My partner and I adopted a 3 month old dachshund mix about 3 weeks ago. She is the cutest smartest little thing!! So far she’s been adapting well. She sleeps through the night, eats three meals a day, has been going potty on her pad in and out of her play pen (some accidents, mainly when she’s overly excited), and over all doing great! One thing we’re struggling with is redirect her biting. We of course have done our research (on this and raising a pup in general) and we know this is part of her teething and growing up/exploring. She has lots of chew toys that she loves, but for whatever reason once she notices our hands she wants to chew on them. It’s hasn’t been aggressive, but I’m worried she won’t outgrow it. Anything we’ve tried doesn’t really faze her. If we ignore her for a few second or put her in her own she barks, which is newly developed because it wasn’t much of a thing before. She is so smart and catches onto things quickly aside from this. she also can’t go out around other dogs because she’s not fully vaccinated, so I’m worried this will affect her as well. We both work full time and try our best to take her out her pen on our lunches, in the morning before work, and after and tire her out so she sleeps well and so far it’s great but I don’t want to be slacking as a dog mom! we want the best for her. We are first time puppy owners and appreciate any advice !
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