Real Dog Mom Life ✦ Chiweenie Owner
Best Products for Chiweenies,
Dachshund Mixes & Dameranians
What I actually buy for Boomer and Ollie — tested, approved, and in our house right now.
These are the best products for Chiweenies and Dachshund mixes — tried, tested, and currently living in our house. Boomer is my Chiweenie — a lover, a squeaker of toys, and a surprisingly dedicated chewer for such a little guy. Ollie is his Dameranian (Pomeranian-Dachshund mix) best friend — and Ollie will destroy anything that isn’t bolted to the floor.
After a lot of trial and error (and a pile of destroyed beds, chewed harnesses, and wasted money), these are the products I’ve landed on. Everything on this list is something I actually own and use. No fluff, no filler — just what’s working in our house right now.
📦 BarkBox — Best Subscription Toy for Chiweenies
1barkbox.com — for gentle chewers like Boomer
Every month BarkBox delivers a themed box with 2 toys, 2 bags of treats, and a chew — all sized for your dog. Boomer gets the regular BarkBox and the toys are genuinely creative and fun. He gets so excited when the box arrives that he tries to help me open it. Treats are made in the USA or Canada, and every month’s theme is different so it never gets stale.
💪 Super Chewer — Best Chew Toy for Chiweenies Who Destroy Everything
2barkbox.com/super-chewer — for heavy chewers like Ollie
Outer toy. Going fast.
Inner toy. Also gone in 30 min.
Regular BarkBox toys don’t stand a chance with Ollie. I have a photo of what he did to one in under 30 minutes. Super Chewer is BarkBox’s subscription specifically for heavy and aggressive chewers — toys are rubber and nylon, built to actually last. Each box includes 2 fluff-free tough toys, 2 full-size bags of treats, and 2 bags of chews. Treats are free from wheat, corn, and soy.
If your Dachshund mix destroys everything in minutes, skip straight to this one. Don’t waste money on regular plush toys first — I learned that the hard way.
🔥 Best Chew for Chiweenies — Mika & Sammy’s Smoked Beef Marrow Bone
3Buy direct: mikaandsammys.com — small size for dogs under 20 lbs
Both my boys go absolutely crazy for these. Real smoked beef marrow, no artificial preservatives, and the small size is specifically for dogs under 20 lbs — so it’s the right scale for a Chiweenie or Dachshund mix to actually hold and work on.
The best part? They’re slow smoked at low temperature which actually strengthens the bone so it won’t splinter. I buy the small size directly from their website — it’s a small family-owned business and the quality is noticeably better than mass-produced alternatives. Your house will smell like a barbecue for a little while. Your dog will not care even a little.
🛏️ Best Chew-Proof Bed for Chiweenies — Kong
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Before: a regular bed.
After: Kong bed. Almost a year later.
Let me tell you how bad it was before this bed: Boomer can put a hole in a regular dog bed in minutes. Not an exaggeration. He chews, he digs, he destroys. I went through two beds in a single month before I finally found the Kong Chew-Proof bed.
I’ve had this one for almost a year. No holes from chewing. No holes from digging. Still completely intact. The reinforced ripstop material is seriously tough, and somehow it’s still genuinely comfortable — he curls right up and goes to sleep.
It’s so comfortable, in fact, that my cat has claimed it as her own spot too. I have pictures of her stretched out in it like she paid for it herself. 😂 When your cat is jealous of the dog bed, you know you picked a good one.
Here’s something worth knowing about Dachshunds and Dachshund mixes: they were literally bred to dig. The name Dachshund comes from German — Dachs means badger, Hund means dog. Badger dog. That’s the whole job description right there.
Starting in 17th-century Germany, hunters needed a dog that could chase badgers and rabbits underground — into tight, narrow burrows that no other dog could follow them into. So they bred a dog with a long body, short powerful legs, and large paddle-like paws built for digging. The loose skin protected them from bites in confined spaces. The deep chest gave them enough lung capacity to work underground. Even their floppy ears were purposeful — they kept dirt out while the dog was tunneling. And they were bred with a loud, booming bark so that hunters standing above ground could track exactly where their dog was underneath them.
Every single physical trait these dogs have was engineered for going underground after something. So when your Dachshund mix is destroying your flower bed — that’s not bad behavior. That’s 400 years of selective breeding doing exactly what it was designed to do. The goal isn’t to stop the digging. It’s to give it a better outlet.
Give Them a Better Place to Dig
🏡 Best Dig Solution for Chiweenies and Dachshund Mixes
5Dollar General, Walmart, or Amazon — small plastic kiddie pool + play sand or dirt
If your Dachshund mix is tearing up your yard, the most effective thing you can do is give them a designated place to dig and teach them that’s their spot. This genuinely works — you’re not fighting the instinct, you’re redirecting it somewhere you actually want them to be.
You don’t need to spend much at all. A small plastic kiddie pool from Dollar General ($5–10) filled with play sand or plain dirt is everything you need. Bury a few treats or a favorite toy before they go outside, let them discover it, praise them every time they dig there, and redirect from anywhere else. Once they figure out their dig box always has treasure and the flower bed never does, they’ll choose the box every time.
If you have a Chiweenie or Dachshund mix on a small homestead like ours, Ollie has plenty of space to express his opinions about the earth — but even in a small yard, a corner dig box solves the problem fast and saves your landscaping.
😭 The indoor hiding problem (aka the Boomer situation)
Boomer doesn’t just dig outside. He also has very strong feelings about saving things for later — and a very dramatic way of expressing them.
Give him a treat, a bone, even a carrot — anything he decides is too precious to eat right now — and he will cry. Not whine. Cry. Full Chiweenie tears, pacing around the house with it in his mouth, desperately searching for somewhere safe to stash it. The couch cushions get pawed at. A blanket gets nudged over it. Eventually he pushes it into the corner of his bed and covers it with his nose. The burial ritual is very serious and very thorough.
And then Ollie eats it. Every. Single. Time. And Boomer acts genuinely betrayed — as if Ollie hasn’t done the exact same thing approximately four hundred times before.
The digging instinct doesn’t stop at the back door for these dogs. It lives indoors too — just with couch cushions and blankets instead of dirt. If your Chiweenie or Dachshund mix does this, you are not alone. It is simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious. 🐾
💬 I need your help with this one
I have not cracked the indoor version of this problem. If you have a multi-dog household and you’ve found something that lets a small dog stash a treat safely — a toy, a box, a dedicated spot, anything — please drop it in the comments. Boomer and I are actively taking suggestions. He will probably cry with gratitude.
🍗 Best Dog Food for Chiweenies — Ollie Fresh
6share.ollie.com — starter discount for new customers
Ollie
Boomer
I know dog food feels like an odd product recommendation, but this one genuinely changed things for us. Since switching both boys to Ollie, their energy is better, their coats are shinier, and — I’ll just say it — the cleanup is a lot more manageable. Better ingredients in means less mess out.
Meals are customized based on your dog’s breed, age, weight, and activity level and delivered right to your door. Boomer goes absolutely wild for it, which is saying something for a picky Chiweenie. And Ollie — a dog who will eat literally anything — acts like it’s the best meal of his life every single time.
🦺 One more thing: harnesses for escape artists
Ollie went through five harnesses before we found one that actually held him. He’s 18 lbs — too big for small, too small for medium in most brands — and he can twist himself out of practically anything. If your Dachshund mix is the same way, I’m writing a whole dedicated post about this soon, including the one that finally worked for us.
→ Coming soon: Best escape-proof harnesses for in-between sized dogsIf you have a Chiweenie and you’re working on potty training too, I put together the full overnight system that finally worked for us: Potty Training a Chiweenie — 6 Things That Finally Worked.
These are the products that actually live in our house and get used every day — no sponsored content, no freebies, just what’s working for two very different small dogs on a small Kansas homestead.
Have something that changed the game for your Chiweenie or Dameranian? Drop it in the comments. And seriously — if you’ve solved the indoor hiding problem, Boomer needs to hear from you. 🐾