Dachshunds- puppy v adopting?

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Firstly I don’t want this turning into a debate on breeds etc. Please only comment if you have Daxie experience.

Iv grown up with dogs (family) but not had one myself yet. I really want a Daxie. I’ve done my research and well aware of their traits. I know quite a few people with them also.

What I’m stuck on is getting a puppy or getting a rescue. What worries me about a puppy is the usual things that go with any puppy.... destruction and mainly the toilet training as they are notoriously stubborn. I live in a rented house but landlord is ok for me to get a dog (with a clause in my agreement) but I worry about damage to floors etc

I’d prefer to adopt in the sense of giving a dog a home but they are hard to come by. I belong to 2 groups specifically for this breed and the only ones that come up are from abroad or always the other end of the country. So I don’t know wether just to keep waiting or should I be looking for a rexommended breeder to get a puppy. I’m worried I would regret getting a puppy!

Anyone had any experience?

If you’re in rented accommodation I’d probably not get a puppy. Mine has done a fair bit of damage to my home and and yard despite training, loads of attentions and lots of toys and chews. Some people get lucky but it’s a bit of a risk.

Yes those are my thoughts blue

The playpen is great for pups - not so much for putting the pup in but for fencing off areas you don't want the pup to go!

I have used mine as a temporary stairgate when visiting friends, fencing off a cable Elfpup was unable to leave alone (until I was able to secure it) and for putting the christmas tree in!

Dachshund can be "talkers", bear that in mind if you're in a flat! Your neighbours will need to be tolerant of the occasional yap.

Daxies are, tragically, one of the common breeds to be puppy farmed and smuggled, so you're best either finding a breed rescue or getting friendly with other local reputable rescues or finding a genuine KC assured breeder that allows you to visit on more than one occasion. Seized litters from the smuggling side of things from Eastern Europe have been rehomed via big charities like Dogs Trust - you're unlikely to see them on the website though, they're snapped up far too quickly!

I have a standard dachshund who we got as a puppy. I'd say that although he was reasonably easy to train, puppies are hard work whatever breed and we had completely underestimated that. He needed someone with him pretty much all the time to start with, which was manageable because my partner works from home and we organised daycare when we couldn't be in. But those puppy days are far more intense than I had anticipated.

Contrary to breed stereotypes, he picked up toilet training pretty quickly but there were still accidents. Think about the type of flooring you have as I'm not sure my carpets will ever quite be the same again despite him mostly being in a wooden floored room! Also, as someone else said dachshunds are pretty vocal. Ours loves to keep guard and tell off anyone walking past, bark at cats in the garden, grumble at us. So you may also want to consider your neighbours and the potential for them to complain to your landlord.

I know less about rescues but obviously you'd be avoiding the puppy phase although there may be other problems with training and settling in. There's not many around in rescue I don't think, so you might be waiting a long time. Our breeder occasionally has older rescue dogs but as far as I know will only rehome to people experienced with the breed, so that might be another barrier for you.

I know of someone on FB that rescues them from abroad and they come over here. I’m a bit reluctant to rescue one as you don’t know their history as they are normally strays and as I have dc I don’t think I should rescue one of them. If it was just me I would of course.

With regards to noise, my neighbour is deaf. She can’t hear the noise of dc so I don’t think we will have any problems although I would let her know when we get a dog.

I don't have daxie experience (but they are utterly divine!) but we adopted an older dog (greyhound) and every time I speak to one of the parents on the school run who have recently got puppies I walk off very smugly with my house-trained, beautifully-settled, adult rescue and thank the Lord that we didn't get a puppy! I'm sure that doesn't help the discussion in anyway but from speaking to at least four families here there seems a huge amount of angst that goes with getting a puppy.

With our rescue we had a couple of weeks of uncertainty and so far, 8 months of unbridled joy.

Yeah I’m pretty resigned not to get a puppy now! Just a case of trying to find one in rescue!

Romanian rescue dachshund www.barkingmaddogrescue.co.uk/product-page/cleo-one-year-dachshund-type