It took quite a bit of convincing for my husband to believe that we were ready to welcome a puppy into our lives in Chile. I had wanted one for years now so I was beyond excited when he finally said yes. That is when the search began. I knew exactly what I wanted: a long-haired miniature dachshund. My family back in Colorado has always had long-haired doxies and I just love them so much. We also really wanted a mini because we currently live in an apartment in Santiago, the 6 million-person capital of Chile, and figured having a mini would be better.






We had to wait a few weeks after that first visit before we could pick her up. The only thing my husband and I wanted was to have her. We just couldn’t wait. Now it has been over 2 months since we received her and it seems like we have had her forever, like she always existed in our lives. Our lives have changed quite a bit—we come home for lunch every day to play with her, we have to wake up early on the weekends to take care of her & maintain her schedule, we take her out in the evenings and we try to train her every day too. My husband is the official trainer of the house, every morning he wakes up and teaches her how to sit, stay, come, rollover, etc. At the young age of 4 months old, she had already learned a variety of tricks and surprises us with how quickly she continues to learn more. We train her in English as the words are more concise. For example, sit becomes siéntate, which just has too many syllables. Plus we plan to eventually move back to the States and figure it will just be easier if she knows the commands in English. We made a special video for Who’s Your Dachshund of the tricks that Dulcinea performs. We hope you enjoy her little show!