Introducing the newest member of our household:
We adopted this little cutie from a place we found on petfinder.com. We’ve named her Pixel although she doesn’t really know her name yet. She’s an 8 week old Dachshund/Beagle mix that was rescued from a shelter that was going to put her to sleep. She weighs about 6 lbs…which makes our 20 lb. cat seem much more heavy now.
Pixel likes to do four things: 1) Sleep in your lap, 2) Potty in the house, 3) Play with her stuffed quadrapus (it’s like an octopus but with four legs), & 4) Eat; but only because it makes more potty material.
We’re working on the potty training thing and I think that we’re finally (after 3 days) ending the day with a few more “good potty” exclaimations than “bad potty” discouragements. I read somewhere that it could take up to six months, but we’re holding out hope that we ended up with a genious puppy that’ll be potty trained by next week. I know, not exactly realistic. Currently she stinks like nastiness because she goes potty in her cage and then lays in it…disgusting, I know…but she’s so dang cute! Maybe that’s why they make puppies so cute….so we need to bathe her every other day…which we do in the sink!
There will likely be more Pixel posts in the future, so I thought it appropriate to introduce her to you all! I think she has the Beagle bark and the Dachshund neck, length, and burrowing personality…so it should be interesting to say the least!
My grandma told me “now you’ll know just what to do when you have a baby“…to which I replied “Yeah, get one that’s potty trained.”
I have a lovely doxie, Zoe. Ummm, she’s 6 months and we’re not potty-perfect yet. Doxie’s as a rule are tough to potty train, so good luck with it. Since Zoe’s a mini, and my last doxie was never 100%, we did paper training with Zoe. It’s worked much better. Good luck, and Pixel is a doll!
Thanks! She’s getting better with the potty training as far as not going in her cage. Now we’re working on getting her to let us know when she has to go!
He is adorable…it is good to start out with a dog baby, but be careful…he may become the only baby you ever need. Training and discipline will make him a champion that everyone will love to be around.
Best wishes - and thanks for sharing - you are sooo funny!
Elaine
Thank you! She’s started letting us know when she has to potty, so we’re on the right track at least! Larry’s teaching her how to sit, also. It takes her about a hundred times of saying it before she does it…but she does it!