What can anyone tell me about daschunds?

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My Sil has one and I have fallen in love with her. I would never have thought of one before.

DH and I are seriously thinking about getting a couple later in the year.

Lots (and lots) of health problems. They're massively overbred, sadly.

Originally working dogs so do need decent exercise and can be very feisty.
Known to be hard to toilet train.
I would have one but would seriously look at breeding as many have been bred to have elongated backs (compared to a few generations back) and can have spinal problems. Bad for the dog and your bank balance.

Miniature ones in particular have been insanely overbred in the last 20 years and therefore have insane health problems.

They should never be twice as long as their height but I’ve not seen one that “short” in a while.

Noisy, hard to train and cleverer than most people think.

Watching them navigate stairs manages to be both sad and hilarious at once.

We used to have one and she was amazing. I would probably never have chosen this breed, but she was DH's dog when I met him. We only had her part time as she lived with his ex mostly but when she travelled we had her for 6 months plus at a time. She was a massive character, very loving, very pretty, incredible stamina - full of energy on 6 mile walks or even longer, great recall, easy to train, lived until she was nearly 18, health issues were age related not breed related. She was quite jealous and didn't like you showing any interest in other dogs/ animals/ kids etc, but that was maybe her and not the breed. If it weren't for the short legs, long back, I'd get another like a shot as personality wise they are brilliant little dogs.

What do you mean about getting a couple? I hope you don't mean puppies- litter are syndrome is very real.

Adorable but v difficult to housetrain. We’ve had 8 over the last 30 years and not one was reliably housetrained. Noisy. Stand offish with strangers. But they’ll love you (sometimes a bit too much)

What I mean is we’d get 2 puppies at the same time or close together.

I don’t believe I getting one dog!

Getting two together is an awful idea. They would be much much harder to train, likely to focus on each other rather than you and could end up fighting. A friend had to rehome one dog after coming home to a bloodbath. Plus you need to train and walk each separately to start with.
I wouldn’t have a one. Feisty little dogs with potentially really bad health issues.

Don't get two puppies unless you like chaos and poop on the carpet followed by 17 years of the same.

Looked into getting one previously and decided against due to the health issues associated with them. Also we have stairs which are difficult for them to navigate.

I think one puppy will be more than enough, i think its cats that are easier to get in twos?

Which tells me that you've done absolutely no research.

You want a breed that's riddled with health problems and worse, you want two of them!

I was bitten by one in a pub last year.
Terrible dogs.

We have had our rescue dachshund for about 3 months now, he was 5 months when we adopted him. After having a very placid, quiet Bichon for the past 14 years, it has been a shock. He's affectionate, inquisitive, funny and gentle with my DD but he's also extremely stubborn, barks a lot, wees everywhere when he's excited or anxious and steals any clothes he can get his paws on. He failed his first training course and is now having remedial lessons. We love him but he's hard work!

This is a massive red flag that you don’t know enough about dogs yet honestly. Never say never though! You’ve already started researching by asking here. Do lots more research and in a year or so you’ll be in a better position to know whether a dog is right for you, and which one.

Which tells me that you've done absolutely no research.

Quite possibly- but OP has made a start by asking here. She is obviously keen to learn.

Had them and loved them. Would never have one now. Mine were long haired so were slightly more biddable as they were backbred to (I think) spaniels many generations ago to introduce the long-haired gene. I always looked for short-backed dogs - counter-intuitive but for me the long look wasn't the important thing: feistiness and personality was.
Don't get one please. Particularly don't get two. They are insanely fashionable at the moment and lots must be coming from puppy farms to cater for demand. They will have health problems and problems with temperament. The last few I've seen in the street have had underhung jaws or strange back legs. I love the breed and felt deeply sad when they started to have 'a moment' because I knew what would happen. They can be jealous and snappy with children too- not all, but more than you'd expect. I also think that if you can't spell the name you haven't done the research and the breed is not for you.

I am going to put my oar in here and say they are great, loyal, dogs with strong characters. I much prefer dogs with “something behind the eyes” though rather than some of the more passive breeds.

Maybe we have just been lucky but we have never had problems with toilet training or any health issues.

The key I think is remembering that they are proper hounds on small legs, bred for hunting. They can walk for hours and they like to dig and explore in the countryside. Ours have three walks a day and lots of opportunity to dig and sniff about. They are also quite active and if you allow them to build up muscle on either side of the spine; all the better. It’s when people keep them as urban lap dogs with a sedentary lifestyle that it all goes wrong.

Do loads of research into breeders-they should absolutely be health testing both dam and sire for any genetic health conditions and be able to show you the proof/health test certificates.

www.champdogs.co.uk/?mobile_site=1

Champdogs lis a great site for breeders who health test-have a look.

Join a UK breed club like

www.dachshundclub.co.uk/
Call them for info about the breed and breeders

Avoid any pups on Pets4Homes or Facebook/any social media.

Don't get two pups - especially the same sex. Likely to be a disaster as others have already pointed out.

Check out insurance costs. I'm averaging £100 per month for a decent policy.

Good luck 🤞

One used to live next door to us. Noisy little fucker it was, whose owner made no effort to train it at all. I can’t say I’ve ever met a nice one. Not an ideal first time dog

Tells me everything I need to know about whether you should get any breed of dog, let alone one (or more) of a tricky breed

We had one and he was very aggressive around food. He bit my dh, his friend and my brother, went for my mum and the removal man. He was quite insane and would pee in at least two places when we went out. We were so sad when he died but honestly he was a nightmare.

I have been told they cost more to insure due to health issues. The insurance goes up quite a lot each year as well. But defo worth getting IMO. I guess it depends on the insurer though.

I dogsit one who's about 8 months old occasionally and he is very grumpy 🤣 but that just may be his personality.

That's all the info I have!

She's had people telling her not to get two dogs, but still doesn't believe in only getting one!

I have one and she is lovely - very affectionate, relaxed and doesnt bark at all apart from at the postman. Happy to have long walks but also happy to hide away and sleep most of the day away. She is happiest when my family is all together, either walking together or lying on the couch.

Havent had a single health issue yet but i have got good insurance in case it happens in the future - its not any dearer than for other breeds.