HELP!!! I have never had a TOY
07-12-2011, 06:12 AM
#41
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Tucson
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We have a 3# little powder puff. She has a 2 1/2 foot ex-pen that she is place in when she is not supervised. She never goes outside. She is potty pad trained. She has learned that her time with us is on the bed and she is not to jump off. There she has all the love and attention. When she can't be on a 1 on 1, she is closed in a room or in her ex-pen. They are extremely fragile. Their x-rays look like fish bones--literally. Good luck.
07-12-2011, 06:27 AM
#42
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Phoenix, AZ.
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Best of luck, having a small one is alot different, but I like smaller ones. Sugarbear was a bit under 3lbs when we got her, she is now at about 10lbs. She is the Queen and has no problem letting everyone know it. But she is a very good little girl, and I absolutely adore this dog. You will to, you will see!! Can't wait to see your post a few months from now!
07-12-2011, 06:33 AM
#44
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Location: In the mountains near Black Hawk, CO
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Jacquie, a hood ornament? OMG!
I got 7 pounds of hair out of my dog when I groomed him yesterday!
Sounds like you're on the right track, asserting your alpha-ness, but that pooch looks like it has attitude! Good luck and let us all know how it goes.
Sometimes the best answer is finding a different family. It doesn't make you a bad doggy mom if you find a great home for the ones you can't love!
I got 7 pounds of hair out of my dog when I groomed him yesterday!
Sounds like you're on the right track, asserting your alpha-ness, but that pooch looks like it has attitude! Good luck and let us all know how it goes.
Sometimes the best answer is finding a different family. It doesn't make you a bad doggy mom if you find a great home for the ones you can't love!
07-12-2011, 06:59 AM
#46
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Springfield,Or.
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by Kooklabell
Is she a nippy one? I have a 7# maltese and he can easily move toward "small dog syndrome" if allowed - thinking he owns the world. He has to be reminded I'm the alpha. I'm not accustomed to having to use my growly voice and mean look LOL Time out in his kennel for a minute each time he got snippy with me or our 40# dog worked well.
She does not respond to her name at all...yet I know she knows I am talking to her..doxies tend to ignore you quite well...
she was allowed to bark at you and then expects to JUMP up into your arms...NOT...not only do I not respond to being barked at, I do NOT allow my dogs to jump at anything/anyone/anytime...PERIOD...
She also thinks if it is in the house it must be HER chew toy...again, NOT...so she gets a firm NO, a finger on her nose and a toy put in her mouth and then time in the crate...
We are most terrified of STEPPING on her...
07-12-2011, 07:00 AM
#47
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by Kooklabell
Is she a nippy one? I have a 7# maltese and he can easily move toward "small dog syndrome" if allowed - thinking he owns the world. He has to be reminded I'm the alpha. I'm not accustomed to having to use my growly voice and mean look LOL Time out in his kennel for a minute each time he got snippy with me or our 40# dog worked well.
She does not respond to her name at all...yet I know she knows I am talking to her..doxies tend to ignore you quite well...
she was allowed to bark at you and then expects to JUMP up into your arms...NOT...not only do I not respond to being barked at, I do NOT allow my dogs to jump at anything/anyone/anytime...PERIOD...
She also thinks if it is in the house it must be HER chew toy...again, NOT...so she gets a firm NO, a finger on her nose and a toy put in her mouth and then time in the crate...
We are most terrified of STEPPING on her...
07-12-2011, 09:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Castle Rock, Washington State
Posts: 1,961
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by frauhahn
Don't know much about dachshunds, but she is sure a cutey!
I really wanted to replace our Golden retriever with a yellow lab...sigh..I got hood ornament instead!
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