FAQ

Get in touch through the contact form, by text or by email and tell us which puppy you are interested in. We will talk through your home, your schedule and what you are looking for in a companion, and if it is a good match we will hold the puppy for you with a deposit.

Our puppies run from $2,305 to $3,950, and every price is listed openly on the puppy itself — you should never have to ask. What moves the figure is the litter and the parents behind it: the registry, the certifications those parents carry, and how sought-after that particular pairing is. It is not a surcharge for an unusual coat. Ask us about any puppy and we will tell you exactly why it is priced where it is.

Deposits hold a specific puppy and are non-refundable, but they are transferable to another available puppy if your circumstances change before pickup. Full terms are in our sales agreement.

They are three separate registries, and our puppies come from all three depending on the litter — each listing says which. The AKC is the oldest and most widely recognised in the United States, and its registration is the one most buyers know. APRI and ACA are smaller registries with less stringent requirements. Registration of any kind records a dog's pedigree; it is not a health certification and it is not a quality guarantee from any of the three. Judge the parents and the paperwork, not the acronym.

A miniature Dachshund is 11 pounds and under at twelve months. We give an estimated adult weight on every listing based on the parents and the puppy's growth so far, and it is an estimate rather than a promise — a puppy that finishes a pound or two either side is normal. Where a puppy has a parent in the "tweenie" range of 12 to 15 pounds, we say so on the listing, because that puppy may well finish above the miniature line.

A three-year guarantee against life-threatening congenital and hereditary defects, backed by a veterinary health certificate issued before your puppy travels. Full detail, including where we stand on IVDD specifically and the conditions you need to meet to keep the guarantee valid, is on our health guarantee page.

Intervertebral disc disease is the most common serious health problem in Dachshunds. The gene that gives the breed its short legs also makes the spinal discs harden and become brittle years earlier than in other dogs, so a disc can bulge or rupture into the spinal canal — causing pain and, in bad cases, hind-leg paralysis. It is usually treatable and many dogs recover fully, but treatment can be expensive. No Dachshund line is free of it, and any breeder who tells you theirs is should not be trusted. What genuinely reduces the risk is within your control: keep the dog lean, stop it jumping off furniture, use a ramp, carry it on stairs, lift it with the back supported, and walk from a harness rather than a collar.

No, and no responsible Dachshund breeder does. Dapple is the breed's mottled coat pattern. Breeding two dapples together produces "double dapples", a pairing that causes deafness, malformed or missing eyes and blindness in a large share of the resulting puppies. A dapple should only ever be paired with a non-dapple, which is how ours are paired. This is the single most useful question you can ask any Dachshund breeder — if they cannot tell you the dapple status of both parents, walk away.

Yes — age-appropriate DHPP doses and deworming are complete when your puppy leaves us, and the full record travels with them. Your vet continues the series to sixteen weeks, then rabies. See our vaccinations page for the schedule.

Carry them up and down while they are growing, and fit a gate at the top. In adulthood, occasional careful stair use is not the thing that ruins a Dachshund's back — repeated jumping down from height is. If you only change one habit, put a ramp at the sofa and the bed and train the puppy onto it from the first week. A dog that learns a ramp as a puppy uses it for life.

A pin brush twice a week and a metal comb through the feathering. It is silky rather than woolly and does not mat badly, but it does mat in four specific places: behind and under the ears, in the armpits, on the trousers at the back of the hind legs, and on the tail plume. Check those every time. Bath every six to eight weeks and dry thoroughly. The coat does not come in properly until around four months, so your puppy will look considerably plainer than the adult you are picturing.

Yes, comparatively. Dachshunds are among the slower breeds at this and it is not a reflection on you. They are small, so their bladders are small; they are independent, so "because you asked" carries little weight; and they genuinely object to going out in the rain. Plan for months rather than weeks, be consistent, and have a covered spot or an indoor tray as a wet-weather backup.

Yes. They were bred to bark loudly enough to be located several feet underground, and they have not forgotten. They will announce the post, the doorbell and anything passing the window. It can be managed with training, but it cannot be trained out, and it is worth thinking about seriously if you share a wall with neighbours.

Good with considerate older children and generally fine with other dogs, particularly when raised alongside them as ours are. Toddlers are the genuine concern, and not because of temperament — a Dachshund dropped by a small child who has picked it up badly is a spinal injury. If you have very young children, the rule has to be that the dog is only ever on the floor or on a lap, never carried by them.

Two short walks a day suits an adult, and steady flat walking is ideal because it builds the muscle that supports the spine. Puppies need less — roughly five minutes per month of age, twice daily. Avoid repetitive twisting games while the growth plates are open, and keep them on a lead anywhere unfenced: a scent hound that catches a trail stops listening entirely.

Yes, nationwide, either by ground transport or by flight nanny — a courier who carries your puppy in the cabin as accompanied baggage. You are also welcome to collect in person, which is what we prefer where it is practical.

No. Dachshunds are not a snub-nosed breed and are not subject to the cargo restrictions that apply to those, so this is our choice rather than an airline rule. A cargo hold means hours of noise, temperature swings and no one checking on a puppy that has just left its litter. Every flight we arrange is in-cabin with a nanny.

Each puppy has its own available-from date, listed on its page. We do not release puppies before eight weeks under any circumstances.

We limit in-person visits to families who have reserved a puppy, and ask visitors to avoid contact with other dogs beforehand. Young puppies are not fully vaccinated, and parvovirus travels easily on shoes and hands. We are always happy to do a video call instead.