Berlina!

Our beautiful Berlina, almost 11 years old – my first dachshund, still dearly loved by me. Alyssa and I got her as a puppy in 2008 after my difficult months of hospitalisation, when I decided in recovery that having a constant companion would help! Thanks to this girlie I made it through a tough year or two. We loved walking in Battersea Park several times a day – and Berlina was the perfect dog for a flat – she literally never barked!

Alyssa went back to the US after graduating in 2011, and Berlina moved back to be with Alyssa at the end of 2011 (whilst I was taking care of my brother Paul in Texas).

Berlina never made the trek back across the Atlantic to Holland, she has lived with Alyssa (and Paul) ever since – but she did convince Alyssa’s mum Lorene to fall in love with Dachshunds as well.

I love this girlie and I think she looks great for almost 11! She is silver dapple with not much dappling – it was more obvious when she was a puppy! She is still KC registered in both of our names, I never exported her to the US.