Reply #9: do I have a DACHSHUND puppy...??? you betcha...

[I AM SPARTACUS]

Lucky Dog, a mini...he's QUITE, ummm, "special". About 8-9 months old now.

go here to see him leaping, hear him bark, and read his poetry...
http://www.ooga-booga.net/dogprolog.htm

Edit after reading above posts: Yeah, there are behavior changes that one must adopt with dogs in general & dachshunds in particular. I have another dog, an Anatolian shepherd. And a cat. Both are very low maintenance and very very loving. Lucky Dog has calmed alot over the last few months, but he suffers from separation trauma when I leave the house - so he used to tear up stuff. Now he just pulls a bit o' stuffing from the Stinky Pillow (his dog-bed-thingee). And he ALWAYS is completely contrite. He ALWAYS says..."I can't HELLLLLP it." And he can't. And much more importantly - he is completely devoted, and he has a COMPLETELY indominable spirit. Lucky Dog is an embodiment of some sort of small primal-spirit-life-force...