Mini-dachshunds (BC)
Feb 3rd 2015, 10:52 pm
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We have had puppy (Charlee) for a month now, and she has turned into a mostly good puppy, 95% good, 5% little terror, but she is teething so I am sure she isn't having fun there, but she doesn't do anything bad, just annoying at times.
She did eat through my GF's apple power cord, I had warned her more then once to keep the cord out of reach....lol... Now she had a useless computer with no power....
Picked up house breaking pretty quick, first week was iffy, now she lets us know 90% of the time when she needs to go, although we try to take her out once per hour. Most accidents are middle of the night, but she now sleeps through until 6 or 7am, and improving by the day.
She has showed no bad traits towards other people or animals, she loves everyone she see's, and just wants to play when she see's another dog or cat, she really wants to play with cats but they always run away.
Still working on separation anxiety she has, but it's getting better, we practice everyday increasing the time we are gone by a few minutes, she screams for the first 2-3 minutes, then seems to settle down, but still flips out during the time we are gone off an on, so she isn't quite there feeling comfortable alone yet, but she does better when music video's are on TV, so may need to get a DVD of music videos, especially likes rap and videos with lots of movement, but they keep her attention well.
She goes to puppy school once a week for the next 6 weeks so should also help.
She has doubled in weight since we got her, just shy of 6 pounds now, she was just shy of 3 when we brought her home.
We had to buy and experiment with a few brands of dog food before we found one she would eat and not let it sit there all day.
She seems to have settled on Merrick dry food, mixed with 1/2 tea spoon of salmon wet food.
Vet gave her a clean bill of health, she gets 3rd and last round of puppy shots next week, and then all that is left is her spay and rabies at the 5 to 6 month mark. Vet says it's best to let her get to nearly adult size before spaying but before the first heat.
We have no desire to breed her.
I'll post a recent photo soon.
She did eat through my GF's apple power cord, I had warned her more then once to keep the cord out of reach....lol... Now she had a useless computer with no power....
Picked up house breaking pretty quick, first week was iffy, now she lets us know 90% of the time when she needs to go, although we try to take her out once per hour. Most accidents are middle of the night, but she now sleeps through until 6 or 7am, and improving by the day.
She has showed no bad traits towards other people or animals, she loves everyone she see's, and just wants to play when she see's another dog or cat, she really wants to play with cats but they always run away.
Still working on separation anxiety she has, but it's getting better, we practice everyday increasing the time we are gone by a few minutes, she screams for the first 2-3 minutes, then seems to settle down, but still flips out during the time we are gone off an on, so she isn't quite there feeling comfortable alone yet, but she does better when music video's are on TV, so may need to get a DVD of music videos, especially likes rap and videos with lots of movement, but they keep her attention well.
She goes to puppy school once a week for the next 6 weeks so should also help.
She has doubled in weight since we got her, just shy of 6 pounds now, she was just shy of 3 when we brought her home.
We had to buy and experiment with a few brands of dog food before we found one she would eat and not let it sit there all day.
She seems to have settled on Merrick dry food, mixed with 1/2 tea spoon of salmon wet food.
Vet gave her a clean bill of health, she gets 3rd and last round of puppy shots next week, and then all that is left is her spay and rabies at the 5 to 6 month mark. Vet says it's best to let her get to nearly adult size before spaying but before the first heat.
We have no desire to breed her.
I'll post a recent photo soon.
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Feb 9th 2015, 2:51 am
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Aww she's a cutie. Would she react well to a crate / soft house type thing? My two used to just curl up in their crates and sleep when we went out .
Feb 9th 2015, 2:52 am
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One of my old Smelly hounds -
Feb 9th 2015, 3:13 am
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However we got a baby gate to close off the bedroom so she can stay in there with some space and she seems so far to be fine with it, we leave the TV on to make sound, she seems to like to stare at the TV when its on and seems to enjoy the movement and sound.
So I think that will be our solution for now. She is just too young and well not always perfect when it comes to chewing, and in the bedroom she can't do any damage to anything like power cords. She already destroyed the cord to my GF's Apple laptop, oddly she shows no interest in my computer cord, but she couldn't stay away from the Apple's cord...lol
Feb 9th 2015, 3:17 am
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Feb 9th 2015, 3:21 am
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Feb 9th 2015, 3:22 am
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Yes - some of them were swimming at SB - Scooby was quite distraught and one Retriever went in and pulled a few back in ! lol
Feb 9th 2015, 3:48 am
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Feb 9th 2015, 4:05 am
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Our little gal hasn't gotten to experience water really, but she dislikes the rain and getting her to do her business when its pouring rain has been lets say not the most fun.
But we did take her to the river last week for a walk, and she was very interested in the moving water, but its too cold to let her try and she is too small, so maybe this summer we can see if she likes to swim or not.
She is a very picky eater though, my last dachshund would eat anything and everything this one not so much, the pet store gave her a treat and she spits it out every time.
We found one food she hasn't rejected, but we have to mix in a bit of salmon or rabbit canned food for her to eat it, otherwise it sits there untouched.
But we did take her to the river last week for a walk, and she was very interested in the moving water, but its too cold to let her try and she is too small, so maybe this summer we can see if she likes to swim or not.
She is a very picky eater though, my last dachshund would eat anything and everything this one not so much, the pet store gave her a treat and she spits it out every time.
We found one food she hasn't rejected, but we have to mix in a bit of salmon or rabbit canned food for her to eat it, otherwise it sits there untouched.
Feb 9th 2015, 5:42 am
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Our little gal hasn't gotten to experience water really, but she dislikes the rain and getting her to do her business when its pouring rain has been lets say not the most fun.
But we did take her to the river last week for a walk, and she was very interested in the moving water, but its too cold to let her try and she is too small, so maybe this summer we can see if she likes to swim or not.
She is a very picky eater though, my last dachshund would eat anything and everything this one not so much, the pet store gave her a treat and she spits it out every time.
We found one food she hasn't rejected, but we have to mix in a bit of salmon or rabbit canned food for her to eat it, otherwise it sits there untouched.
But we did take her to the river last week for a walk, and she was very interested in the moving water, but its too cold to let her try and she is too small, so maybe this summer we can see if she likes to swim or not.
She is a very picky eater though, my last dachshund would eat anything and everything this one not so much, the pet store gave her a treat and she spits it out every time.
We found one food she hasn't rejected, but we have to mix in a bit of salmon or rabbit canned food for her to eat it, otherwise it sits there untouched.
Feb 9th 2015, 6:04 am
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The pets helping in my home office this evening
May 29th 2015, 11:43 pm
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6 months old now, going in for spaying next Wed.
She was sick last week with a stomach bug, but is doing good now and back to her usual goofy self. 8.8 pounds now, her growth has slowed down which is to be expected, should reach her adult weight around the 9-11 month mark, she was just shy of 2 pounds when we brought her home.
She was sick last week with a stomach bug, but is doing good now and back to her usual goofy self. 8.8 pounds now, her growth has slowed down which is to be expected, should reach her adult weight around the 9-11 month mark, she was just shy of 2 pounds when we brought her home.
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