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WA4GCH · **^ Top** #1 09.22.2009

Someone e-mailed me and asked how do I protect my home ????

FEAR THE DACHSHUND ……….

Dachshunds Are More Aggressive - Dog Aggression Study
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He may look cute, but he's more likely to be aggressive than my Pit Bull

Dog Bite Study
You may or may not have seen the dog bit study that was done by a University of Pennsylvania researcher. If you haven't, then you may be surprised at the top three dogs that are the biggest and most common to bite, and it wasn't the American Pit Bull, Rottweiler, or German Shepherd Dog.
1. Dachshund
2. Chihuahua
3. Jack Russel Terrier
It appears that the study covered just over 3,500 dogs and tested them for aggression vs humans, their owners, and other dogs. According to the numbers, over 50% of Dachshunds showed some type of aggression.
There are several different ways the data could be interpreted, and different routes that we can take. The one that comes to mind first is to take the "mad mommy" route and ban all Dachshunds, Chihuahuas, and Jack Russels before they do any harm. But, that sounds pretty ridiculous if you ask me, especially considering we're talking about such small breed dogs. But, if you think about it, if larger breeds were found on the top of the list, the "mad mommies" would all unite and have them banned universally.
Another route, is to just ignore the numbers and chalk it up to a small sample size or something saying that the research didn't have a clue about proper testing methods. We can conclude that it was all a mistake.
But, in total, nearly 20% of the dogs showed some form of aggression. 4.4% showed aggression to strangers. 1.9% toward their owners, and 13.5% showed aggression toward other dogs.

Aggression in Dogs
For starters, aggression is not breed specific. Look at the list, all 31 of the dog breeds that were covered showed the capability of having aggression. Every single one had at least one bite directed toward its owner or a stranger. Every single breed showed at least some sign of dog aggression.
Dogs are generally friendly to strangers, with 95.6% of dogs beign kid to strangers. No single breed had the majority of its dogs show aggressiong toward strangers. The breed with the highest aggression toward strangers was the Dachshund with 20.6%, Chihuahuas at 16.1%, and the Australian Cattle Dog at 9.6%.
No breeds were prone to bite their owners. Beagles had the highest aggression toward their owners at 7.9%.
Looking at dog aggression to other dogs, this was found to be a little rare. About 86.5% of dogs showed no signs of aggression to other dogs, which is odd considering one of hte biggest myth about "pit dogs" is that they are naturally dog aggressive. Over 2/3 of the Pit Bulls in the study never showed any aggression to other dogs. Dachshunds, on the other hand had 30.3% aggression to dogs, and Jack Russels had 30.8%, making the Dachshund and Jack Russel Terrier the most dog aggressive dogs according to this study. But, in general, about 29% of dogs had some kind of incident, including Dachshunds (25%), English Springer Spaniel (24.6%), Australian Cattle Dog (24.3%), Chihuahua (21.4%), German Shepherd (20.9%), Wheaton Terrier (20.4%), Boxer (20%), and the Border Collie (17.8%).

Well here she is ..... ready to strike ....

Airbus · **^ Top** #2 09.22.2009

I'd believe it.....

My Weinerdog....his name is Walley...

bugsy6 · **^ Top** #3 09.22.2009

Here is Lilo. Loudmouth would have been a better name for her.

simplyred1962 · **^ Top** #4 09.22.2009

Hah!! And I have one that is a mix of the two top offenders...Sassy is 1/2 Dachshund, and 1/2 Chihuahua...double the trouble!!

All kidding aside, she really is quite protective, and aggressive, and there are certain people she will take an INSTANT dislike to. Like our friend, Richard. He and his wife have a bunch of dogs of their own, yet Sassy HATES him, and has tried to bite him.

Here is my girl, Sassy..
.

Judi Kay

Gearjammin' Penguin · **^ Top** #5 09.22.2009

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Originally Posted by simplyred1962

Hah!! And I have one that is a mix of the two top offenders...Sassy is 1/2 Dachshund, and 1/2 Chihuahua...double the trouble!!

All kidding aside, she really is quite protective, and aggressive, and there are certain people she will take an INSTANT dislike to. Like our friend, Richard. He and his wife have a bunch of dogs of their own, yet Sassy HATES him, and has tried to bite him.

Here is my girl, Sassy..
.

Judi Kay

Dang! She's probably picking up radar signals from Antarctica with ears like that!

simplyred1962 · **^ Top** #6 09.22.2009

Yeah, her ears a bigger than her head!!

She was a very ,umm, well...ODD looking pup, which made me fall in love with her!!

Judi Kay

bullhaulerswife · **^ Top** #7 09.22.2009

Shoulda called her Yoda.

But seriously, you probably get good conversation with strangers from taking her around with you. The unusual ones know their special, hence the attitude. Had a really unusual cat, with the attitude to go with the looks.

Airbus · **^ Top** #8 09.22.2009

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Originally Posted by bugsy6

Here is Lilo. Loudmouth would have been a better name for her.

Walley and Lilo look like brother and sister....

How old is she?....Walley turned 13 on August 8th....

Dachshunds just get into your heart and won't let go....

Texas-Nana · **^ Top** #9 09.22.2009

I miss my dachshund so much! *sighs* My Butch once fought off a german shepard that tried to attack me. He ripped off the dog's ear as he rode him down the drive way and then bit off his mrhappy. Butch neutered that big boy.

However.......it's his loving heart that I miss so much.

And Lilo could be his twin. Seriously....seeing that photo made me cry.

bugsy6 · **^ Top** #10 09.22.2009

She will be 4 in Dec.Daughter has 2 of them so it get loud when she is her and the doorbell rings.But wouldn't trade her off.

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