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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMcPuddles Cuddle Waddles aka Mac is getting bigger.
Then (April)
Now (June/July)
He is incredibly destructive but we love him.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)It works most of the time.
politicat
(9,808 posts)During the winter, when it was too cold to go out (in rural Indiana, for, by then, elderly bones) she got my grandfather to bring her some of those tubular cardboard concrete forms and a lot of that stretchy plastic dryer vent. Doxies want to tunnel, and they want to chase things through tunnels (Badger and mole hounds, after all). She'd lay the tubes out around the house and get hers to run through the tubes. It kept them occupied and distracted from their destructive tendencies, and wore them out when they were young. And since she was an unapologetic table scraps feeder (the dogs had high chairs at the table) it kept them from getting too fat.
I think agility would probably be a good your little guy if you don't want to build a course for him.
That said, he's adorable and that second picture looks like a senior picture after his first, kindergarten pic. He's growing up into a properly obnoxious teenager! Good job!
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)Cuteness will get you everything.
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)Freddie
(9,273 posts)Dachshund? My best friend had one (sadly, Heidi's at the Bridge now). She was a sweet, friendly, very stubborn girl.
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)They are very stubborn. Must do things their own way.
JHan
(10,173 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)He does look older and wiser in that shot though.
JHan
(10,173 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)My dogs have their own dresser filled with sweaters, dresses, hoodies, and T-shirts - so my mind goes to props.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)He melts my heart.
The other two dogs love him but they are all 3 jealous, so we are always in the floor in a pack love-fest.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)You can see the wheels turning behind those intelligent eyes! He might make a great obedience or agility dog. He is going to need plenty of stimulation.
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)brer cat
(24,592 posts)Destruction is a rite of passage, I think. I am sure he is mostly entertaining and that is so important. We have a cat and a dog, both of whom we threaten regularly with banishment, but they keep us laughing.
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)I was teaching.
Worked on my other dogs.
Dachshunds are very stubborn, though. They do it their way and that's pretty much that.
babylonsister
(171,079 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)He's a sweetheart.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)lol
ailsagirl
(22,898 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)Freddie
(9,273 posts)A historically German (PA Dutch) city/region there is an Oktoberfest featuring lots of beer, food and a Dachshund Race. The entrants take this very seriously and train all year. The winner the year I went was a long-haired mini with the adorable name of Spartacus.
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)We were living in Germany when we got our mini-Dachs.
Rhiannon12866
(205,852 posts)I would love him, too!
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)He hides the pieces under the blanket.
Rhiannon12866
(205,852 posts)And that's why they make puppies so cute, so we can forgive the transgressions of their puppyhood. I had a puppy as a kid, have adopted older dogs ever since - until my Jack found me at five months. I'd forgotten how much work having a puppy could be, but it's been worth it since I intend to have him for a lot of years. He turned 11 three months ago, time flies! Two of my dogs have lived past 18, here's hoping that your adorable Mac is with you for at least that long, too...