God i am looking forward to giving back this dog!

God i am looking forward to giving back this dog!

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elephantstone

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2,176 posts

157 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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As some of you might've noticed I've been looking after next doors long haired dachshund for two weeks. We were looking forward to it as he seemed quite a chilled out character and he's cute. But jesus christ he is bloody boring!!! Their daughters wouldn't look after him because he is "too needy"... I know what they mean.

All he wants to do is sit on your knee and sleep, will not let me pat my two without barging in and trying to get on me. When it comes to walk time he goes jekyl and hyde bezerk and won't stop jumping up so much to the point that i can't put his collar on on my own and then put two harnesses on mine without them all scrapping. So my puppies have been getting less walks as i need my mrs to be here to help me, which has made my dogs misbehave more!

I don't know wether all pedigree dachshunds are this boring but i am glad my two are crossed with terriers, atleast they've got character!

Give him back on Monday thank god, atleast now i know i don't want a third and have realised even though my dogs aren't perfect, we are all just great as we are!

Rant over.

elephantstone

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2,176 posts

157 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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HTP99 said:
A friend of ours has a pure Dashchund, it is a bit of a wimp, not helped by being badly mothered by the owner, it is called Flower.

Daisy; my Frenchie, loves a rough and tumble and can go ott sometimes, Barry our Terrier is now used to it and gives as good as he gets, however Daisy fancied a play with Flower a few weeks ago, pinned her to the ground by her head with an ear in Daisy's mouth, Flower didn't fight back; just froze so Daisy went in for more and I ended up with an hysterical owner screeching like I've never heard a grown woman screech before and a screeching dog pinned to the ground with an excitable and muscly French Bulldog on top.

I pulled Daisy off and up, however she wouldn't let go of the ear, for a second or so Flower was dangling in the air just by her ear.

Anyway I locked Daisy away and things calmed down a bit.

Flower is perfect for her owner but most definately not a dog for us.
Yeah i think this one is spoilt rotten. Cant believe how wet he is, think i got a good mix of terrier and dachshund.. Loving and affectionate a quarter of the time and bloody maniacs the rest of the time!

elephantstone

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2,176 posts

157 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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He isn't spoilt with food he is a skinny bugger. I looked at the recommended amounts on the back of the food they gave us and I'm sure he should be having more. Maybe he just doesn't have any energy cos he's under fed?

elephantstone

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157 months

Sunday 26th April 2015
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Yeah to be honest i think he gets fed enough and he isn't desperately skinny just slim i suppose. I don't think he gets much exercise, just a walk in the morning i think. The one of my puppies sisters who is dachshund cross with a border terrier and they are having problems getting her to behave. Now i know because she doesn't have a mate to wear her out. Ours is a bloody nutter and gets to run round the garden and has a couple walks a day, so its not surprising they're having issues with one walk and a boring housemate with limited garden space.