This is one of the pictures of our dearest unforgettable Tandy Boy I. He was born very ill and therefore ended to pass away very young on May 5th, 1995, when he was only 5 and a half years old. In spite of his diseases, he seemed to be very happy. He did love to play with the toy you can see in the picture on the left.

We always tried to give him all the love and care he needed to keep on being alive, but God had better call him at once in order to save him from all those endless pains.

We all do miss him very much though we still have our other two dachshund darlings with us. They are Tandy Boy II and his nephew Goofy Baby, whose stories you will be able to read below.

Well, my full name is Tandy Boy II, but feel free to simply call me Tandy, will ya? I am a proud Dachshund. I do love the Matiolis. I was also born in São Paulo City on August 22, 1995. About 5 years ago, I got married (temporarily) with Menina, which means Girl in English. 

She stayed in my home for only 5 days (what a pity!), so I miss her very much. Well, I thought she had become pregnant then, but, some days after, she had to be taken to her vet and undergo a very serious surgery. Thank God the surgery was successful and nothing more serious happened to her, but I would have to wait for Goofy (the son she had promised to give me) a little bit more. Dad Wagner and Mom Ruth were still willing to get another boy like me, that is: handsome, strong, intelligent, etcetera, etcetera. Therefore, about two months after, they got me another (temporary) wife. Her name is Casey. She is also brown and looks like me a lot. She stayed with me shorter than Menina, only 3 days. However, the enough time for my doing what I had to. Everything showed that she did get pregnant. What a wonderful surprise! I became a father of 7 little brown girls. We all became very happy though we knew that we had to wait for Goofy somewhat more again. As the result of a previous agreement, The Matiolis could pick out one of them, Punky, and bring her home after she had completed 2 months old. However, before that, Dad Wagner found out that my sister Julie, who also lives in our neighborhood, had become a mother of 5 beautiful healthy puppies, that is 4 girls and 1 boy. For our luck, she became interested in adopting Punky and, in return, give that only little boy to The Matiolis. Yeah! That had to be Goofy, the unexpected nephew that I soon started loving as my own son.

Goofy was born on September 18, 1997 and has turned a beautiful black Doxie. Goofy and I do get along fine with each other. He still does funny things which Dad says I also used to do when a I was as young as he. 

I am never jealous of him, for The Matiolis do love both of us the same way they loved me when I was the only boy in the house. Now, I do not feel so alone when The Matiolis have to go to a place where I cannot go with them. As I told you before, I've been passing Goofy some good manners Mom and Dad had patiently taught me, during the first months of my life, and for our luck, he has finally learned how to do those simple things in the right way. Dad had told me that I had to try to be as patient as he used to be with me and that Goofy would soon learn good manners somehow. Yeah, now I know that Daddy was really sure!