OUR NEW MINIATURE DACHSHUND - FRANK!

 



Oh my! August has been a crazy month as we welcomed a new family member – a miniature dachshund puppy we’ve called Frank (Frankie)!

He’s absolutely adorable & such a friendly little fella who’s settled into our home & lives so well.

He’s friendly, feisty, fun & loveable and we all adore him – that is except for our 6 year old Cavachon Dora!!!!! 


Dora is the sweetest dog,  but she definitely took a while to get used to a new puppy in the house and wasn’t the friendliest towards him at first. Frank on the other hand just wanted desperately to be her friend & play with her!!!

However, she is warming towards him more & more each day. I wouldn’t say she loves him yet but she’s getting used to him!!

I really had forgotten just how tying a new puppy is though, I feel like I’ve got a newborn!!!!

He’s been excellent with toilet training & he sleeps right through at night which is great, but his energy levels are on another level!!!!

 

The first few weeks with a new puppy is always a whirlwind but Frankie seems to be on another level of whirlwinding!!!!! Luckily, I’m off work for a few weeks in the summer holidays so I’ve been at home constantly with him but oh my!!! I’m exhausted!

It will take a while to get to the stage where we can’t take our eyes off him for a second. One of the main concerns with Dachshunds is looking after their backs and unfortunately Frank has absolutely no fear so we’ve got to watch him like a hawk!!!!!

But we’ve completely fallen in love with him and he immediately became part of our family!
  

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