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I finally purchased my puppy last week on Tuesday. I have now owned him for one week and two days. So far everything is going fine. His name is Scotty Davis and he is a miniature dachshund. His official coloring is black and tan dapple but I think he is more of a black and gray dapple. He got his name from a movie and a person. His middle name, Davis (I didn't list the last name as it matches mine), comes from Korn singer Jonathan Davis. I figured that I have listened to Korn long enough now that I can finally have a pet named after one of the band members. Additionally, Scotty Davis just sounds interesting. Scotty lives with two other miniature dachshunds who both get their names from the movie EuroTrip. The two other dogs are female so they are appropriately named. I figured that Scotty would just fit right in with the other two dogs since he gets his name from the song "Scotty Doesn't Know" which is played throughout the movie. Anyway, I am still in the potty training phase which will hopefully end either this week or next week. He still makes mistakes but they tend to be really small. He has to go to the bathroom about once every 3-4 hours but, if he is playing on the floor, it is about once every hour. It shouldn't take him that much longer to learn as he seems like a smart dog. He is about one month ahead of his development cycle as he is already discovering his tale, he is recognizing his name, and he is beginning to come to me when I tell him so. Scotty is 8 weeks old now and he shouldn't start doing these things until he reaches 12 weeks old. Here are some pictures of Scotty.
Here is one of him wearing his walking harness for the first time:

Here is a picture of him sleeping in his bed on my bed:

Here he is playing with one of the other dogs on my bed:

Lastly, this is the first picture I took of him when I brought him home: