People ask me about dachshund sizes more than almost anything else. The long body fools everyone, and two dogs that look alike at first glance can differ by 20 pounds as adults. That gap changes real life. It affects the…
The first time I ran my hand over a wire-haired dachshund, I understood why owners describe the coat before anything else. It does not feel like petting a smooth dog at all. It feels like brushing your palm across a…
People ask me this question before almost anything else about the breed. How long will a dachshund actually be with us? The honest answer is a hopeful one, because this is a long lived breed by dog standards. I should…
People fall for the long-haired dachshund in a photograph, and I understand why. The flowing ears and plumed tail photograph beautifully. Living with the coat is a different thing from looking at it, and that gap is what this page…
Feeding a mini dachshund sounds simple until you are standing in the pet food aisle, reading ten bags that all promise to be the best. I have been through that aisle many times, and I have learned that the food…
How Dachshund Types Work People often ask me how many types of dachshunds there are, as if the answer is a long list of separate breeds. It is simpler than that. Every dachshund sits in one size group and wears…
The first dapple dachshund I ever met stopped me mid sentence. Her coat looked like sunlight through leaves, dark in one patch and pale silver in the next, with one blue eye watching me the whole time. That look is…
The first time I really understood my dachshund, he had moved a chair. Not far, just a few inches across the kitchen tiles, nudged there nose first over the course of an afternoon. It put him at exactly the right…
The dog asleep on my couch, burrowed so deep under a blanket that only a nose shows, descends from one of the bravest hunting dogs Europe ever produced. Centuries ago in the forests of Germany, that same nose was working…
