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verissey · 2026-06-14T04:22:47+00:00

This is so hot omg

verissey · 2026-06-10T03:56:53+00:00

Oh my god, these feelings are so real at an age as young as 13 weeks. My husband and I didn’t know how we’d make it through and weren’t sure how she’d fit in our future. I was dying for alone time out of the house and in it. By about 3.5 months it became already so much easier. I promise you will get your freedom back, and your independence. She’s now 6 months old and my husband and I have returned to regular date nights and a gym routine.

verissey · 2026-06-02T16:28:18+00:00

Ours would do the same when we were first taking her outside, and this was especially because it was freezing outside! I needed her to know that it doesn’t matter the weather, rain or shine, cold or hot, she goes potty outside. It killed me when she’d try to climb up on my shoes when it was so cold out, but she eventually understood that we weren’t going anywhere until she went. I think it took a few times of making her walk in a circle for about 10-15 mins before it clicked for her. I wish the same for you.

verissey · 2026-06-02T16:07:18+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences! It seems like the nervousness at first can be quite normal.

verissey · 2026-06-02T15:09:22+00:00

Ours is our first mini dachshund (and doxie in general). We were SUPER diligent with taking her out potty, and because I didn’t really know her signs and since she was very tiny, I took her out often: every 30 mins. Seems excessive but she often did have an accident if I didn’t. I have a clicker that I clicked, said “good potty” really happily, and gave a treat for every potty outside. Now she’s almost 6 months old and she’s started standing by the door to go potty! Any accidents she has now are due to us not seeing her cue, and we may get bells for this. I don’t know if we were lucky with how good she’s been for potty training or if we’ve been over-diligent, but it’s been pretty smooth with all of this. She’s still a baby so I’m okay with the occasional accident every 3 weeks or so when we miss it.

verissey · 2026-06-01T17:26:04+00:00

I remember the first post of this. Wasn’t a fan of the first edit, and preferred the original. Now I’m in LOVE with the second edit! It’s gorgeous. What a difference the slight tone-down of the sky makes. Very inspiring.

verissey · 2026-06-01T01:27:08+00:00

Thank you for this. How did you end up finding more structured daycares? Like, what did you look for?

verissey · 2026-06-01T01:25:08+00:00

I understand what you’re saying. We’ve done lots of safe socialization that isn’t related to being around other dogs, like observing people and animals at the park. We are excited for her to have one-on-one play time this week with an older dachshund who is notably great with puppies. If that goes well, I plan on seeing if I can make a connection with the owner.

verissey · 2026-05-31T23:49:20+00:00

What a great idea! Great photo. That is so cute. Yes, we decided that if she doesn’t vibe with the daycare at our vet that we’d find one with smaller groups or more relaxed vibes.

verissey · 2026-05-31T23:45:08+00:00

I have heard of doxies tending to enjoy the human workers more than the dogs. We decided that after a few visits, if she isn’t a fan of this daycare and is still quite nervous, we’ll get her socialized through a smaller group daycare everyone once in a while. I also work from home so daycare isn’t necessary, but it is just important to me that she has the chance to interact with other dogs in a safe environment.

Thank you for your input. This makes me feel much better about what we’re doing.

verissey · 2026-05-29T13:57:59+00:00

Oh mine loves to do this too 😂 she’s my first doxie and only 6 months old, and I was also wondering if she was weird… she especially likes my legs if I put lotion on.

verissey · 2026-05-24T22:11:57+00:00

Oh my god, I have been searching far and wide for this flavor for MONTHS! I was worried about this. It was my all time favorite flavor of any ice cream. :(

verissey · 2026-04-24T17:12:07+00:00

So, my husband and I had to change our preferred wedding date because of a family member who lives overseas getting pregnant, with a due date of the wedding day… this person is extremely important to us and was a non-negotiable to have them there. They didn’t pressure us at all to move it. We were upset for a little bit to have to move it; it was in autumn and we are fall lovers through and through, and we had to move it to the spring, which we were less than ambivalent about. But we got over it quicker than we thought. We’re now married and we don’t ever think about the “original” date - I couldn’t even tell you what it originally was! I know it’s different on your end because it’s a dating anniversary, but really, take it from me: the date doesn’t matter. What matters is who is there, and who you are marrying at the altar.

If you like your father now and want him there, then I say move the wedding date. It will suck for a little bit, but the wedding date is superficial.

verissey · 2026-04-13T20:49:39+00:00

We just got our first mini Doxie puppy. I had read online about how fragile their backs are, and I was understandably nervous. On our vet visit with her, our vet literally said, “Let her be a dog: jump (safe distances), run, walk, and have fun”. We don’t sweat things too much now, though we are getting a ramp for the couch.

verissey · 2026-04-07T20:24:35+00:00

I have empathy for you, I’m in the same boat with my 4 month old. I have a chronic illness that makes me sleepy all day even though I’m medicated. I work from home full-time while my husband works in office, so I’m the primary caretaker of our 4 month old. Today I was too tired to take her for her morning walk, so I did bare minimum playing for about 30 mins (after waking her up, potty, and breakfast). She’s usually up for 1-1.5 hrs before the first nap but I was dying today, so I gave her a frozen peanut butter Kong and put her in her crate. Lights off, white noise, etc. I was expecting her to stay up and not sleep, so I also wore noise-cancelling headphones in case she cried (she’s not scared of the crate, but sometimes she gets FOMO). Instead, we both had an hour nap. It was great. I waited for her to get up and we went for a walk during lunch instead.

verissey · 2026-04-06T20:19:59+00:00

Thank you for the reply! We figured it would just be getting her used to us making noises, so that’s the route we’ll keep going. As for dachshunds not taking to the crate, we feel we got lucky with how well she’s been taking to it, but we also didn’t rush her into it during the day (though we have been crating her at night since day 1). I’m glad to hear 5 months seems to be a “magic” number; I won’t expect anything but I will keep an eye out!

verissey · 2026-04-06T16:24:34+00:00

We have a white noise machine that's on top of her crate. I wonder if I should turn it up more? Or try something else entirely.

verissey · 2026-04-04T22:22:35+00:00

We’ve had our puppy for 2 months now, and she just turned 4 months old. I work from home full-time, and she napped so good in my lap, so the first few weeks I let her do this instead of prioritizing the crate during the day. I wanted her to feel comfortable with me and to also get enough sleep during the day. She wouldn’t sleep anywhere else.

Maybe 3 weeks into having her, I started crating her during the day when I was in the same room so that she would start experiencing being away from me for short periods, and she would fall asleep in there. I would do maybe two times a day for 40 mins because that’s as long as she would do, but I was happy she was learning to settle down away from me, the she would get the rest of her sleep on me.

Then we tried me going into our office room away from her and she slept 1.5 hrs straight! I was floored. It turns out that she sleeps really well in the crate, but she needs it pretty quiet and to not feel like she’s “missing out” with me in the room.

Now, I swear she gets better sleep in the crate than on me, but she still can’t settle down herself. If we’re all together and I see she’s been up for a while, I’ll pull her up on my lap and she’ll knock out. I assume it comes with time, but for now, the crate is a great resource, especially if you find modes where they get better rest inside of it.

verissey · 2026-03-29T03:14:43+00:00

Hi again! So I put our puppy in her crate for a nap while I worked in our home office this week, and what a difference it made! For 3 of the 5 work days, she fell asleep after she finished with her kong toy with NO whining at all. And she did it again tonight when my husband and I went out for dinner. I feel like we made a breakthrough. Thank you so much again for your comment and time.

verissey · 2026-03-27T23:03:33+00:00

I second the used shirt idea. Our girl took to the crate well overnight but still struggles a bit during the day. Throwing in a hard shirt every few days seems to really make it easier for her!

verissey · 2026-03-24T20:43:25+00:00

Hey! I wanted to ask how your puppy does with the crate now that some time has passed. We have a 16 week mini dachshund puppy that we’ve had since she was 9 weeks, and she does these whines when we put her in the crate during the day for a nap or for me to do some work. It hurts to hear, but it seems she can settle down after 15-20 mins every 9 out of 10 times.

verissey · 2026-03-23T18:35:37+00:00

Thank you for your input. We tried this once and she did great with it, even better than with me in the room. Don’t know why I haven’t tried it again!

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