diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/writer/writer.py b/ddtrace/internal/writer/writer.py
index 0ab18c24aef..d126079c2ab 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/writer/writer.py
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/writer/writer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from ddtrace import config
 from ddtrace.internal.utils.retry import fibonacci_backoff_with_jitter
 from ddtrace.settings.asm import config as asm_config
-from ddtrace.vendor.dogstatsd import DogStatsd
 
 from ...constants import _KEEP_SPANS_RATE_KEY
 from ...internal.utils.formats import parse_tags_str
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@
     from typing import Tuple  # noqa:F401
 
     from ddtrace.trace import Span  # noqa:F401
+    from ddtrace.vendor.dogstatsd import DogStatsd
 
     from .agent import ConnectionType  # noqa:F401
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def __init__(
         buffer_size: Optional[int] = None,
         max_payload_size: Optional[int] = None,
         timeout: Optional[float] = None,
-        dogstatsd: Optional[DogStatsd] = None,
+        dogstatsd: Optional["DogStatsd"] = None,
         sync_mode: bool = False,
         reuse_connections: Optional[bool] = None,
         headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def __init__(
         buffer_size: Optional[int] = None,
         max_payload_size: Optional[int] = None,
         timeout: Optional[float] = None,
-        dogstatsd: Optional[DogStatsd] = None,
+        dogstatsd: Optional["DogStatsd"] = None,
         report_metrics: bool = True,
         sync_mode: bool = False,
         api_version: Optional[str] = None,
diff --git a/ddtrace/vendor/__init__.py b/ddtrace/vendor/__init__.py
index c8487e48a8c..4b9a6c9d4f9 100644
--- a/ddtrace/vendor/__init__.py
+++ b/ddtrace/vendor/__init__.py
@@ -93,12 +93,15 @@
     Changed "-" to "_" as was causing errors when importing.
 """
 
-# Initialize `ddtrace.vendor.datadog.base.log` logger with our custom rate limited logger
-# DEV: This helps ensure if there are connection issues we do not spam their logs
-# DEV: Overwrite `base.log` instead of `get_logger('datadog.dogstatsd')` so we do
-#      not conflict with any non-vendored datadog.dogstatsd logger
-from ..internal.logger import get_logger
-from .dogstatsd import base
+from ddtrace.internal.module import ModuleWatchdog
 
 
-base.log = get_logger("ddtrace.vendor.dogstatsd")
+@ModuleWatchdog.after_module_imported("ddtrace.vendor.dogstatsd.base")
+def _(base):
+    # Initialize `ddtrace.vendor.datadog.base.log` logger with our custom rate limited logger
+    # DEV: This helps ensure if there are connection issues we do not spam their logs
+    # DEV: Overwrite `base.log` instead of `get_logger('datadog.dogstatsd')` so we do
+    #      not conflict with any non-vendored datadog.dogstatsd logger
+    from ddtrace.internal.logger import get_logger
+
+    base.log = get_logger("ddtrace.vendor.dogstatsd")