WIENER DOXIES, PART 2

During the month of October, I am posting photos of Howl-o-wiener doxies in their costumes.

In my book A DACHSHUND'S TRIBUTE, Book 4 of THE DACHSHUND ESCAPADES, Sarge is dressed in a costume and is unknowingly in a costume contest!  Does he win or not?  Find out more here:
www.amazon.com/dp/B00PTJNJZK (ebook)
www.createspace.com/5012461 (paperback)



Here are today's howl-o-wiener picks:

Minnie Mouse

Ahoy, mateys!

Hot on the trail of criminals!

Which is your favorite?  Check back tomorrow for more doxie-licious fun.

Dachshunds . . .  you gotta love 'em.

WHO AM I FOR HOWL-O-WIENER??

It seems that nobody on my Facebook page could figure out who I am in this Howl-o-wiener costume.  Can you guess??