cctumby
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New to the forum hoping to get some help from other doxie parents out there! I've always had dachshunds so I'm not new to their quirky behaviors. I had 2 doxies & 1 sheltie together. My alpha wean passed away 2 years ago and then my sheltie went to the rainbow bridge last year which left Wally boy by himself. Wally is 6 yrs, was a very sweet and gentle passive wean. Has never shown dominance or aggression until we rescued a puppymill dachshund 2 months ago. Hope is between 2~3 years old and luckily passive. Wally started resource guarding the couch. He attacks her when she puts her paws on the couch asking to get up. Luckily, I know now to catch him before he goes buzurk but unfortunately I am not always in view of the couch. It's getting progressively worse. Now he starts his stare down when she walks into the room and wants to go after her. He guards the pantry sometimes and my sleeping pillows. I tell him no and grab his scruff which does absolutely nothing he is so fixated on her. I've never had a dachshund like this and was not his personality with his previous sisters, he was the bottom of the pack. I think he is annoyed/jealous and he wants her gone. On the flip side, Hope has severe, severe, severe separation anxiety and Wally has to listen to her bark the entire time I am gone which I try to limit to 2 hours at most during the week. Hope does not sleep through the night and wants to get everyone up starting at 3am. I have to sleep on the floor because she wants to jump off the bed and then Wally follows and I don't want either one of them to hurt their back. I pick her up and tell her to go back to sleep and this is ongoing every 20 minutes (chasing weans around) until I give in at 540am and get up for good. Hope wants to eat the carpet, toenails and has nervous energy. Since it's cold out I run her around in the house. When it does warm up we go on two, 2 mile walks/runs and it still does not settle her down. I'm at my wits end with these two nut cases. I love them to death just never had issues like this with my dachshunds. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would like to sleep more than two hours a night Also, they have both been checked for health issues which neither one has any.