Dachshund - Page 1

You know the ads up in the right-hand, this one caught my eye, some show dogs have such extremes-- they look like they can't walk well and they would be in pain when they're older, look at the pigeon chest on this dog!

  Maybe I'm just not used to seeing competitive conformation Doxies, the one I have here now for training has slightly longer legs-- he can run fast and wrestle with dogs outside, if you're sitting in a chair he jumps right up onto your lap... I wonder if this guy could do that.

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/dogs/dachshund/classifieds/8762.html

I worked with a family that showed/bred their doxies, the daughters handled them. Believe it or not, they could do almost the whole level one obstacle course and they got rally titles on their dogs as well. They were not as extreme as this dog. One of their females finished her championship after we had a few discussions with her about her attitude toward the judges. ;)

One of their females finished her championship after we had a few discussions with her about her attitude toward the judges. ;)


LOL! When I worked for the vet, daschunds were known for two things: 1) testy attitudes, and 2) spinal problems. I recall one male dog that was totally paralysed in his rear, but still had to be restrained with a catch pole when you were cleaning out his cage.

Not at all a breed I'd choose to own, thank you!

I have dachshunds, I find depending on the coat that they are breed for they can have diffrent personalitys. The wire's are tough but calm, the smooth coats are usualy the test'y ones and the long coats are normaly sweet natured. We have English Creams, very sweet natured, although we had some born that had weird soft personalitys where they where just scared to death of everything no matter how much social experiance you gave them. The Dachshund show people are MUCH more friendly than the German shepherd dog show people, concerning the AKC shows. In the picture below you see my husband handling our Ken, and another ( large Dach) handler helping him stack properly for his winning picture.

 I agree with Kimmelot.  I have standard wires, and they have very friendly, outgoing temperaments (unless you're a rat!).  Dachshunds are like any other popular breed that have been overproduced by people who could care less about temperament - doesn't mean that's how they all are.