New Mini Dachshund Puppy (9 Weeks Old)

[Allerzeit]

I have nothing constructive to add, but I just had to say DAMN but she is a cutie!!

[Polgara's Shadow]

Vulcan was pretty clingy too when he was little. I think outside feeding and treats and just hanging out there with him plus his own growing curiosity and independance led him to love it out there too. It sounds like your doing all the right things :)

Yep Vulcan has large paws, which look even bigger becauase of his white markings lol.

[JessicaM]

I always taught my dog when she was a puppy that I will give her attention when I am ready, if she carried on crying for abit I ignored, sitting on the couch and she eventually laid down on her bed. When I do disturb her I did not make a big scene about it. I think that's what you need to do, when you are going to play with her, let her out the pen put her on the floor and let her follow you around, don't pat her or make her excited. After she has followed you around and stopped whimpering etc sit on the floor and then play.

You don't want to make her really excited straight away, you want to teach her to be calm :) good luck

[Aziah]

Thanks for the feedback - it's really nice to hear.

Good call on the food tricks Polgara. I give her frozen chicken necks on occasions to snack on in the yard, but they usually last about 10mins before she's running back looking for us. I might try some additional liver treats around the yard next time I'm encouraging her to be out there. Just hope she finds them before the bloody minor birds do! (ps look at those adorable paws on Vulcan - they look so BIG for him :) ).

How are things going?

[SupaDupa Mini Cooper]

One thing I wanted to ask is about eventually migrating her to our backyard when she's old enough. Right now she doesn't mind being out there & exploring as long as one of us is within sight! As soon as she notices we're not there she'll go crazy and jump over gates and barriers to get back to where we are upstairs. She whimpers & frets and runs from door to back stairs, to side gates until she can find a way in. At the moment she's still so small she can actually fit under the hit & miss batons in our garage and get in that way.

I want to train her to enjoy being in the backyard by herself so we can start leaving her out there when we are at work (plenty of shelter and an inside open patio she can get out from the weather etc), but I worry about what her separation anxiety could lead to when she's not contained in her playpen inside.

I read somewhere it's normal for pups to be a bit scared of the outside world so maybe it's something she'll grow accustomed to between 6 months - 1yo? Hopefully by then she'll be a bit bigger 'sausage' and won't squeeze so easily around the barriers I try to put up when she's out in the yard.

If/when you figure this out, let me know :laugh:

I feed Cooper his breaky of a chicken wing outside (fling it from the back door so he has to go find it) but as soon as it's finished (about 10 minutes max) he's back at the door scratching/howling to get back in. Toilet trips take about 1 minute and he's back at the door. For him to stay any length of time outside we have to be with him. It doesn't really bother me but we can't leave him outside if we go out or he howls until we get home (we went out and snuck back to listen). He has excellent toilet holding abilities and he has not had an accident inside while we have left him (we don't have a doggy door) and that has been up to 8-9 hours. You have to get him outside quick when you get home though or he will do an excited/busting pee on the floor

Dasha is an absolute cutie

[Clydesdalelover]

Have you thought about another dashie. We got two both pups. They run riot for 10 min sleep then off again. One thing we learnt toys & lots of them. They love to chew. If you can getting a buddy would help. As while your at work young dasha, would have a playmate.

Good luck, love dashies.

[TeamSnag]

Mine range from 2 years old to 7 n they still chew lol!! Good luck to not have a chewer.. My dog towels r full of holes

Great to see more dachie ppl

Edited July 30, 2012 by TeamSnag

[Matt_D]

Thanks again for your comments and replies. Dasher is now 14+ weeks and is settling into her routine well when we go to work.

Now that she's had her 2nd & 3rd booster shots (Parvo) we've been able to walk her outside for the last 2 weeks (so exciting ). She also attended her first week of puppy school last week so she's certainly been getting some good socialisation with other dogs and people. She was one of the more timid dogs in the class, but by the end she was having a little play with a Pomeranian that was more her size. The bigger staffies & labs were a little to overwhelming for her. At least the trainer had big dog AND little dog time on the floor separately.

We've been spending more time in the yard with her on weekends and finding she's gradually getting longer (up to 20 mnins) being happy by herself before running back up to find us in the house.

She has boundless energy it would seem. Took her back to the breeder to see her family again and she wore ALL of them out with still more in the tank . As such she displays the same energetic prowess when walking her and does not seem to mind walks of up to 30mins. I guess the fact we're getting stopped every 2 mins by groups of kids and passers by gives her a rest and a play as she laps up all the attention.

We got her to the beach for the first time over the weekend. Was pretty funny seeing her run around off leash (no one else around on a little private stretch near Redcliffe). She doesn't have the tendancy to shoot off like my last Beagle did! She always sticks close by.

We're both still considering a second dashie when the time is right. Seeing her play with all her family again proved that she loves the company of other Dachshunds.

Here's a couple of pics from last weekend.

Edited July 31, 2012 by Matt_D

[BC Crazy]

Looks like Dasha is having a blast at the beach. Such a little cutie Sounds like he's doing very well for his age. My girl still on ocsassion

carries on a treat when I go out of her sight & she is 18 months old :laugh: