Long Haired Dachshund: The Coat Gene, the Back Data and the Grooming
A long haired dachshund is one of the breed’s three coat varieties, alongside smooth and wirehaired, and you’ll find it in both…
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Dachshund Names: German Words That Suit the Breed, and What They Really Mean
The best dachshund names often come from German, the breed’s own language: food like Brezel and Strudel, woodland words like Dachs and…
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Piebald Dachshund: How to Recognize One, and What the Standard Rules Out
A piebald dachshund has a white coat with solid patches of color, and none of the mottled lighter patches you’d see on…
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Bichon Dachshund Mix: The Hormone Disorder and Back Gene Behind the Fluff
A bichon dachshund mix, often listed as a Doxie-Chon, crosses a white, curly-coated Bichon Frise with a standard or miniature dachshund. You’ll…
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Dachshund Scottie Mix: Bladder Risk From One Side, a Better Back Than You’d Think
Put a Scottish Terrier together with a standard or miniature dachshund and you get the dachshund Scottie mix, which you’ll see sold…
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Dachshund Hair Loss: Where It Starts Tells You a Lot
Dachshund hair loss is usually one of a handful of inherited, painless patterns, most often on the ears or the underside, and…
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Pekingese Dachshund Mix: What to Look for in the Puppy’s Face
A Pekingese dachshund mix crosses a flat-faced toy breed with a long-nosed hound, so the puppies can come out with almost any…
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Crate Training a Puppy: What the Research Says About Nights and Days
To crate train a puppy, make the crate a place they choose to rest, size it so they can stand, turn around…
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Dog Chasing Cat: Why It Happens and What Actually Helps
A dog chasing a cat is acting on a heritable trait, one that differs a great deal between breeds. What the research…
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Boxer Dachshund Mix: A Huge Size Gap and Two Inherited Risks
A male Boxer weighs at least 65 pounds. A standard dachshund tops out at 32. That gap is the first thing you…
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Boston Terrier Dachshund Mix: What the Breathing Research Actually Shows
A Boston Terrier, a French Bulldog and a Pug get lumped together as flat-faced dogs, and on breathing they are nowhere near…
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Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dachshund Mix: The Two Questions That Matter
Two parents, two inherited conditions, and one of them has a study attached that tells you exactly what lowers the odds. It…
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Dachshund Digging: Why They Do It, and Why You Shouldn’t Try to Stop It
Dachshund digging isn’t a behavior problem. It’s the job the breed was built for, and the American Kennel Club runs a sport…
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Dachshund Potty Training: What the Evidence Says, and the Schedule That Works
Every guide to dachshund potty training opens the same way: dachshunds are stubborn, dachshunds are hard to house-train, brace yourself. I’ve read…
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English Bulldog Dachshund Mix: What the Parent Breeds Actually Tell You
An English Bulldog Dachshund mix, usually called a Bulldach, is a rare cross that lands somewhere between a 45-pound brick and an…
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Best Cat Breeds for Dogs: What Two Studies Actually Found
Two pieces of research have looked at cats and dogs sharing a home. Neither found a breed effect. So which cat should…
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Introducing a Cat to a Dog: How Long It Takes, and Where the Shelters Disagree
Every shelter runs the same four stages. Separate the animals, swap their scent, let them see each other through a barrier, then…
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Dachshund Separation Anxiety: What the Evidence Actually Shows
The largest study I could find on this asked 13,715 owners across 264 breeds about their dogs. Separation-related behavior turned up in…
