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Hello everyone,
I just signed up for this forum yesterday, and I'm thrilled to be able to talk to other doxie owners! I have two Dachshunds: Maximus, My one year old, and Kyah, my 9 month old. My boy is a black and tan with piebold markings on his chest from his grandpa. My Kyah is a very petite sable. My dogs are my children, and a very big focus for me. Mostly the appeal of this forum was to give me the opportunity to speak about something that concearns me about my Kyah. I have heard that Doxies are a hyper breed, and Kyah fits the bill. Now that she is a little older she has settled down a little. When we got her at 8 weeks, we took her places with us to get her accustomed to people and other small dogs. I admit that when we had this encounter she had not really had much exposure to large dogs, and maybe this was our biggest mistake. Since my dogs were about 2-3 months apart we were still teaching Maximus to be ok on his leash, so to encourage independence we would walk them seprately around our complex and meet in the middle and switch dogs. I had Maximus at the time, and my boyfriend Conner had Kyah. They were walking around the corner and did not see the large dog coming at them. I encountered this dog before. He was a great Dane, and was VERY exciteable. When he laid eyes on tiny little Kyah, He barked his whooping bark and she wet herself and took off running. The leash flew out of Conner's hand and he took off running after her. She is so tiny and runs so fast, and the handle of her retractable leash was pounding the pavement right at her heels. Conner finally caught her but she was horrified. Between the dog, the leash handle, and Conner chasing her, she was shaking. She started barking and whining. Ever since that day she has never been the same around dogs of any size OR people. (Only other Dachshunds, which are only walked every few days by one of our neighbors.) We tried to keep walking her as usual, but she barks with this sort of screaming bark and all of our neighbors come out of their houses and gawk at us. We do still walk her, but usually its around sunset at a neighboring elemantry school. I just wish she could go play outside during the day, and also I have to have my boyfriend there to walk Maximus as well because he comforts her. I feel terrible for her, and I was just wondering how I can go about getting her back out there. I know it's gonna be a long process and I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Is there anyone that can give some advice? I know the same thing HAS to have happened to other Doxies considering how brave this little breed is. Any and all advice is welcome. -And Kyah would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
Breianna
I just signed up for this forum yesterday, and I'm thrilled to be able to talk to other doxie owners! I have two Dachshunds: Maximus, My one year old, and Kyah, my 9 month old. My boy is a black and tan with piebold markings on his chest from his grandpa. My Kyah is a very petite sable. My dogs are my children, and a very big focus for me. Mostly the appeal of this forum was to give me the opportunity to speak about something that concearns me about my Kyah. I have heard that Doxies are a hyper breed, and Kyah fits the bill. Now that she is a little older she has settled down a little. When we got her at 8 weeks, we took her places with us to get her accustomed to people and other small dogs. I admit that when we had this encounter she had not really had much exposure to large dogs, and maybe this was our biggest mistake. Since my dogs were about 2-3 months apart we were still teaching Maximus to be ok on his leash, so to encourage independence we would walk them seprately around our complex and meet in the middle and switch dogs. I had Maximus at the time, and my boyfriend Conner had Kyah. They were walking around the corner and did not see the large dog coming at them. I encountered this dog before. He was a great Dane, and was VERY exciteable. When he laid eyes on tiny little Kyah, He barked his whooping bark and she wet herself and took off running. The leash flew out of Conner's hand and he took off running after her. She is so tiny and runs so fast, and the handle of her retractable leash was pounding the pavement right at her heels. Conner finally caught her but she was horrified. Between the dog, the leash handle, and Conner chasing her, she was shaking. She started barking and whining. Ever since that day she has never been the same around dogs of any size OR people. (Only other Dachshunds, which are only walked every few days by one of our neighbors.) We tried to keep walking her as usual, but she barks with this sort of screaming bark and all of our neighbors come out of their houses and gawk at us. We do still walk her, but usually its around sunset at a neighboring elemantry school. I just wish she could go play outside during the day, and also I have to have my boyfriend there to walk Maximus as well because he comforts her. I feel terrible for her, and I was just wondering how I can go about getting her back out there. I know it's gonna be a long process and I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Is there anyone that can give some advice? I know the same thing HAS to have happened to other Doxies considering how brave this little breed is. Any and all advice is welcome. -And Kyah would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
Breianna
