Arkansas Dachshunds von Picketthaus

01/10/2024

My sweet babies! They are absolutely beautiful, and so unique! I am so happy with how they have grown and how their colors have turned out!

They're getting close to having new homes soon! Turkey is still looking for his 🏡 hit me up if you waht more info! He's the calmest, quietest and most introverted of the litter, but he warms up quick and just wants to lay in a lap...Any lap lol. Also, remember If you or your kids have pet allergies- wirehair is the way to go! ❤

01/10/2024

**Autumn (white girl on the left) has been claimed, but Turkey boy is still available**

SHOCKED that these 2 babies still haven't been claimed! They'll be sad next week if they don't have homes to go to 😭

01/04/2024

***Autumn is available***

Silky= Long flowy hair with no shedding. Say what?! Silkies are a wire type. Wires don't shed. So you get the long soft hair without seeing it all over your black sweater 🤣 They're also considered hypoallergenic. Unline longhair, Silkies grow long hair on their faces and- everywhere.
This girl will be a stunner! Message me for more info!

01/02/2024

Ladies and Gents:
Turkey is available for a home! He will be ready 1/18. Wirehair=no shedding. Typically they are also considered hypoallergenic bc of their non shedding tendencies and that they don't have the same dander as other dogs.

Also- I am expecting a litter in February that will be ready in April, but those are the only babies I'm expecting between now and then. Message me if you want more info on this sweet boy!

01/01/2024

Happy New Year from the babies!!

If you're on my waitlist and haven't been contacted but are interested in a baby, contact me!

12/29/2023

This girl went on a car ride today and I just had to capture her little freckles 😍 her ticking is really starting to show itself lately!

I have been sending messages to a few of you, so make sure you check your inbox so that I don't move on to message someone else! 😭

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas from the Thanksgiving puppies! I am pretty sure with each litter I say "this is my favorite litter", but my Lanta. I love them.

After I get my house put back together I'll start making contact with some of you this week! I'm pretty certain on coat types now (except I'm only 85% sure on 2 🤣).

12/23/2023

My sweet old friend from Oklahoma border has this girl that just came available if you want a puppy tomorrow lol.

12/21/2023

When you try to have a cute and festive photo shoot and the puppies do not understand the assignment. 😑 may have to adapt and try this one again...

12/20/2023

12/19/2023

I mean. I just have no words. 💛💛💛

12/17/2023

I love getting pics of my grandpuppies! Yall show me my babies!!

12/12/2023

Artificial light is not best for pictures 😑 blurry, shadows that make their super dark eyes not visable- it's the best I can do when it's cold lol.

Still confused about coats. One I thought was wirehaired I now think is shorthaired, and one i thought was shorthaired I now think is wirehaired. I think we are def going to see ALL 4 COAT TYPES (if you include silky) in this litter, which is absolutely my fave when that happens.

12/07/2023

The babies will be 2 weeks old tomorrow, and I'm even more confused on coats than I was. I thought I had it pretty narrowed down last week, but not now. So now I'm labeling them either long/silky or short/wire 🤣🤣 I'm not 100% certain on any of them!

But can we talk about the markings?!

12/05/2023

Me: Hey Beans! You're going to get to have a hot date with a new gf this week! I'll be hone after work to pick you up and take you for a visit!

Also me: Pulls up in the driveway and sees Beans rolling on and chewing on a deer hide that is what...a week or more old?

Beans: i want her to like me for me.

😑🙄😬

12/04/2023

Hey friends! Some of you have asked if I will have puppies before Christmas, and I will not. However, I have a breeder friend over the edge of Oklahoma that has 2 babies that will be ready in 2-3 weeks. They are shorthaired and one male, one female. He typically will meet in western Arkansas around Fort Smith. If you want any info let me know!

11/30/2023

I mean, I might as well show you the ears now too lol

11/29/2023

Sometimes I post pics more often then others, depending on what's going on in my life. But even though you may not see proof all the time, I'm obsessed with my dogs and puppies.
As a breeder who is OBSESSED with genetics and learning and helping others to learn, my phone has a lot of wierd pics like this. 🤣🤣
I cant tell you how much time I spend taking ear and coat and feet pics, especially in litters with mixed coats. I keep these pictures and have albums full of them for reference. 🤣 like..I'm insane. But pictures like these have helped me and others more times than I can tell you. It's a wierd life, but someone has to do it 🤣

11/27/2023

Some of my beautiful grand puppies. Like snowflakes- no two colored the same lol

11/26/2023

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11/26/2023

Alright, the moment we have been waiting for since Thanksgiving-

I present, my genetically confusing piebald puppies from my dog that came from two visually non piebald parents and is also visually not piebald. 🤯🤯 if you are a genetics person like me then you understand why I was shocked by these pups lol. If I promised you traditional colored puppies, all I can say is..my bad 🙈

11/25/2023

Dash is in his new home today, and I couldn't be happier!! I wont share too many details because I think there is still some surprising to do, but it is a happily ever after story that I couldn't have planned any better. ❤ (had to post a pic of his car riding because he has come along way in the car lol)

11/24/2023

Hey friends! Ok so my last post about Dash was maybe a little TOO transparent and maybe unclear, so I wanted to clear some things up.
I do not think Dash has a medical condition lol. I think he is a small boy, he was one of the smallest in the litter, and I think maybe his esophagus is a little more narrow than his brother's and sisters. I do not believe he has a medical condition, and I fully expect him to grow out of this as he gets bigger and his throat grows. I have discounted him from $800 to $600, and the ONLY reason for discounting him is because he may have to eat canned food (which is a little more expensive) OR softened kibble, which is a little more effort than throwing kibble into a bowl and leaving him to it, and also because if you hsve other dogs then you may have to keep him away from their kibble, which i understand can be a hassle. Those are rhe only reasons for discounting him, not because hes broken. 🤣
I have been feeding Purina Puppy Chow this week, softening it in water while I shower and get ready for the day, and then I feed it to him by pouring out a little at a time on a plate, so that he has to slow down. It takes a total of maybe 1.5 minutes for him to eat a 1/8 cup of food and water. I am not mushing it, I'm not making a slurry or a liquid.
He has had no gagging, regurgitating, choking, aspirating, puking- nada- since I started giving him only softened food on Tuesday. The last time he had an episode was from be giving him around 1/8 of a cup of hard crunchy kibble without softening. And he puked it all up in whole pieces. I firmly believe his issue is eating too fast and not chewing and its getting clogged in his throat. I have had other past puppy parents get their dogs Maze Feeders for this same reason. And their dogs learned to slow down and they're fine.
He is a beautiful healthy boy, his colors and confirmation are beautiful (it's hard to find others with coloring as light as his), and he is gaining weight and is learning to be crate trained (already trained for night time).
I have made a pretty good reputation for myself as being upfront and honest and trustworthy, so I guarantee you (and many puppy parents on this page can attest), if I thought he had an actual medical condition I would keep him or find him a home for free. However, that is not the case.
I appreciate all of you asking about him, and your concern, and those of you who have sent info about Megaesophogus. I have learned a lot through this week and in spending significant amounts of 1 on 1 time with him, I can confidently say that I firmly believe it's a dietary issue of eating too fast, not chewing, and possibly having a skinnier throat that will grow as he grows.
If you or someone you know may be a good fit for him, please let me know! I will be posting him outside of this page today in efforts to find him a home so that he doesn't get too used to us being his family. And I promise as soon as Dash finds his perfect home and I'm able to focus on new puppy pics, i'll post them and their Thanksgiving names lol

11/23/2023

Fizzy had THANKSGIVING PUPPIES!! I'll post pics when I'm no longer in shock. They're not at all what I was expecting!! 😃😃😃 til then, we will be thinking of Thanksgiving themed names. Trying to decide which one will be called Turkey 🤣🤣

11/22/2023

Alrighty friends. While I'm waiting on Fizzy to pop, let me talk about Dash! He has come available at a discounted price! Y'all know I like to be transparent, so for anyone who may be interested, let me tell you what's going on with him.

All the siblings started going to homes last week and by the weekend I noticed that Dash hadn't been eating as much and was looking a little skinny. He acted fine otherwise, so I thought he was being dramatic about his siblings leaving. That happens all the time and he was still eating small amounts, so i wasnt worried. He went to his new home Sunday, puked in the car on the way, I thought he was carsick, happens all the time, again no biggie. Monday evening I picked him up from his new home because he regurgitated every time he ate. I was scared to death and so was his new family. I've had him since Monday evening and have been evaluating, testing, observing, researching, and talking online to vets and other breeders (bc ive never heard of anything like this). Here's my diagnosis (since let's be honest...I could probably nail it better than some of the vets around here 😬😬 but pretend I didn't say that):
He has a narrow esophagus. When he eats his hard kibble he doesn't chew it, he swallows whole, which is typical puppy behavior. The food gets stuck In his throat and he has to regurgitate it because it can't go down. Once he gets it all up, he's ok, but during the process he gags and heaves. So, since Monday I've been feeding him a variety of things- I started with beef broth and puppy milk replacer. He didn't have any issues. Then I changed to canned dog food- no issues. Then I changed to hard kibble soaked in water until soft- no issues. I've given him hard kibble one piece at a time with no issues.
This is something he could possibly outgrow as he gets older, or he could not outgrow it and always have to eat soft food. This doesn't affect his health or lifespan in any other way. He may stay thin since he can't gorge on food, but for dachshunds it is better for their backs to be thin anyway. He needs a home where he can be fed canned food or softened hard kibble, a home where other hard kibble isn't left out for other dogs, and he prob needs to continue to be fed twice a day. Also, it's prob best if he's at a home where dog puke doesn't make you puke, just in case he ever eats your food that falls in the floor and it's too big for him to swallow. 🤣 if I thought he wasn't healthy I would keep him, but I am totally confident that with the right home he will live to a very ripe old age. Let me know if you want videos or more pics (thought I would include the one of him peeing just bc he's being a good boy and going outside lol). Also we have been working on kennel training the last 2 days and he no longer screams bloody murder when he's kenneled, so thats also a plus lol.

11/22/2023

So this morning when I got up, fizzy was all sprawled out like she just had the best night's sleep ever. So we had a talk and this is what she told me:

Dot and Pearl and Nugget all had babies ON the 4th of July. And they always rub it in and tell me how cool they are because they had holiday babies. So I was just thinking, hey! It's so close to Thanksgiving, I'm just going to refuse to go into labor until Thanksgiving so that I can ruin everyone's plans and then have my own holiday babies to brag about.
And then she used her fingers to make a hashtag and said
😑🙄 can you tell I'm losing it?

11/20/2023

Today is Fizzy's due date 😃 but no puppies 😑 I don't think she understood the assignment. Due dates are to keep me sane. When we go past due dates I make everyone around me crazy from anxiety and anticipation.
Looking forward to seeing what Fizzy and Beans made! If there a solid black wirehair I might just flip out. 🤣 I've never seen one, and a Scottish terrier looking ween would just be too much to handle 😍

11/15/2023

Hey friends! I don't ever do this, but I was just wrecked this morning when I found out that one of my Fizzy puppy parents is having to take a pause on life to deal with some very scary medical issues with her husband. Please take a moment to read her story and say some prayers for their family. I know that they are appreciated ❤

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