Miniature Dachshund Puppies for Sale in Delaware

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Miniature Dachshund Puppies for Sale in Delaware

If you are looking at Miniature Dachshund puppies for sale in Delaware, ours are raised in east central Ohio by The Puppy Lodge, a family program that has been working with this breed for more than thirteen years. Our dogs mature around eight to eleven pounds with the long low build the breed is known for, and they carry the personality that comes with it. They are bold, nosy about everything, deeply attached to their people, and happy to nap on a lap once the zoomies wear off.

Delaware sits about seven to eight hours east of our farm by road, which puts the whole state inside next day range for our delivery van. Wilmington, Dover, and the Sussex County beach towns are all an easy run for our transport team.

Available Miniature Dachshund Puppies
Healthy Miniature Dachshund puppy available in Delaware

Available Miniature Dachshund Puppies

Every puppy below is listed with its price, color, coat type, and sex, and you can reserve one directly on the page with a $200 deposit. That deposit is nonrefundable but it moves with you if you change your mind and pick a different puppy. Financing runs through Credova if you would rather spread the cost out, and we are glad to set up a FaceTime call so you can watch a puppy move around before you commit.

We do not keep a waitlist, so puppies go in the order they are reserved and a listing can be claimed the same morning it goes up. Upcoming litters are posted here too if you want to claim a pick before the puppies are born. Once a puppy is yours, we get on a call to sort out how it travels to Delaware.

Mini Dachshund puppy arriving at a family home in Delaware

Delivery to Delaware and Puppy Pickup Options

Delaware families have three ways to bring a puppy home, and we settle on one over the phone after the reservation goes through.

Home delivery is the option most of our Delaware buyers choose and the one we suggest. A professional pet transport service does the driving, not us. The puppy gets a carrier of its own in a climate controlled van, a vet check before the trip, and updates from the road. Delaware falls in our regional tier at around $350. Vans leave Ohio on Tuesday mornings and the East Coast leg is usually a next day arrival, so most families have their puppy within a few days of scheduling.

Farm pickup is worth considering if you are up in New Castle County and do not mind an overnight. The drive out to Fresno runs roughly seven to eight hours each way across the Pennsylvania Turnpike, so it is a two day trip for most people. Coming out means you meet the puppy's mother, walk the kennel, and go over the vaccination records, microchip registration, and health guarantee with us in person before you leave.

Flight nanny is the fastest route and gets the puppy to you the same day. Your puppy spends the flight in a soft carrier at a handler's feet rather than in a cargo hold, and meets you at baggage claim. Philadelphia International is the practical airport for most of the state and sits well under an hour from Wilmington, Newark, and Middletown. Families down in Kent and Sussex counties often find BWI in Maryland the shorter drive. Wilmington Airport has passenger service, though the schedule is limited to a single carrier and a short list of destinations, so it rarely lines up with a flight out of Ohio. Flight nanny is quoted per flight and costs more than the van. Size is never the obstacle with this breed since a mini dachshund is far under the twenty pound cabin limit with the carrier included, and we handle the health certificate before travel.

Want to learn more about adoption in other nearby states? We also deliver Miniature Dachshund puppies to Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

A Miniature Dachshund Puppy Breeder Serving Delaware

Delaware has very few breeders working with this breed at any scale, so most families here end up looking outside the state anyway. We are seven to eight hours west of you, which is far enough that you will probably meet your puppy at your front door rather than at ours, and that is the tradeoff. What you get in exchange is a program where the parent dogs, the occasional outside stud aside, are owned by us, genetically and health tested before they are ever bred, and chosen for temperament, pedigree, and structure.

Spinal soundness factors heavily into how we pair our Miniature Dachshunds, because the long back that made this breed good at following badgers underground is also the part that needs looking after for life. Testing and careful pairing lower the odds of disc trouble, though no breeder can rule the risk out entirely, and we would rather say that plainly. Our vet from Danville Veterinary Clinic comes out weekly to check the adult dogs and the new litters. ENS is a short daily handling routine that builds stress tolerance. Every puppy gets it from day three to day sixteen, then daily handling from the kids in our family and the start of potty and crate work before it goes home at eight weeks or later. Our guide on why Miniature Dachshunds are more than just adorable covers what to expect in the first year.

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Miniature Dachshund FAQs Of Delaware Families

Q: What does a Miniature Dachshund puppy cost, and what comes with it?

A: Our prices run from about $1,495 to $2,995 depending on color, coat type, genetics, and sex. Each puppy leaves with a written three year health guarantee, registration papers, a microchip registration, a vet exam and health record from Danville Veterinary Clinic, current shots and dewormings, a bag of the food it has been eating, and a blanket the puppy has been sleeping on. Full terms are on our health guarantee page. Delivery is billed separately at around $350 for Delaware.

Q: Will a mini dachshund be alright in a Wilmington apartment or a rowhouse?

A: Yes, with two things in mind. This breed does not need a yard and does fine in small spaces as long as it gets thirty to sixty minutes of walking and play a day, which the flat sidewalks around Trolley Square or the Riverwalk handle easily. The second thing is the barking. Dachshunds were bred to bark loud enough for a hunter to find them underground, so yours will announce the mail carrier. That is manageable with a routine, daily exercise, something to chew, and never rewarding the barking with attention of any kind. What you tolerate early becomes the habit, especially with neighbors on the other side of a wall.

Q: How do we protect our puppy's back living in an older Delaware home?

A: Weight is the biggest lever you have, so measured meals and limited treats matter more with this breed than most. After that it is the jumping. Getting on and off couches and beds is a common trigger for disc episodes, and an inexpensive ramp takes care of it. Older homes in Wilmington and Dover often have steep narrow staircases, so carry the puppy up and down rather than letting it run them. Use a harness instead of a collar on walks. Hard, repetitive exercise should wait until the puppy is over a year old. Reluctance to jump, stiffness after a nap, or yelping when picked up are worth a vet call right away.

Q: Which coats and colors do you raise?

A: We raise smooth and longhaired Miniature Dachshunds. Smooth coats need a brush once a week and longhaired coats need it several times a week, particularly behind the ears and down the chest. Both shed a moderate amount year round, so this is not a low shedding dog. Our colors include red, black and tan, chocolate and tan, blue, blue and tan, sable, and dapple and sable merle patterns. If you have questions about how the patterned coats are bred, give us a call and we will walk through it with you.

Q: Is a doxie a good fit for beach weekends in Rehoboth or Lewes?

A: They travel well and fit in a carrier without much trouble, so the drive down is simple. Flat sand and the boardwalk are good walking surfaces for a long backed dog, better than stairs or steep dune paths. Watch the heat on summer afternoons since a dog that low to the ground is close to hot sand, and rinse the salt off afterward. If you spend time in the wooded parks like Cape Henlopen or White Clay Creek, check for ticks after every outing and keep your vet's prevention plan current.

Q: Can we come see the kennel before we buy?

A: You are welcome to, by appointment, Monday through Saturday between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm. You can meet your puppy and its mother, though the father is not always on site, since we sometimes use an outside stud service to bring new bloodlines into the program. It is a long drive from Delaware, so plenty of families do a FaceTime call instead and see the puppy that way. Call or text us at 330-790-5007 and we will set either one up.