Nobody warned me how early this question shows up. Second or third vet visit, puppy barely settled at home, and suddenly you are being asked to pick a date for surgery. With my first dachshund, I nodded, took the six…
My dachshund walked up to the lake, looked at the water, looked at me, and sat down. Decision made, apparently. Ten minutes later he was paddling in the shallows with his tail going like a little rudder. That is how…
Nail day used to fill me with dread. Tiny nails, a wriggling dog, and that one awful thought in the back of my mind: what if I cut too much? If that sounds familiar, you are in good company, because…
The first dachshund I bathed too often was not dirty. She just smelled like a dog, and I assumed a weekly bath would fix that. Two months later her coat looked dull, she scratched at night, and the smell came…
I found out my dachshund had sore gums because of a kiss. She jumped up, licked my chin, and the smell nearly knocked me back. It was not normal dog breath. It was sour, stale, and strong enough to linger.…
The grey showed up on his muzzle first. I noticed it one morning while he waited by his bowl, patient as always, and it stopped me cold. The dog who used to bounce at the front door now took the…
I weigh my dachshunds on the bathroom scale, holding them in my arms and then doing the maths. It is not elegant. It does stop the guessing. Every owner I know has lifted their dog and thought, you feel heavier…
If you have stairs at home, you know this moment. Your dachshund hears a sound upstairs and takes off, and you are left at the bottom calling a name that is already gone. I used to let it slide. My…
The first time one of my dachshunds yelped for no clear reason, I nearly missed what it meant. He had not fallen, and he had not been stepped on. He just cried out when he turned too fast on the…
When I first brought a dachshund home, I expected a lap dog. By day three he was trotting from room to room behind me, nose down, looking for work to do. That is the part people miss. These dogs were…
