Wolfie
- Gender: Male
- Age: 2 years 3 months
- Breed: Miniature Dachshund
- Color: Wildboar
- Color Gene:
- Coat: Wire
- Sire: Attaway 40 OZ
- Dam: OKHOTNICHIY GLADIATOR BANDA
- Health Testing Results
About Wolfie
Wolfie is a sweetheart but ALL wire personality the hunt is more important than anything. His favorite things are sticks, de-stuffing pillows, and crinkly or squeaky toys.
Sadly he will never be able to hunt like he was bred to do thanks to his breeder not treating his severely broken leg at 9 weeks old and claiming they did not even know when I discovered it within minutes of his arrival at 11 weeks old. Upon notifying his breeder of the x-ray results she stopped replying to my attempts at contact only confirming what I already assumed about their ethics as a breeder.
We watch him closely for signs that he has played too long or hard as he jumps, runs, and wrestles despite it and then pays the price later.
When we go on our daily pack walk he has learned to accept he will be carried which to him is such an insult but he is learning to enjoy using his nose during that time. I try to pick up on his body language going in the directions he seems most interested in smelling.
Despite being raised with siblings Wolfie seems to of missed out on socialization during those critical first 8 weeks. He has had to learn a lot of hard lessons about biting too hard and being aggressive toward adult male or alpha female dogs. All things our pups learn from an early age that he missed out on.
Wolfie does not play well with other males if there are females around. While he loves all the attention he can get he is not very patient with children so would be best suited for an adult-only home.
He loves going for short walks, stroller or car rides, and roughhousing with bigger dogs.
We have decided to not keep him as a breeding stud due to the faulty wire coats he throws despite having a perfect wire coat himself.
He is very easy to strip, bathe, trim nails, and clean teeth.