Please fill out our Adult Application Form if you are interested in one of our adults. We do not ship our adult dogs, as we prefer to keep them local in case they do not work out and need to be returned to us.
I may have other adults not pictured here, so feel free to send in the application form and let me know what you are looking for.
"Echo"
6 months old, born 1/24/24
black/tan longhair female
Parents are Turtle and Newt
Echo has a fun, outgoing personality- she is very happy and energetic! She has completed her puppy vaccination series and has a current rabies vaccination with certificate good for one year. She is ready to join her new family!
$1000
From time to time, we have older puppies and adult dogs available and looking for forever pet homes. These are either dogs that are retired, or maybe a dog that does not fit into our breeding program at this time. As hard as it is to place our beloved dogs, we feel that it is in their best interest to be placed in a loving, forever home where they can have a family all to themselves that will love and spoil them rotten. We have had great success with our placed adults and receive updates regularly from their families.
Our dogs are social with us and get along well with other dogs. Because they are by nature hunters, I would not suggest an adult dog for a home with small animals such as cats, rabbits, guinea pigs etc.
We do not have children ourselves, so we cannot say how our dogs will do around them. Because of this, we prefer not to place our dogs in homes with small children.
Our adults will be current on vaccines and heartworm preventative. They will be spayed/neutered unless being purchased as a breeding prospect.
As far as house-training, most of our dogs know how to use a doggy door to go outside, so transitioning to a new home should be fairly easy with patience and consistency. As our dogs do not live in the house with us full-time,
until they adjust to their new surroundings. Please be willing to allow your new companion the time needed to adjust to its new home. This may take several months. Do not expect the dog to be adjusted in one week's time.
Remember, a well-cared for dachshund can live to be 15-18 yrs old, so a 5-7 yr old dog still has many years of love to give you.
A note about older puppies: As you may have noticed from our website, we are quite stringent about the homes our puppies go to. This, we believe, is something required of us as breeders and is essential to keeping our practices ethical. As a result of this, some of our puppies stay with us a bit longer while we wait for their perfect lifetime homes to come along. This is not a problem for us--we love our puppies and are always happy to love on them just a bit longer.
However, there is a pervasive assumption that older puppies are somehow less valuable or worthwhile. Let us tell you as people who are thoroughly experienced in puppy life stages, older puppies will not disappoint. They are typically easier to train, their personalities are already evident, and they are through with their most frustrating puppy stages. They have had all their puppy shots and their immune systems are stronger at 12 weeks and up.
Furthermore, no dog is too old to train. Some much older dogs can be set in their ways but they are not untrainable. To be sure, trainability can be attributed more to personality rather than age. In fact, in our experience, older puppies are easier to train than younger ones--that applies to potty training, as well as basic training (e.g., sit, stay, down) and tricks. It's a common misconception that you need a puppy to be younger in order to instill proper training. The cognitive abilities of older puppies are more advanced and their concept of "right and wrong," so to speak, is more developed. The AKC recommends potty training no earlier than 12 weeks. Potty training is significantly easier (and less frustrating) with a puppy that is 5-11 months of age. Many of our dogs were purchased outside of their so-called "ideal puppy age" and we found their transition to be significantly easier and we know we did not miss out on anything with these guys (another major misconception). A bond with an older puppy, or even a senior adult, can be just as strong as a bond started with a puppy at 10 weeks of age. So, please do not give in to the stereotypes and overlook these precious puppies. Besides, we're all above stereotypes, right?
(used with permission from AstonAcresDachshunds.com)
Please fill out our Adult Application Form if you are interested in one of our adults. We do not ship our adult dogs, as we prefer to keep them local in case they do not work out and need to be returned to us.
I may have other adults not pictured here, so feel free to send in the application form and let me know what you are looking for.
