Hello:), I posted a few days ago introducing my new baby Winnie. Since being home she’s still very skittish, and only wants to be with me/ in my lap. I have been trying to get her to eat each day to no avail. Her dry food, her wet food , boiled chicken and rice. But nothing is working. I’ve even tried sitting with her and feeding her. I’m starting to worry . When is too long without eating?

Ok so we bought the button. How did you train your doxie to actually push the button? Also, does he use nose or paw? Need help!

2 mile hike up the hill above my town. I'm always impressed at how well his little legs keep him going uphill.

Just a sweet dachshund appreciation post

Happy New Year!

My 10-month dachshund has recently begun to kind of ‘snap’ at other dogs that he meets on walks etc. He is very friendly to people and dogs, but very recently (in the last two weeks) whenever he walks up to a dog and they sniff, he almost always begins to bark rather aggressively at them with his tail wagging. As we try to walk him away, he continues to pull on the lead and bark towards them. Again, it’s not always, but when we try to walk him past a dog to avoid this, he continues to try to go over to them and strains at the lead and barks. He is well socialized, but when we see a dog in the distance on a walk, he stops and stares or barks at them as they walk towards us before going up to sniff them. In pretty sure he is just trying to play and communicate with other dogs but generally they don’t receive it too kindly. Are there any suggestions on how to train him out of this or soften this behavior and does it seem like a fear response as most dogs we meet are bigger than him

Ive tried everything for her to like her crate but she absolutely hates it. She barks for hours untill i let her out. Its impossible to get her to like her crate

Any help is appreciated. I’ve contemplated on getting another dachshund to keep her company or even get her one of those plushies that have the heart beat and stuff from petsmart.

Me and my husband both work, so theres times we wont be home and were trying to get her accustomed to being on her own for a couple hours. Please let me know what to do. Im getting desperate😭😭

Just got my girl dachshund (3 months) today. I live alone and work 2 part time jobs. She can pee on the pad and I plan to walk her 2-3 times a day but I’d feel awful leaving her alone all day without a friend. I really want to get her a friend but I just spend 900$ on her and can’t see myself spending so much on another animal. They’re practically giving away cats at the local animal shelter so I was thinking a really social cat.