Find Out Whether The Daschund Breed Is The Right One For You

The Daschund breed of dog is the wiener or sausage dog with a long narrow body and short legs.

They are very active and loving dogs that work great in a family with or without children. You do need to be attentive to them because they always want to have company around them. In spite of this, this breed of dog is not for every pet owner. For one thing, these dogs are very independent and stubborn and therefore are a challenge when you start to train them. However, once you start using incentives, such as bits of food or treats, they are very anxious to please and will learn very quickly. They also love praise and petting with lots of hugs.

Because of the origins of their breeding, these dogs are naturals for digging holes. They were bred to hunt badgers in Germany and the name means 'badger hound? For this reason, you cannot this dog loose in your flower bed or vegetable garden and if you do let it loose outside, make sure it is in an area where it won't matter if the dog digs holes.

It may not be a good idea to choose the Dachshund as your pet if you work all day and have to leave the dog alone. This is because when it is left on its own, it will whine constantly until you return home. However, if you do have a tape recording of your voice that will play over and over, this could alleviate the stress the dog is feeling because of the lack of companionship.

If you have small children, the Dachshund makes a wonderful pet once it is properly trained. If you haven't yet trained the dog to be around children, you should never leave it along with them.

Dachshunds do not like being teased and as a result will nip at a child that does tease it. These dogs also have fragile spines, so they do not hold up well to being handled in a rough manner. This is especially true if you have a miniature Dachshund.

Even when you have the dog house trained, you need to be prepared for accidents on your carpet or other flooring. They do not like going outside in cold temperatures for their potty needs and would just as soon use the rug on the living room floor. No matter how well trained the pet is, you will never find a Dachshund that will not go in the house at some time or another.

Since this breed of dog has a hunting instinct, it is not a good idea to have one in your home if you have smaller pets, such as a guinea pig, a hamster or even a small kitten. If you get a Dachshund and a kitten at the same time, you may have some success in teaching it to get along with this pet, but you always have to be on the lookout that it is not hunting the kitten as prey.
A Dachshund is very intelligent and you have to set yourself up as the leader of the pack from day one. If not, the dog will rule your household.