Dachshunds and Cats

Dachshunds and Cats Oh my! We have had our male dachshund, Julian, for four years and our female, princess, for three. If that was not enough my wife, Charlotte and 10 year old step daughter, Sydney told me that they really love cats and would like to get one. Because of places that they lived before we got married they could not have animals. I could take them or leave them. Don't get me wrong I love all animals however I was never really around cats except for a few of my friends that had cats. I had grown up with dogs. Played with them outside and inside. They were fun. But being the pushover I am when it comes to my wife and stepdaughter I decided to let them have a cat. However I told them that I did want take of it, I already took care of the dogs. No problem. Sydney rescued a female kitten. She was with her sister and they were not taken care of very well.

She brought her home and the dogs did not know what to make of them. When I got home I made the mistake of suggesting that she probably needed a companion. When I researched cats I found out that cats do better when there are two of them. Dogs on the other hand are fine on their own. I always thought it was the opposite. Off they went to get Angels sister. However she was adopted about two hours before they got there. Angel did have a brother from the litter however he was still two shy to be adoptable. So we got him one week later. So how did the dog's do? Princess wanted to jump all over them. Julian did not really know what to do. We had friends staying with us that had cats for many years and they helped us out. With their help we brought them together a little bit at a time, stopping to separate them when it looked like they might get too close and start a problem. We also put up a gate in the upstairs hallway to keep the dogs away from the cats.

The cats were staying in Sydney's room. Our female always wanted to get in the room to play with them. Time passed and keeping them separated but visible calmed the dogs down. Then we let them get together and sort it out. They did really well. The cats were trying to play with the dogs like they play with the cats and the dogs were trying to play with the cats like they play with each other. The key was taking it slow. Monitoring them and then letting them just work it out.

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What is a Dachshund?

Above all Dachshunds have the potential for serious back problems. Most dog experts recommend that you carry them up and down the stairs to prevent back problems.

They also love to jump. That can be tough on their backs as well.

Dachshunds love to eat. So they tend to gain weight which also puts their pressure on their backs.

Dachshunds love to bark. You can train them to stop barking excessively however you can't stop them completely.

They are cute and they know it. They are also very clever and they can train you to do just about anything unless you have preset rules and stick to them.

The world of a Dachshund comes down to this:

I can do what ever I want to do, whenever I want to do it.

If I touch it, lick it, chew it, shred it, smell it or see it. It's mine!

Humans live to serve me.

That is why it is important to let your dog, especially a dachshund, know that you are the leader of the pack.

Let me give you an example of your dachshund training you. Our long hair loves to go outside as well as always looking for attention. She started going to the door when we sat down to eat. I have a rule that they are not allowed by us while we are at the dinner table. So she decided that she would get us to pay attention to her by letting us know that she had to go out. After the third time she did this we realized what she was doing. We started to ignor her and keep on with dinner. She still tries. That is the stubbern nature of the Dachshund.

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How I trained my Dachshund to stop leaving me gifts

I have had many dogs in my life however none of them compare to our Dachshunds. My wife had a male shorthair for six months before we met. It was the first time I was exposed to the breed. The first thing I noticed was how stubborn they are. Of course I realized later that it was me at first. Dachshunds are very loyal to their master. They will tend to latch on to one person and respond to that person above anyone else. The other problem was that I was a male coming into a house with three females. He was territorial. He did warm up to me once I started however he still would not do what I wanted him to do. When we got married and moved in together he really did not like it. His “mother” was paying too much attention to the other male in the house. To make matters worse my wife had been letting him sleep with her. He always wanted to get in the middle of us. So we decided to make him sleep on the floor. He did not care for that since to a Dachshund anything in the house is theirs and one day we went to get into bed and there he was on my wife’s side of the bed. He had left me a present on my side of the bed. He basically was telling me that this was his room and his bed and I was not welcome. Knowing that I could not let him get away with it we started confining him to his crate at night. This way he was still in the room and he was by my wife. This allowed him to be close to her and showed him that I was there to stay and since I put him in the crate at night I was the boss. He was not being punished. We made a big deal about him going into his crate, never yelled or talked sternly to him. Of course he wined at first trying to get out however we ignored it and he stopped. We eventually let him back on the bed, not that I was crazy about it, and he was fine. Still wanted to get close to my wife however he was happy to share with me. After that experience, being the researcher I am, I started looking up anything I could about Dachshunds. I also had a leg up on other people in that my daughter is a professional dog trainer. She has an Associate’s Degree in science in Canine Science. It was her idea to use the crate to train him. What people don’t realize is keeping a dog in a crate for a few hours a day on and off actually provides them security. Our dogs, yes we got another one, actually like going and lay down in their crate when they feel stressed.
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