Akin's Miniature Dachshunds, LLC

08/17/2024

We have one sweet baby left from our Noree litter that will be looking for a family. She is an absolutely beautiful black and cream. If you have any questions please send me a PM. :)

08/09/2024

Our sweet and tiny Penelope and Stonee babies are 5 weeks old already! Seems like the last 5 weeks have flown by! All babies spoken for!

08/09/2024

Our beautiful Noree and Rowdy welcomed 5 beautiful babies on August 5th! We are so excited to watch these beauties grow!

08/03/2024

Our last teeny tiny girl that is available! If you are looking for small this girl would be it!

08/01/2024

Our teeny tiny Penelope and Stonee babies! We do have two still looking for families. If you are looking for a smaller dachshund this would be the litter! Full European lines! PM for information on available babies.

07/31/2024

COPIED from another breeder
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I AM A BREEDER...

My food receipts for my family of 4 and my dog food bills dont even compare . My electric has trippled, I have more whelping supplies than I do medicine and first aid supplies. I have vaccines in my fridge, incubators, nebulizers and oxygen tanks on hand, my vet on speed dial and puppy pens in my living room. My feet find the way to the puppy pens before I have even ate breakfast in the morning and the puppy pens are my last stop before bed. While my friends are on a cruise to the Bahamas and my family meets for Christmas I am home delivering or hand feeding puppies. All plans are made around heat dates, whelp dates, puppies going to their new homes and vet dates.

I am a Breeder, who has been covered in more bodily fluids from my dogs on more occasions than I care to admit. Cleaning products are my most favorite thing. Most of the time my conversations with friends revolves around my dogs. When I get exhausted and feel like I can't do another sleepless night hand feeding a puppy around the clock every 2 hours I remind myself religiously that the hand feeding is only temporary and the reward is coming.

I am breeder who sacrifices my own comfort to sleep on the floor next to a whelping pen so I can hear every time a puppy makes a squeak or to jump up in a panic making sure I didn't over sleep and not hear my alarm for the next 2 hour puppy feeding. Many people wouldn't understand how it feels to have invested hours and hours in a weak puppy to ultimately lose it and how it can feel the same as loosing a child or the joy I feel when all the invested hours have paid off in one that lives.

I am a Breeder, who has bottle fed, tube fed, syringe and even sponge fed a puppy doing whatever it takes… feeding every 2 hours and it taking 45 minutes to do it for weeks at a time to ensure it's survival. I have learned to be proficient at vaccinations, sub- q fluids, syringe feeding, warm water enemas, temperature taking and formulated and perfected my own puppy formula. My Vet knows me by my first name, knows my children, and has witnessed me cry countless times.

I am a Breeder, to me that 63 days takes on new meaning still excited by every new life. It is I whom delivers all my pups, towels and heating pads on ready, happiness and sadness sometimes intermingled. It is I who has breathed the first breath of life into a puppy who has refused to take that first breath. Even though it increases my work load, I look forward to the 14 day stage when eyes open, and puppies begin to emerge from the helplessness of newborns. Puppy breath, a first bark, and a heart of exploration. I am a conscientious lover of animals and I have found my niche.

I am a Breeder, and I am not cruel, dumb, uncaring or criminal, money hungry or greedy . I take great pride and responsibility for every life I bring into this world and ensure it goes to a wonderful, loving and perfect home, an extension of the same love and care they received while in my own home. I am not raking in money while sitting on my butt. Every penny I make I earn through blood, sweat, hard work and tears and most gets reinvested back into my program . My greatest joy is a healthy puppy and a wonderful home. The cards of thank you and the pictures of my puppies with their new families are the fringe benefits of my efforts.

I am an animal lover, vet tech, nanny, photographer, veterinarian, consultant, mentor, student, therapist, customer service representative, marketer and PROUDLY I AM A BREEDER!

07/16/2024

We have decided to start our waiting list back up! I do have a few things to ask that will be required to be on our waiting list

1. Please discuss with all family before asking to be added to our waitlist.

2. Please if you are on my list and find a puppy let me know so you can be removed from my waitlist.

3. Please be open to other colors besides dapples and creams. Yes, dapples and creams are beautiful but conformation, health, and temperament are also something you should be looking for. Not just color.

4. Please do not get on our waitlist until you are financially able to pay for and care for a puppy. If you fall into hard times I understand. Ask to be removed and get back on our list at a later date.

One thing I will add is that once I contact you I need an answer from you within 24hrs on if you want to potentially get a puppy from the litter I'm contacting you about or if you'd like to wait for a future litter. We have several exciting litters planned! :)

07/15/2024

Sneak peek of our beautiful Penelope/Stonee babies!

07/13/2024

07/12/2024

This sweet girl has found her family!

07/08/2024

All puppies have found forever homes!

07/07/2024

All 3 babies have found their families!

07/07/2024

🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛

Dear past & future puppy owners-

I loved them first. I thought of you years before you even realized. I planned for and cared about your baby long before you started thinking of adding to your family. I worried about your future with that puppy before you knew there would be one.
There were hours upon hours spent researching lines for the parents of your puppies. Going over breeder after breeder, choosing not only my pet but looking for a dog that will make you your pet. Worrying if you'd be happy, if I had chosen correctly and your puppy would grow up healthy and happy. Going over puppy after puppy with fellow breeders, running over my program with as many knowledgeable breeders as I can, determined to not miss anything. Tracing lines back as far as I could, learning the ins and outs not only for my knowledge but so that I was informed, prepared to go over every detail with you, to answer the questions that sometimes you don't even ask.
Then there's years of watching your puppies parents grow. Loving them and enjoying them as part of my family. Taking them every where I can, training them, socializing them, watching how they fill out. Asking myself had I made the right choice in both of them. Scrutinizing their conformation, how they move, and their temperament. There was the stress of health testing. Praying not only that my babies were healthy but that they had the genes to make your baby healthy.
Finally came the time to put your puppies parents together. For the next 63 days I worried, I obsessed, I grew excited. I watched your puppies mom like a hawk. Making sure my baby was okay, monitoring her diet better than I do my own. Concerned that she was getting enough of the right nutrients and that your growing baby was getting the best start possible. I spent hours on the couch, floor, and dog bed with her watching her tummy grow and anxiously waiting. As your baby and mine grew I laid my hands on her tummy and felt the first movements of your puppy. As the time grew close I spent every night with her. Making sure she didn't go into labor without me knowing, in case something went wrong and one of our babies needed help. When labor started my whole life stopped. I never left her. Your baby was born into my hands and I held my breath as I cleaned them up, cleared noses and mouths, checked them over, and wondered if you'd love them as much as I already did. I helped your babies brother when mom got tired and he was stuck. I cried when your babies sister didn't make it despite my best efforts, despite pleading with God to spare her and leave her with me to cherish.

For the first 8 weeks most of my life was filled with your baby. Watching them grow and making sure I was doing everything possible to make sure they started their lives the right way. Making sure each one was getting enough to eat, enough socialization time, that they were dewormed and given their shots. I was the first person they saw when they opened their eyes. I spent my weeks playing with them and keeping them safe.
I searched for you and interviewed you. As you spoke I tried to read your character. Would you love them as much as I do? Would you bring them in as part of your family? Would you care for this tiny life that I brought into this world that I am responsible for? Some of you were turned away but some of you were welcomed into our family. The day you took your baby home was harder than I'd ever let on. I was excited for you but I was also terrified. Had I chosen correctly? Were you who you seemed to be?
My love and worry didn't end there. I thought about your baby regularly, saddened when I didn't get updates, ecstatic when I did. I hoped you were caring for your baby the way I care for mine. I answered your questions happily and answered them again just as happily to your babies siblings new parents. Just as I will be here and answer them for you for their entire lives. When your puppies sister ate a couch I stayed up that night she was at the vets, waiting to hear that she was okay. When their brothers parents decided he no longer fit in their life I welcomed him home, sorry that I had chosen wrong for him and promised him it would never happen again as I had let him down.
I loved your baby first and I will never stop.
~Author Unknown~

07/03/2024

Our beautiful Penelope welcomed 7 beautiful babies into the world yesterday. Unfortunately one baby did gain it's wings but momma and the remaining 6 babies are doing really well! Penelope LOVES her babies and is a wonderful momma!

07/03/2024

Such a sweet girl!

07/01/2024

If all goes well Daizee and Mister T will be expecting a litter early September!

07/01/2024

Noree and Rowdy are expecting a litter early August!

07/01/2024

We are expecting Full European lines very soon!

06/30/2024

Oh that sweet little face!

06/27/2024

Meet Akin's Heart Like A Truck aka Lainey. Lainey is out of Ivee and Stonee! She is a future momma for us here at Akin's Miniature Dachshunds.

06/27/2024

Beautiful girl!

06/27/2024

Isn't she precious!?!?! (Has a home)

06/26/2024

Ohhhh this boy is so precious! (Has a home)

06/26/2024

When will my forever family come?
(EDIT - she has a family).

06/26/2024

Waiting for her forever family!

06/26/2024

This beautiful girl has ears for days! (Has a home).

06/25/2024

As a reminder NO puppies are held unless a deposit is placed.