Dachs are a tough breed, bred to hunt Badgers originally. My wife wanted a Bearded Collie, but at the time could not find any pups in reasonable travelling distance, so she settled for a Tibetan Terrier. An boy is it yappy, was not till after we had him that I found out that they are not true terriers but small long haired watch dogs. He may be stubborn etc, but he cost me £1500 early this year, he had a bad hernia between his legs, the vet said it was due to him producing too much testosterone, it was rotting the muscle away, so he opened him up and utilised another less used muscle, but he had to be castrated to stop the repair and other muscles being rotted out. Now I can let him of the lead on walks without him running off after bitches, but wow has he put on weight, now we are all on a diet.