Miniature dachshund - is housebreaking difficult?

[ScrunchieInNewYork]

Considering a mini and have been doing lots of reading. I am aware there are certain health issues which a high proportion of this breed may succumb to. I have also read that they can be barky and stubborn. However the thing I would like to understand more is housebreaking - I read somewhere that many adult dogs are never totally housebroken because they need to go out every hour and this is not unusual. Just wondering what experience people have had with training their minis?

Thank you in advance!

I have no idea but I think you mean housetraining, I’m having a giggle at the thought of a wee dachshund in a stripey jumper and a mask picking a lock 😂 sorry but you’ve made my night

You are going to need the patience of a saint but it’s doable. Consistency is the key.
You are going to need proper pet insurance - the very best available. Loads of daxie groups on Facebook - it’s a very nice community- you could join to get advice on both topics.

Ha sorry 😂 have been reading some US websites where they appear to use housebroken to mean housetrained

Now will def have to get any dog a stripy jumper and call it Bill....

God I honestly don’t know whether I have that sort of patience... thank you I will take a look at FB (hardly use it these days!)

Sibling has 3.
They are a nightmare, cute but no way would I have them in my house again after one pooped on my rug.
Every time we got to visit (pre Covid) she automatically gets the mop out because they pee every where in excitement. Even if the door is open they walk right up to the door then pee on the mat! She takes them out endlessly (has had other house trained dogs for decades btw so not a clueless owner) but these still go in the house!
The noise is awful, constantly yapping, squealing and fighting. If she lived next to me I’d be reporting her as a noise nuisance. Cute and lovable but not a breed I’d have.

Bill the dachshund 😍

Thank you that is helpful!

I have a 18 month old mini dachshund, she was house trained relatively easily, if it’s raining heavily she will try and do a sneaky wee on the rug as dachshunds hate the rain but other than that she’s fine. Some of my friends with boy dachshunds seem to struggle a bit more. Mine is only barky at home, she’s very territorial but loves children and most people and other dogs. I think you have to make a real point to socialise them well as they can be gobshites x

Our little boy is nearly 2. He is a delight. Barks at the neighbours dog in the garden. Sometimes barks when our walking and passing another dog. Toilet training wasn't too bad, he learnt fairly quickly to bark at the back door. A few treats as rewards may have helped us. Yes there is the occasional accident. Maybe on the past year but generally he is fine

Forgot to say, we bell trained ours, she rings bells which hang from the back door when she needs to go out, guests think it’s hilarious 😆

@Thischarmlessgirl that is brilliant!

@ScrunchieInNewYork they are very intelligent but stubborn

No problem house training our 3 year old boy. He’s a very barky at visitors to the house but not at all outside. He really doesn’t like being home alone.

A dachshund pup is just the right size to feed through a cat flap for housebreaking!

Mine is 7 and still needs watching like a hawk. Especially if it's raining or cold. If I turn my back he will crap on the rug. If someone leaves the stairgate open he will ninja poop upstairs, but I think that's a dirty protest because the big dog's allowed up there (to get away from the daxs) and he isn't (vet said no stairs, bad for frankly ridiculously fragile spines).

I got him at 8 months and it took until 2 years old to stop him widdling in the house. If I take him to anyone else's house he will 'mark' wee. I always take anti-piss enzyme spray with me!

He is, as another poster said, very intelligent and immensely strong willed. He couldn't care less about what I want but lives for a cuddle and is very food motivated. He's all about the nose, as a hound - hence the marking if he goes to a strange house.

Thank you all, really helpful. @Thischarmlessgirl super cute 😍

@ScrunchieInNewYork in my experience dachsies are the most adorable wilful and loving little dogs. I’ve never known a dog or dachsie to need to go out every hour. Unless a puppy or as when adult they had an underlying issue? . I have two little rehome dachshund brothers. It’s coming up to the one year anniversary since they became part of my life. 2.5 years old when I got them. They were treated very badly in the past. Locked up all day with wee mats. Physical abuse. Etc. It’s not perfect yet but 99.9% of the time they now have zero accidents indoors (watch me hexing myself for the next few days having said that!). I’m pretty set on the times they go out though. I Use certain words/commands which they now know means they are going out to do their business. They loathe going out in the rain though. I find dachshunds to be very intelligent and super cuddly but whilst they will listen and look at you in the end they will do what they want themselves. @Kleptronic I’m with you in the marking in others houses. Which ‘anti-piss enzyme spray’ do you use??

I’ve had dachsies my entire life. Absolute arseholes to housetrain. They don’t go out every hour, they just don’t see the point in going outside since the humans of the house don’t. If you do manage to housetrain one, my experience is they will only stay trained to the one house. Move house or send them to a dog sitter when you go on holiday and they’ll make like they’ve shat on a carpet their entire lives.

Very difficult to housetrain.

Also mini dachshund are the French bulldogs of the moment - rising massively in popularity and as an already unhealthy breed, adding unscrupulous breeding to their list of challenges, is unlikely to result in good outcomes

I'd pick something less trendy and healthier.

I'm baffled as to why people who claim to love dogs choose to fund the breeding of dogs with extreme conformations and health problems that lead to a lifetime of suffering just because they like how the dog looks.

My SILs was a nightmare to house train but he was a rescue and she got him at 9 months and she had a lot of other issues with him so I wouldn't necessarily think he was entirely typical. He still wees with excitement when he sees someone he likes so we have to greet him in the garden!

Another friend has one and also cats and pup nips in and out of the cat flap to go to the loo which I always thought was quite convenient!

Really sad that this thread isn’t about training a mini dachshund to break into people’s houses...

Other than being "cute" with all the issues people have listed on this thread, why on earth would anyone want one?!

The health issues alone would put me off, never mind being snappy and impossible to housetrain.

Ours is a standard Teckel...
Hardest dog to housetrain we’ve ever known - bar the miniature dachshund we dog sit. He’s reliable now, but it took nearly 4 months, during which he was never left alone, and the back door was open all day. He still needs watching like a hawk in other peoples houses. As pp have said, any wisp of a raincloud and he’d run in from the garden to go on the rug.
The barking we are still working on, but in other ways he’s a delight. Don’t be fooled by the novelty appearance, they are proper little hounds - social, vocal, follow their noses after a scent, and they can run faster than you hope expect. Peaceful and snoozy in doors/kennel, though.

we've always had dachshunds, 25 years plus. yes they are incredibly hard to house train and we've had more than a coupe who never were reliably. if it was cold / raining / venus was rising / a leaf had fallen that day, they'd take the option of sneaking off and using the floor