Frozen kong was my go to. But yea, early crate training to have them get over separation anxiety is huge. My dachshund was hands down the hardest dog for me to crate and potty train but man it was worth it.

Lmao I instantly got this visual as well. Hopefully it wouldn’t go down exactly the same…

This is right on the money lol.

It's...it's rough ngl. I've been competing with my little dude for 4 years now for snuggle time with my lady and I have been losing decisively. I can't even be mad though, there's no beating that level of cuteness that is a cuddled up dachshund.

For your issue, i'm not above using a "Treat for time" trade off.

yup. This guy Dachshunds.

For Dachshunds at least...there is no growing out of it ever. Mine is 10 and I lost hope on this ever happening a couple of years ago, he's so cute it's absolute nonsense.

This is a dead on description. It's a weird juxtaposition that something can be so cute, yet so intense and brutal at the same time. It's almost like owning 2 dogs in 1 sometimes.