Hey! I have a dachshund, too! Well, she's really part dachshund, part baset(sp?) hound. Her name is Brandy and she is tri-colored: White, black, and brown. Brandy is extremely cute and has lot's of energy. Just yesterday, she found a skunk and got sprayed! My brothers had to wash her.
I have three cats as well. Their names are Mufasa, Annavanna, and Princess/Sylvester and all three are outdoor cats. Mufasa is the only male cat and he is fat. He's a good mouser and he is friendly, too. Annavanna is female and has the same colors as Brandy. She's friendly, too. Princess is a black and white cat and her mother is Annavanna. Her real name is Sylvester, though we call her Princess(At least my Mom does) and she is our smallest cat.
And we have a goose name Mrs. Friendly. She hangs out around the back door and in the morning we find her droppings out on the sidewalk. We used to have a pond full of water and alot of ducks and geese. But, as you can imagine, living in the country, they all either got eaten or flew away and the pond dried up, so she now hangs out here. She is mostly white with grey on some spots.
They all get together fairly well, since Brandy is so small, she can walk up to the cats faces and lick them, just to annoy them. But we're a big, happy, family and that's what counts.
-TNTOS-
My cat, dotty, is really fat, too.
Wow. Now, I'm not sure about you, but in Maryland(home of the crabcake), I don't really see many ducks. By the way, it's good to see you're happy w/ your family and pets.