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Five fluffy chocolate Dachshund puppies sit packed together in a rustic wooden crate lined with burlap and straw. 17 / 31

Handle With Care: This Old Wooden Crate Is Packed to the Brim

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Handle with care: this rustic wooden crate is full to the brim with puppies. Five chocolate Dachshunds are packed in shoulder to shoulder on a bed of burlap and straw, their soft, slightly wavy coats a rich cocoa brown with lighter tan touches on the brows and muzzles. Two pups at the top peer out with round, inquisitive eyes, one in the middle has buried its face in a sibling's back, and the pair in front rest their chins on the crate's edge, looking up with sweet, sleepy expressions.

Chocolate is one of the recognized Dachshund colors, sometimes paired with tan markings and sometimes appearing as a solid shade. Fluffy puppy coats like these often belong to longhaired Dachshunds, whose fur grows longer and silkier with age, especially on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. Longhaired Dachshunds tend to be sweet-natured and a bit mellow compared with some of their spunkier cousins, though personality varies from dog to dog. Their coats need regular brushing, a few times a week, to keep tangles and mats at bay, particularly behind the ears and under the legs. Starting gentle grooming sessions in puppyhood helps them accept brushing calmly for life.

Five puppies in one crate is a lot of fluff in a small space. Somehow, they've made it work perfectly, and nobody seems the least bit interested in leaving.

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