If a puppy bites you, there is no need for concern. This is completely normal puppy behavior. Just like human babies, puppies go through a painful teething period, which is helped by nibbling, chewing, and biting. This also helps puppies to learn chewing and eating skills. Puppies view biting and chewing as play activities.
Puppies are [...]
Dog Training
Dog Training
Though dog-human interaction goes back thousands of years, communication between the two is still sometimes rough. The human half of the pair is usually the smarter party, but watching the usual training sessions one can have legitimate reason to wonder.
Dogs understand and respond at roughly the mental level of a human two-year-old, [...]
When you bring home a new puppy or new dog, the first thing that will be a worry for you, naturally, is how you will potty train the dog or puppy. Although some folks will get lucky and get dogs from breeders who took the energy and time to train them, this won’t always be [...]
Since your dog is a part of your family, your dog will at all times require its own space. Maybe your dog is a puppy or an older dog, you will require dog beds to give it a pleasant space where it can move in to, to take a doze, be asleep for the night, [...]
Learning about the different classes of small dogs can help focus the selection process for a new canine friend. The American Kennel Club (AKC), which is the main breed registry in the US, divides dog breeds into 7 categories, plus the miscellaneous class. The category] is for breeds that only partially completed all the registration [...]
To the regular person who loves dogs, the rules and regulations of some nationwide dog registry associations like the American Kennel Club (AKC) can seem unusual, to say the least. Whilst you would expect a puppy registered by the AKC to be a healthy, high quality purebred, this is not a guaranteed outcome. You can [...]
Not long after a puppy is born, the puppy obedience training can begin. The amount of respect and puppy obedience in training is determined by the actual owner you purchased from.
Puppies, according to studies, are not ready for any training until at least three weeks of age. They are not aware of anything else [...]
If you don’t have the space for a large dog, there are a lot of smaller breeds that are suited to apartments or smaller backyards. Yet while lap dogs are very popular these days, there are also those that prefer the mannerisms of larger dogs. For these people, who like the temperament of larger dogs [...]
Pet food
Pet food
Despite advocates of “natural” dog food offering sometimes bizarre warnings, commercial dog foods are fine and recommended by veterinarians to feed your Dachshund. Some of those concerns are well placed, though.A diet that is not too rich and not too lean, full of healthy ingredients (balanced) is best. But that advice is far [...]
Like any breed, Dachshunds are at risk for an abundance of conditions and diseases.Being as they have long bodies and short legs they are most at risk for spinal problems. One of the most common forms is a condition called IVDD (Intervertebral Disk Disease), actually an umbrella term for a number of problems.
Vertebrae are the [...]
