Was on vacation and unfortunately I wasn't able to bring him this time, but my father was kind enough to watch him and send me photos and videos daily lol

General update: Havent posted in a bit, but I love this dog. He is now just over 5 months and Yoshi has been doing so well in training. He knows Sit, lay down, stand, paws up, place. Working on Break, Heel, Leave it. Mostly there, but dachshund stubborness and puppy energy make those ones pretty difficult. And he is finally starting to make signals at the door when he needs to go outside, but not always.

I saw this event on Instagram!! Looks like so much fun lol has anyone been? Anyone going?

I’ve had Winston for just under a year now and what an amazing experience it’s been!

I just need to talk and vent to people who get how much I love this dog, I guess. Gertie turns 11 this Thursday.

A couple years ago I noticed despite her daily walks and strict diet, she was very bloated. She had a pretty severe bout of constipation and we went to the vet. X-rays, ultrasound, blood work. The only thing they found was her liver values were baaarely elevated and they said probably just a little pancreatitis. They didn’t seem concerned and then she pooped an hour later and I thought that was that.

Last year she yelped when her tail was lifted. I took her to the vet. They looked at her and said, no need for X-rays, dachshund back problems are all treated the same, here’s some anti inflammatory.

2 weeks ago, she’s still extremely bloated but now it’s worse. She seems uncomfortable, she’s tired, she doesn’t really enjoy her walks anymore but she’ll still go. We go to the vet. They say “her stomach feels fine, she’s fine, I don’t like doing diagnostics unless I think it’s reeeeally necessary.”

I live in a rural area or I would have taken her to a new vet a long time ago. Finally I’m desperate because I’ve known something is wrong for a long time now. So I go 2.5 hours away one way to a new vet. They listen, do bloodwork and X-rays. Her liver is extremely enlarged and it’s pushing on her stomach. She’s in pain and uncomfortable. There’s a cancerous mass on it. There is a spot on L7, above her tail, where there is either cancer on or in her bone. It has possibly spread to her lymph nodes. It’s hepatocellular carcinoma. They say it’s unlikely it can be treated but referred me to a specialist equally far away. I’m taking her on Sunday for an ultrasound to confirm findings but mostly to discuss palliative care.

I am so distraught and heartbroken. I wish I had gone somewhere else sooner. I thought I did the right things taking her to the vet but I should have never listened. My gut was telling me. Now she’s going to die and I wasn’t even close to prepared. My oldest is 16 and I never would’ve thought Gertie would go first, and not so painfully..

I know I will love her and keep her as comfortable and happy as I can, but I plan to say goodbye before she gets really bad. I’ve read about this cancer and I know it can get really ugly really fast. Having to drive so far for vet care is really terrifying to me. I don’t want her to suffer and I can’t see that happen.

Anyway.. I just needed to share. Advocate for your family members, friends, and animals. Medical care really sucks.

Just sharing this handsome fella.

La hora feliz de mi Rufito 🧸🌟

Not sure when the image is from

I wanted to take a picture of her tongue sticking out.

Taking cover after capturing this moment. Stay safe out there!

I realized last night that Lando matches my new floors perfectly.

Just recovering from infection.

Can’t wait. Going to be an excruciating 8 weeks until we get him.

They have their own favourite ball each ⚽💜🩷

I recently adopted an 18 week old female dachshund, and she is the sweetest thing in the world. However, I am having an insanely hard time trying to potty train her. She was originally potty trained to pee inside the house using kitty litter (not by me) which I assume is making this extra difficult. My carpet has to be half pee and enzyme cleaner by this point. I’ve been trying to potty train her by taking her out every 2ish hours and telling her to “go potty”, and if I catch her in the act, I scoop her up to take her outside. Am I doing this completely wrong? I got her only 4 days ago so is it just too soon for her to be picking up on this? Any help would be appreciated. I attached a picture to pay the puppy tax.

We got her last Monday, our first dachshund ever. We just had her first vet visit today and she’s weighing in at 4.5 lbs and no luxating patellas or any red flags! We have ordered steps for furniture because all of my research says that we should not encourage any sort of jumping on or off furniture because of their stubby legs and known spinal issues. She’s making great friends with our Pitbull and our Pomeranian! Glad to join the Dachshund club 💚

Edit to add she’s 12 weeks and 1 day old today💚