Anyone got a daschund?

[Louise-Montreal]

We have a mini- and he is so dang cute and funny!

He really is a good tempered dog. My youngest begged for one for over a year and we finally gave in and got one. Guess what???
All her promises were lies- guess who is walking him, feeding him, etc. But sure would not give him up now.

Tell me about yours?

Louise

 

[JohnTBap]

Doxdogy has one (or more, not sure!)

 

[Mad4Mickey]

Oh I do ! I do ! the lean mean bitting machine !


Tommy is very smart he just found out that his sleep number on our bed is 15 . He has his own post " My Dog on my bed" right above this one

 

[MosMom]

I have a 50 pound overgrown dachsund. His mom was a German Shepherd and his dad was a dachsund. Yeah, think about it a little more and it will still perplex you. He has the bad qualities of both dogs. McGee the wonder mutt! The elongated body and head of a German Shepherd on 6 inch legs.

There he is with his dominatrix Jelly Bean. He is so so sooooo bad but we love him so so soooooo much.

 

[kiddoc]

I have had 2 miniature daschunds. My first was when I was in HS and her name was Precious. She was EXTREMELY overweight, but very well behaved and a wonderful part of our family.
DH and I had another named Copper. He was small--about 10 pounds--and agile. Unlike Precious, who was very laid back, he was VERY hyper! However, he was a great pet. We loved him to death. We just gave him away last week because DD-1 was terrified of him and we could never let him in the house anymore and she wouldn't go in the backyard to play. We gave him to some friends with no children. They are having a great time with him. I miss him already!
They are great dogs!

 

[winniedapooh]

My Mother has a "large" mini named Noodle. His best friend in the whole world is a very "large" Golden Retriever named Sam! Noodle sleeps on top of Sam and if one is outside the will sit with each others faces touching the sliding glass door until they can be together again.....Noodle by the way thinks he is human and is not at all nippy like the two that bit me on several different occasions when I was a little girl.

 

[Poohbear123]

They are 4 months old. Our P.W. died on July 2nd and 3 days later, we bought 2! Yes, it took 2 Dachshunds to make up for ONE P.W. One is a boy, and the other a girl. The boy is the RUNT of the litter, as he is much smaller than the girl. The girl I have named "Lady Bug" but the Boy goes by various names, he is Dickie one day, and Scamp, Devil, Tramp, Poo-poo pot, the next. Neither of them come when you call them by ANY name, so . Wish I could post a pic, as they have grown, but am not too sure how as yet.

 

[doxdogy]

I have 8, yes 8 of the little devil dogs. They are like Lays potato chips, you can't have just one. They are definitely unique dogs. We have 6 mini's (all longhair) and 2 standards (longhair too.). The largest is Monty at 40lbs and Dori is the smallest at 6lbs. The most important thing to remember about a dachshund, is weight. They are expert beggars and will try to make you think that they are starving to death. They can also be food thieves. SuzyQ has stolen a thing or two off of the dinner table. Dachshunds sometimes forget that they are little dogs and will try to bully a big dog. This happened with Isaiah. Unknown to us, there was a hole in our backyard fence and he snuck out into the neighbors backyard and out to his front yard. He came home from work and fond him trying to growl down a pit bull. Luckily, our neighbor knew him and was able to get him back to us before a major dog fight started. Needless to say, all of our dogs are spoiled rotten to the core. A friend of ours once told a breeder that she would love to be a dog in our house.

 

[Muffy]

I had one as a child! They make great pets. Give him a smooch for me!

 

[Poohbear123]

Yep, the male one has my DH buffaloed into thinking he needs HIS food too! I give them NOTHING but thier Doggy food, but DH loves them, so he feeds them human food, which is a NO NO! They are still too young to jump up on the Kitchen table, but in about a month they will. P.W. had back surgery at 6 years of age, and you MUST be careful of the back area, as they are known for this type of problem. Also, they can break out in hives, bumps under the skin, if they are allergic to something. Liquid Benadryl works wonders for that.

 

[MosMom]

Originally posted by winniedapooh
My Mother has a "large" mini named Noodle. His best friend in the whole world is a very "large" Golden Retriever named Sam! Noodle sleeps on top of Sam and if one is outside the will sit with each others faces touching the sliding glass door until they can be together again.....Noodle by the way thinks he is human and is not at all nippy like the two that bit me on several different occasions when I was a little girl.

Awwwwwwwww that sounds so sweet! What good buddies!!

 

[doxdogy]

Originally posted by Poohbear123
Also, they can break out in hives, bumps under the skin, if they are allergic to something. Liquid Benadryl works wonders for that.

Our poor Monty has horrible allergies. Benadryl definitely helps him. Thankfully, he will take the pills if they are hidden in a piece of cheese. I have become the doggie Dr. Mom in our house. I use the baby wipes to wipe him down when his skin starts bothering him. He stands there so patiently while I wipe him down. Then he heads straight for the kitchen waiting for his treat for being such a good boy.

 

[GladysK]

I used to have a long haired Dashund-"Lady" who was TERRIFIED by thunder. I later read that this is common in dashunds. Was yours?

 

[Trinity721]

I have always wanted a mini dachsund, and DH had one when he was little named Buster. I would get one, but am living with my parents now with DD until we can move to Florida to be with DH. And my parents aren't pet people. But we'd like to get one when we move down there next year. DD (1yo) loves dogs! She will start saying "ow!ow!ow!" when she sees one go by outside and she loves to pet and play with her babysitter's dog. She has no fear of them as long as they're not bigger than she is

 

[Louise-Montreal]

Bump

 

[Crush]

I loved my daschund.

I miss her an awful lot. We had to give her to another family when we made this military move. I'm so against giving away a dog, but we couldn't find suitable housing that would allow a dog.

My Gabby was one mean dog! She could scare the biggest, baddest shepard you've ever seen.

We used to take Gabby camping with us, and she loved to play with the armadillos. We used to do remote camping on Lake Ouachita's islands. It was perfect because Gabby could roam our little world without getting too far away. One day we heard her growling and yelping and beating a path towards camp. This armadillo was right ahead of her, running like the wind! Once they would get to the end of the island, they would turn around and the armadillo would chase Gabby!

At one point, Gabby caught ahold of that armadillo's tail and he jumped nearly 3 feet in the air. It was the funniest thing I had EVER seen.

Gabby also knew how to work the electric window buttons on car doors. She once locked me out of my running car in the rain. I had to coax her into rolling the window down so I could get back in!

On another camping trip, we were in my husband's truck and had stopped to let the girls brush their teeth at the campground bathroom. I stepped out to throw a can into the garbage (right at the edge of the truck) and my husband stepped out as well. Of course, Gabby locked the running car, once again. Only this time, Gabby locked our 10-month old baby inside. We nearly had to break a window to get back in.

Ah, yes. Nothing like life with a weenie dog.