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I was driving to my local pet store and turned off a main street into a side street when around the corner comes one little dog…off leash, no owner in site, running towards one of the busiest streets in the area.

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These are the first dogs we ever had. They even came along on our honeymoon!  They are long haired miniature dachshunds. Go for  “Secrets For dog training”

Guest Blogger : By Sandra Scott

The Dachshund dog breed originated in Germany and dates back hundreds of years. They were mainly used to hunt badgers and hares (“Dachs” means badger in German). Also known as “sausage dogs” and “wiener dogs”, the name of the breed is often spelled as Daschund.

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My two dogs, Rusty and Dasher, Playing with their friend, Thumper the rabbit. My two dogs were not aggressive. They were allowed to be dogs, and we did not treat them as “our babies”

“Warning: Sausage dog on premises

Long, short-legged and – according to American researchers – fierce, the dachshund has been found to be more aggressive than the feared Rottweiler or British bulldog. The so-called ‘sausage dog’ comes first on a list of the most violent breeds, followed by the Jack Russell terrier and the terrifying… Chihuahua.”

I read the above statement somewhere on the interenet. Now, I have 2 comments.

First: Are small dogs really more aggressive? Or, are they just spoiled and treated as “babies” by their owners? Most small dogs have lost their roots because owners do not allow them to be an animal, to be a dog.

It has been a pet peeve (ha ha) of mine for years, and I have written about it before “the small dog that runs and barks all over the place when my dogs are on leash”. And, the owners laugh about it. They are proud…”look at my little dog, he takes on the big ones without fear”

Well, it’s not funny. YOU made your little dog aggressive and violent, not nature.

I had two little “miniature long haired dachshunds” myself, for 16 years, and they never showed aggression. They even had a pet rabbit the gently played with.

So wake up small dog owners. Train your dog. Be a pack leader. Your little precious canine would like to be able to go back to it’s roots and become a dog, not a “girlie baby” !!!!

Aggressive behaviors (and it”s NOT acceptable just because your dog is small an cute) and signs is something that professional trainer Brian Heward explains quite well in the dog training DVD Series that we have put out at Kingdom of Pets. He talks a lot about establishing your role as leader. Now everyone knows how very important it is to position yourself at the top of the “pack” in your hybrid family of humans and dogs. But Brian really makes sense of why it is in fact —more— stressful for a dog who is a dominant “Alpha” dog but really does not want to be.

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