Adventurewiener Club

Be Social – Get Active – Have Fun!

The Adventurewiener™ Club is a social Dachshund club was founded by us in 2010 to help Dachshund owners connect with each other.

The goal of the Club is to help Dachshund owners connect with other owners in their community to share tips, meet up for play dates and other events, and improve their dog’s quality of life.

The club started out as a local Seattle group on Meetup.com and grew over the years to encompass the whole Seattle metropolitan area and many surrounding cities.

Click Here to Join on Meetup.com if you live in Western Washington

The club has hosted a monthly walk along one of Seattle’s most popular walking paths – Green Lake – since it’s inception.

In addition, the club has hosted other events like a beginner hiking series, play dates, paddleboarding outings, and parties.

The Adventurewiener Club is now one of the biggest dog-related meetup groups in Seattle and Western Washington.

We have over 800 members, have hosted over 125 events for Seattle Dachshund lovers, and our most popular meetup draws up to 40 people and 100 wiener dogs.

Check Out Our News and Events Page for More Info.

We’re Now National!

In 2019, we launched a national version of the club.

Join the Adventurewiener Club (TM) of AMERICA on Facebook

While the majority of events are currently still hosted in the Seattle area, we’re starting to plan some meetups in other areas of the country.

We’re hosting our first out-of-state meetup in Portland, Ore. in September of 2019.

We’ll be expanding even further in 2020. Meetups are being considered in California, Idaho, Colorado, and maybe more!

If you would like a meetup in your area, please message us thorough the club on Facebook or Instagram.

Wait! There’s More!

We want to help Dachshund owners better identify each other and immediately know they have common ground.

In order to do this, Club memorabilia that you can wear, your dog can wear, or you can display, are in development.

Some of the things being considered are:

A “badge” to signify that your dog is a member of the Adventurewiener Club
T-shirts
Dog bandanas
Stickers
Car decals

We hope to “see” you around whether it be in person or virtually

I Never Knew Your Name . How many times have you a

<img src="https://youdidwhatwithyourweiner.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png" alt="I Never Knew Your Name . How many times have you admired wildflowers without knowing what they're called? . I took several pictures of Summit and Gretel with these flowers last year. Growing up in Washington state, I've seen them many times since childhood. They're definitely one of my spring favorites. . Until this morning though, I didn't know they are called penstemons. These are shrubby penstemons to be specific. . I took a PNW native plant class my freshman year in college. I only remember a handful of them though. I figured while I'm on an "appreciate things close to home" kick I should give myself a refresher by looking them up 🙂">

I Never Knew Your Name
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How many times have you admired wildflowers without knowing what they're called?
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I took several pictures of Summit and Gretel with these flowers last year. Growing up in Washington state, I've seen them many times since childhood. They're definitely one of my spring favorites.
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Until this morning though, I didn't know they are called penstemons. These are shrubby penstemons to be specific.
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I took a PNW native plant class my freshman year in college. I only remember a handful of them though. I figured while I'm on an "appreciate things close to home" kick I should give myself a refresher by looking them up 🙂

I'll chop you off at the feet! 😂 . Sony 70-200

<img src="https://youdidwhatwithyourweiner.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png" alt="I'll chop you off at the feet! 😂 . Sony 70-200 mm f2.8 day two: I was not initially impressed by this lens. My first use was for action shots (see our previous post for info on that). Yesterday, I tried portraits with it. . I still feel like I got way more duds than keepers but I like this lens for portraits better. This would have been an awesome photo if I hadn't chopped off Summit's feet 😒 . We drove around a lot on logging roads yesterday looking for great photo spots. We were on our way back to the house when I spotted this rock outcrop through the trees. It's on the edge of an area that burned a couple years ago. The lack of trees provided an open view of the mountain behind it. . It was just a random, nondescript pullout on the side of the road. When I parked, I could see remnants of an old logging road beyond the barricade though. While there was no trail to the top of this outcrop, I could see where someone had walked up it before us so we followed that path. . Summit and Gretel get excited about smells along a trail but they go absolutely nutso when we are going cross country through the woods. They don't walk straight, they pull on the leash, and they stop hearing me for the most part (we're working on that). Getting them to pose, especially when I have to stand so far away to focus with this lens, is near impossible. I was starting to get hangry too and admit I lost it a little. Maybe that's why I didn't notice her feet weren't in the frame 😉 . I think we'll go back and try again today.">

I'll chop you off at the feet! 😂
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Sony 70-200 mm f2.8 day two: I was not initially impressed by this lens. My first use was for action shots (see our previous post for info on that). Yesterday, I tried portraits with it.
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I still feel like I got way more duds than keepers but I like this lens for portraits better. This would have been an awesome photo if I hadn't chopped off Summit's feet 😒
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We drove around a lot on logging roads yesterday looking for great photo spots. We were on our way back to the house when I spotted this rock outcrop through the trees. It's on the edge of an area that burned a couple years ago. The lack of trees provided an open view of the mountain behind it.
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It was just a random, nondescript pullout on the side of the road. When I parked, I could see remnants of an old logging road beyond the barricade though. While there was no trail to the top of this outcrop, I could see where someone had walked up it before us so we followed that path.
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Summit and Gretel get excited about smells along a trail but they go absolutely nutso when we are going cross country through the woods. They don't walk straight, they pull on the leash, and they stop hearing me for the most part (we're working on that). Getting them to pose, especially when I have to stand so far away to focus with this lens, is near impossible. I was starting to get hangry too and admit I lost it a little. Maybe that's why I didn't notice her feet weren't in the frame 😉
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I think we'll go back and try again today.

Hot pursuit! . Well, yesterday was my first day wi

<img src="https://youdidwhatwithyourweiner.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png" alt="Hot pursuit! . Well, yesterday was my first day with the Sony 70-200 mm f2.8 lens. You know how you just love some things the first time you try them? Like a gut "yes!" feeling?Yeah... this was not that. . Then there are the things you aren't impressed with at first, or are even frustrated with, that you grow to love. That's how my Sony a6500 camera was for me. It was frustrating to switch to something really different (from Nikon) but now it's my favorite camera I've owned. . Then there are things you keep wanting to like - you keep giving them a chance - because everyone says how great they are but, in the end, you just don't. . This lens will be in one of the two latter categories for me. I have until Tuesday to decide which one. . The thing is, I'm rarely far enough away from Summit and Gretel to focus (they are almost always on leash). Also, they are so small, it's like tracking (with the center focus) a pinhead going 10 mph when they run. Because of this, so many pics are out of focus. . Most of the photos I took yesterday were "outtakes" rather than "good" photos. I do kind of like this one though 😁">

Hot pursuit!
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Well, yesterday was my first day with the Sony 70-200 mm f2.8 lens. You know how you just love some things the first time you try them? Like a gut "yes!" feeling?Yeah... this was not that.
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Then there are the things you aren't impressed with at first, or are even frustrated with, that you grow to love. That's how my Sony a6500 camera was for me. It was frustrating to switch to something really different (from Nikon) but now it's my favorite camera I've owned.
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Then there are things you keep wanting to like - you keep giving them a chance - because everyone says how great they are but, in the end, you just don't.
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This lens will be in one of the two latter categories for me. I have until Tuesday to decide which one.
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The thing is, I'm rarely far enough away from Summit and Gretel to focus (they are almost always on leash). Also, they are so small, it's like tracking (with the center focus) a pinhead going 10 mph when they run. Because of this, so many pics are out of focus.
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Most of the photos I took yesterday were "outtakes" rather than "good" photos. I do kind of like this one though 😁

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