How to Care for a Dachshund

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Nancy Frensley. I'm the training manager at the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society in Berkeley, California. And, how would you like to learn a little bit about taking care of your Dachshund. Now, Dachshunds are little hounds, and they're often called wiener dogs, but you might be interested in knowing that they come in three varieties. You have your Smooth Haired Dachshund, you have your Wire Hair Dachshund, and you have your Long Hair Dachshund. And each of the three varieties has a different personality. But the thing that they have in common is that they're a hound, and hounds, especially scent hounds, like...are built close to the ground. And the scent hounds are built close to the ground. And, because of that, they're going to have that nose on the ground a lot of the time. So, getting your Dachshunds attention is going to be important. You need to train that, train your Dachshund to know his name, but not his address. Anyway, train your Dachshund to pay attention to you when you speak so that you have their attention before you ask them to do something. Dachshunds are wiggly, happy, happy-go-lucky little dogs, and they make just fabulous pets. Because of the long back, they are prone to back injuries, so they might not be the best pet to have with a very, very small child. They need someone who can kind of respect their distance, and who can respect their physiology."