Second Hand Dachshunds I like to program a few hours at home until my notebook gets too hot to sit on my lap. I get alot done and it helps my work performance as it gets tough to sit and program for 7-9 freaking hours a day at my work desk. However that recently became hard because my girlfriend let her dad pawn off his crybaby black Dachshund on us.

I have yet to figure out how to discipline this dog who insists on sitting next to the door and howling whenever he knows someone is home. This is regardless of whether or not you go outside and spend a deal of time for him or not. This Dachshund is like a damned rooster as he starts howling at the door when the sun comes up hoping someone will go outside for their morning cigarette. He doesn't listen, he isn't trained and no amount of attention is enough to satisfy him.

I guess he's just lonely. I've thought about getting him a friend but that'd be two dogs and if it wasn't a solution then I'd probably just have more problems. We'll be giving him away soon but for Christ's sake I need to get some work done without this howling!

Ok....time to go to bed.  ¶ 10:57 PM