| There is no difference between dachshund puppy | | | | hence you should limit them to a lower level so that |
| training and training puppies of other breeds in the | | | | you can prevent back injuries to your puppy during |
| sense they require the same amount of efforts in | | | | dachshund puppy training. |
| training them though dachshund puppies are short. You | | | | 3. Your Dachshund puppy is a stubborn animal and |
| have to start the training them at their young age | | | | hence you must be more stubborn to train him. He |
| because they may cause more mess when there are | | | | must be made to understand that you are his pack |
| behavioral problems with your slightly older dogs if they | | | | leader and he should obey your commands. |
| get bored. Though some of the activities of your | | | | 4. Potty training your dachshund puppy, which is an |
| training may challenge their body structure, they have | | | | important aspect in dachshund puppy training, is a little |
| to learn to obey the basic commands in the training | | | | difficult but once he is trained in it, accidents rarely |
| process. | | | | occur. For potty training him, you must take him to the |
| 1. Basic commands like sit, stay and off must be taught | | | | chosen place many times during the day for relieving |
| to your Dachshund puppies. If you start dachshund | | | | himself. You should never forget to praise him when |
| puppy training when they are quite young, they may | | | | he finishes the business in the spot. He will slowly start |
| not have already learned any bad habits and hence | | | | associating the spot with the business of potty and |
| you will not have the additional job of ridding them of | | | | does the act rightly whenever you take him over |
| those habits compounding to your work-load of training | | | | there. |
| him. Being young, their attention span will be very less | | | | 5. You should be consistent in dachshund puppy |
| and hence you can have more sessions of short | | | | training. If you allow him to get away with an |
| durations during the day. You can keep the treats in | | | | undesirable behavior on a day and try to reprimand |
| one hand, show to your puppy the treats and give the | | | | him for the same behavior the next day, he may not |
| commands. While he performs the action in the right | | | | understand why he is being reprimanded one day and |
| manner, you can immediately offer the treat to him. If | | | | let go with the behavior another day. He has to |
| you repeat this procedure often, you will succeed in | | | | understand that you will never allow undesirable |
| getting the desired behavior from him within a short | | | | behaviors by your consistent training. |
| time. | | | | 6. You should give your dachshund puppy plenty of |
| 2. Your Dachshund puppy has long backs and short | | | | physical exercises appropriate to his age. Long walks |
| legs and hence all the dog tricks may not be possible | | | | and play will make him tired and he will not indulge in |
| for him. Barring very tough tricks, you can make him | | | | undesirable behavior like chewing your expensive |
| do all the other tricks and it will be a great mental | | | | furniture, carpets or shoes. You have to schedule your |
| stimulation for him. There are some tricks that involve | | | | dachshund puppy training sessions after he spends |
| speaking, shaking, or rolling over and your dachshund | | | | some of his excess energy in playing or in long walks |
| puppy, if trained properly, will be able to them. But tricks | | | | because with excess energy, he will not be able to |
| like fetching and agility training may be a little tough and | | | | focus on your training. |