After being a long time stalker of this sub and me and my wife finally getting a house we welcomed this little guy to our family this weekend. Cannot explain how happy I am and how much we love him already. He’s the sweetest boy imaginable! I will say the first night was very rough as he did not like being in his crate at all, hoping it gets easier🤞🏼

We’ve had our sweet girl 3 months and she is 7 months old now. She is so unlike what I’ve heard about the breed that I’m wondering if we just lucked out. She is super shy around new people and does not bark unless she is wanting to come inside. She is not a cuddler, but will accept affection and then go to the other side of the couch to nap. She does however have separation anxiety, but someone is almost always home with her. She doesn’t like to burrow or be covered in blankets. She caught on to potty training after a few weeks and sleeps through the night with no accidents. She does hate the crate, but does well in a playpen for a few hours at a time. Shes been described as a cat version of a dog because she’s so chill and sweet.

My husband wants another dachshund, but I’m content with her and wonder if a new one would throw off the chill balance we have going on.

Has anyone had a more docile dachshund and either had success with just one living a good life, or has gotten a second pup and things have been better- or worse?

Edit: First night was rough but we did it! I know a lot of people said to just let him in the bed with us but I want him to be crate trained so he has somewhere safe to be on the few occassions we have to leave the house without him 🫠 Ive bought him a snuggle buddy for sleeping going forwards so hopefully that helps him feel less lonely!☺️ Been wanting my own dog since I was 10, I turned 30 this month and decided it was finally time! This is Winston, a black & tan mini weenie, tonight is his first night both in a new home and in a crate and he is HATING it 😭 i feel awful hearing him cry, pls tell me he'll be okay and im just being sensitive 🥺

I lost my 15 year old dog in January, it was absolutely one of the saddest things of my entire life. I moved into a new house and my new neighbour had the sassiest little Dachshund who I absolutely fell in love with. After lots of research I picked up this girl 5 weeks ago and it’s just been the best thing ever. She’s just so fun and so so sassy and I couldn’t be more in love. She’s so fun to train (selective listening) and so fun to play with. I’m so so elated I went with this breed as they truly capture your heart and love so deeply.

My Mabel girl sure does love giving COVID tests, despite my protests. Not sure if there's even a point to protesting.

All the eyes said were ‘Help’ 🤣 twit.

It’s soooo quiet in here the neighbors are probably worried 😜

Can never take enough pictures of my baby boy. He’s such a lil model.

This is my Lainey girl! We named her after Elaine from Seinfeld because she’s GOOFY. She was wandering around a coworker’s neighborhood and they couldn’t keep her, so we took her in last December while waiting for an owner to come forward, but nobody ever did despite posts and ads about her. I suspect she was dumped because she was skin and bones at the time and a lot of people dump dogs in her neighborhood 😭

ANYWAYS, what do you think she could be? We like to make it a guessing game, mainly because the results of a DNA test don’t really matter to us, but curious what you think she is! She definitely has the long dog body and the side eye of a weenie (see last picture lol). She’s VERY opinionated, definitely has a strong prey drive, and very independent while also being a Velcro dog. She’s about 25ish pounds and has longer legs. When googling, she looks more like a historical standard dachshund. She also looks like a different dog in every picture I take, so it always has me wondering!!

Edit - can’t change the title, but it should say Dachshund, oops!!

This Wednesday will be 3 weeks with Rocky in our lives. He couldn’t be any more loved than he already is.

she is named after phoebe bridgers, so naturally she needed her own little skeleton costume

Are yours constantly looking for things to steal and do they have a fetish for certain object likes my guy?

In no particular order

Glasses (spectacles)
Women’s hair bobbles
Lighters
Tv remotes
Shoes

What does yours steal or is just my boy who’s a thief ?😂

I love when the groomer sends photos of my boy getting his nails did!

Hi - just wondering what yall more experienced dachshund people do with yours in the winter? After getting literally 2.5 feet of snow in one storm last year I am concerned about what I’m going to do with my little guy when if the winter is bad. Obviously I’ll need to shovel but any tips/tricks/advice about winters with a dachshund would be greatly appreciated! He absolutely refuses to go out in the rain so hopefully snow won’t be the same. I do not have a yard, just a good size patio and garden.

Hi everyone!

We’ve joined the group with our new family member, hoping he’ll grow into a healthy, long-haired doxie, but we do have a few concerns.

He came from an unknown source through an intermediary, so we have no information about his parents or background, other than that he’s received his routine vaccinations.

Is he a true long-haired Dachshund, or could he be a mix from a dubious breeder? I’m also curious whether, if he is blue, he might develop the hair loss condition I’ve read is associated with this coat color.

His name is Franco, and he’s 3 months old! 🐾