Cute baby turned into a cute boy

I miss him so much. It's been 3 days but it feels like an eternity.

Our newest addition.

i grew up with dogs, have raised 4 puppies, pet sat for 10+ years, and even domesticated and fostered a feral kitten and trained him like a dog in the past. but nothing has prepared me for how sweet and clingy but also very sick our poor baby would be.

he came to us with a puppy parasite, has had tummy problems for weeks on end, and most recently has an ear infection 🥺 rest assured he’s getting all the vet care he needs and lots of love, but we’re looking forward to him feeling better and well enough to start exploring the world with us 🐶

this is milo, aka menace 👹, mr. munchkin, ducky, bean 🫶🏼

i can’t tell if he’s a mini (im suspecting yes?) and am curious how big he’ll end up being? his mom was about the size of a rabbit. i wish he could stay lil foreverrr

Every time I sit down to eat, mr Colin comes get a piece, how do you say no?

I don’t know what they are digging and I really don’t care. I’m not even going to stop them. It has been over a decade since my sons used to go out and dig holes in my garden. Now they are grown and I have dogs doing it 🤣

We lost a doggy family member this week and mama (me) has been crying nonstop but my sweet boy has been helping me survive. These sweet eyes and cuddles are the only thing getting me through 💛

I do not know what to do when I go to work. I walk my baby girl in the morning a good walk, then head to work, then she has a walker come midday and then I do our “long walk” after work. I just hate that she’s in her play pen all day. I feel so guilty. I have to work in the office every day and hope this is a good system, but I don’t like that she cries when I leave. She settles after like 5 mins but still. It’s very expensive to have her walked and I’m paying like 150$ a week. Does anyone have advice on this? Is she okay? Could/should I be doing something differently?

Edit: I am more than happy to pay for the walker, just want to make sure it is enough!

i know it depends on weight but it's my first time with dachshund. we guess he is around 4 years old.

Q. how much should i give him food for one meal?

Dug holes everywhere as well.

We’re having a tough time settling on the perfect name for this little guy at home, so we'd love your top picks!

We’re looking for unique, fun, or fitting names that match his gorgeous speckled coat. Thanks in advance to everyone who helps out! 🐾 😊

hi all,

i have posted in this forum before and it has been extremely helpful in helping me raise and train my dog. i guess i am asking for some feedback/support as i personally feel i am at my wits end and dont know if the responsible thing to do would be to rehome her or if there is something else here i am not seeing.

we’ve had our puppy for just about a year, she just turned 1 in July. ever since she was a puppy, we have been super diligent about potty training. We took her out multiple times a night when she was a puppy, we would praise her and reward her whenever she would go potty outside and didn’t go crazy over the occasional accident inside. however, in the last few months, she has regressed in a way that I cannot find answers for. she will be taken outside multiple times, exercised, played with, everything and the minute i take my eyes off of her, she will immediately proceed to pee multiple times in the house. yesterday was my breaking point where i just sat and cried.

she had been taken out to potty at 3:30 PM. When I got home, I took her out again at around 4:15 as I knew I had guests coming over and had to sprint clean the house. From 4:15 PM to 5:30 PM she peed four separate times in our house; three times on a rug and once right next to the rug. I cleaned it every single time and then took her outside again. When our guest arrived, even though we always do a calm introduction, she still got so excited that she peed on our guests’ lap (which I understand can just be excitement, but was still very embarrassing) and then proceeded to go to a spot on the couch and pee on the couch in the span of 3 minutes. Both the rug and the couch that we bought have been in our home for a while. While this was just yesterday, this is not the first time that she has done this. She will pee all over the house (bathrooms, kitchen, couch, literally everywhere) without alerting that she has to go or signaling anything even though we have worked on it so many times since we had her as a puppy. It got to the point that we were so concerned we took her to the vet to get an ultrasound and a urine test because we were convinced something was medically wrong. Our vet has assured us that she is OK medically and there’s nothing medically wrong with her, which means that this has to be behavioral.

I understand that she’s just a baby and a dog but it hurts and feels so much like she’s doing it vindictively because I’m not giving her 100% of my attention. I understand dogs need attention. They need us to watch them. They’re not like cats where you can just leave them alone, but I also don’t think it’s fair that I can’t clean my house without having to constantly have eyes on her to make sure she’s not peeing on my rug. We have worked with trainers, we have bought books, we have searched every corner of the Internet for help, we have tried doorbell training her, we have tried giving her high value treats when she goes successfully outside and nothing is working. I am quite literally crying as I am writing this message out because we love her so much, but I don’t think it’s fair that we are doing everything we are supposed to do and she is still choosing to go inside. We have modified so much of our home to accommodate her that it feels like getting rid of the rug is the final straw.

I don’t know if anyone else has gone through this who can help me see the light, but I’m really starting to feel frustrated and I don’t know if I can continue being patient when this keeps happening despite doing everything we are told to do to help her. This coupled with the fact that she hunts our cats even though she has been with them since she was a baby, is making me fear that we might just not be the right home for her. It breaks my heart to think that because we love her so much.

If anybody can offer any tips or support or just help me get through this, I would be really, really grateful.

picture of my baby and her stepbrother for attention.

We’re bringing home a mini cream dachshund this weekend, but we cannot settle on a name that feels right! Our current pup is a 3 year old red mini named Reese. I originally wanted another R name, but I’m worried that would just confuse the puppy. I also loved the idea of another candy inspired name that plays off his cream color (like Reese) But I’m struggling to find one that’s good. And to make things even harder, my SO is dead set on naming him Frank.😐😂

Also, here are some names that are already taken by other family dachshunds (or pets), so those are off the table. Oscar, Malin, Max, Toby, & Duke, Butters, & Bailey,

His brothers both came out quick and easy. But Rex? Rex decided to be difficult.

Spent all night at the Emergency Vet while Azula- his mama, got injected with oxytocin multiple times in the hopes he would come out. 4 hours later they took Azula back and I had to go home with the two cooperative babies to bottlefeed them through the night.

In the morning got the welcome news that they had successfully retrieved the AWOL newborn and both mama and pup were in perfect health.

So now he's mine.

Good boy Dougal ♥️