Training & Behaviour

House-training the stubborn streak, living with barking and digging, and working with — not against — a strong prey drive.

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House-Training and the Stubborn Streak

Dachshunds have a reputation for being hard to toilet-train. It is really a reputation for punishing inconsistency.

June 14, 2026 5 min read

Training & Behaviour

Barking, Digging and Prey Drive: Living With Dachshund Instincts

You can shape these behaviours and give them an outlet. You cannot delete them — they are the dog.

March 5, 2026 5 min read

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Dachshund Decoded is an independent, ad-free encyclopedia devoted to a single breed: the low-slung, long-backed, famously stubborn badger hound the Germans call the Dachshund and the rest of the world calls the sausage dog.

Everything here is organised the way you would actually want to learn about the breed — by where it came from, what its three coats and three sizes really mean, how its colours and patterns are inherited, what living with the personality is like, and the health realities every owner should understand before bringing one home.

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