Category Archives: Breed Guide & Ownership

Dachshund temperament is the thing buyers research last and should research first. The coat and the colour are cosmetic; the personality is what you live with for fourteen years. This page describes what the breed is actually like — where the traits come from, which ones are fixed, and which ones you can shape. Dachshund […]

A Chiweenie is a Chihuahua crossed with a Dachshund. It is one of the most searched dogs in the Dachshund world and one of the worst served — most pages describing it are written to sell puppies, which means the health section is the shortest one. We breed purebred Dachshunds, not Chiweenies, so we have […]

What to have ready before collection day and what to expect from a Dachshund puppy first week: ramps, crate, night one and the toilet routine.

How much to feed a Dachshund, how to tell if yours is actually lean, why treats are where it goes wrong, and safe weight loss if needed.

How long Dachshunds live, the one condition that dominates the breed, the others worth knowing, and the seven habits that genuinely extend a life.

Are Dachshunds good family dogs? Mostly yes, with two caveats most breed pages skip: the back and the barking. What families should know first.

The common Dachshund mixes and what each inherits, including the back risk that crossing does not remove. Dorgi, chiweenie, doxiepoo and more.

Dachshunds are genuinely harder to house-train. The routine that works, why crates help, the cold-and-wet problem, and when it is not training at all.

Dachshunds are quick learners and poor rule-followers. How to train one without fighting it: recall, barking, the commands that matter, and the back.

If you own a Dachshund or are about to, this is the one health topic worth understanding properly before you need it. Dachshund back problems are not a rare misfortune in this breed — they are the single most common serious health issue, and how fast you recognise the signs materially changes the outcome. This […]