McPuddles Cuddle Waddles aka Mac is getting bigger.

[Solly Mack]

Then (April)



Now (June/July)






He is incredibly destructive but we love him.

[Laffy Kat]

1. OMG. What a sweetie! nt

[Solly Mack]

5. He is a sweetie but he relies on his cuteness to get away with his bad behavior.

It works most of the time.

[politicat]

21. My grandparents had Doxies. Who seem to have that trait. My gran channeled it.

During the winter, when it was too cold to go out (in rural Indiana, for, by then, elderly bones) she got my grandfather to bring her some of those tubular cardboard concrete forms and a lot of that stretchy plastic dryer vent. Doxies want to tunnel, and they want to chase things through tunnels (Badger and mole hounds, after all). She'd lay the tubes out around the house and get hers to run through the tubes. It kept them occupied and distracted from their destructive tendencies, and wore them out when they were young. And since she was an unapologetic table scraps feeder (the dogs had high chairs at the table) it kept them from getting too fat.

I think agility would probably be a good your little guy if you don't want to build a course for him.

That said, he's adorable and that second picture looks like a senior picture after his first, kindergarten pic. He's growing up into a properly obnoxious teenager! Good job!

[Laffy Kat]

23. I'm afraid with that face I would let him get away with murder.

[Solly Mack]

25. I do.

[Laffy Kat]

26. It just goes to show you...

Cuteness will get you everything.

[juxtaposed]

2. piss and vinegar is what he seem to be full of.

[Solly Mack]

7. You nailed it.

[Freddie]

3. He's gorgeous!

Dachshund? My best friend had one (sadly, Heidi's at the Bridge now). She was a sweet, friendly, very stubborn girl.

[Solly Mack]

8. Yes, he's a standard Dachshund. He is almost as big as my mini-Dachs already.

They are very stubborn. Must do things their own way.

[JHan]

4. oH i loooove the second pic

[Solly Mack]

9. He was posing. :)

[JHan]

11. Just add a top hat, a moustache and a monocle.. and he'll be Sir McPuddles Cuddle Waddles.

[Solly Mack]

12. He'd chew all of it before I could get the picture.

He does look older and wiser in that shot though.

[JHan]

13. I was thinking to do it photoshop :P But yeah he looks so dignified in that second pic.

[Solly Mack]

14. Ooh! Silly me.

My dogs have their own dresser filled with sweaters, dresses, hoodies, and T-shirts - so my mind goes to props.

[shenmue]

6. Squeee!!

[Solly Mack]

10. lol! I feel that way each time I look at him.

He melts my heart.

The other two dogs love him but they are all 3 jealous, so we are always in the floor in a pack love-fest.

[femmocrat]

15. Gosh, he's beautiful.

You can see the wheels turning behind those intelligent eyes! He might make a great obedience or agility dog. He is going to need plenty of stimulation.

[Solly Mack]

17. He's been outsmarting us for weeks now.

[brer cat]

16. He is such a handsome boy.

Destruction is a rite of passage, I think. I am sure he is mostly entertaining and that is so important. We have a cat and a dog, both of whom we threaten regularly with banishment, but they keep us laughing.

[Solly Mack]

18. We praise good behavior and redirect bad behavior. The same thing I did with human children when

I was teaching.

Worked on my other dogs.

Dachshunds are very stubborn, though. They do it their way and that's pretty much that.

[babylonsister]

19. Adorable, great pics, and his coat is beautiful! nt

[Solly Mack]

20. And it is so soft!

He's a sweetheart.

[Honeycombe8]

22. Aw. He's not destructive. You just value things differently than he does. nt

[Solly Mack]

24. lol! I like that!

[bettyellen]

27. OMG I love brindle and spots and doxies

[Solly Mack]

28. He's got it all. :)

lol

[ailsagirl]

29. What a beauty!

[lunamagica]

30. Awww, I'm melting!

[Solly Mack]

33. No worries. Mac will lick you up. :)

[Freddie]

31. In Allentown PA

A historically German (PA Dutch) city/region there is an Oktoberfest featuring lots of beer, food and a Dachshund Race. The entrants take this very seriously and train all year. The winner the year I went was a long-haired mini with the adorable name of Spartacus.

[Solly Mack]

32. How cool!

We were living in Germany when we got our mini-Dachs.

[Rhiannon12866]

34. He is just adorable!

I would love him, too!

[Solly Mack]

35. Hi! He is adorable even when I find my shoes ripped to pieces in my bed.

He hides the pieces under the blanket.

[Rhiannon12866]

36. Smart, too! (Just kidding!)

And that's why they make puppies so cute, so we can forgive the transgressions of their puppyhood. I had a puppy as a kid, have adopted older dogs ever since - until my Jack found me at five months. I'd forgotten how much work having a puppy could be, but it's been worth it since I intend to have him for a lot of years. He turned 11 three months ago, time flies! Two of my dogs have lived past 18, here's hoping that your adorable Mac is with you for at least that long, too...