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>>262008 >>What the shit are you talking about? I've known a lot of dachshunds and yorkies and they have universally been good-natured, even tempered dogs. There are breeds that have widespread temperament problems but those really aren't among them. >>universally good-natured >>universally good-natured >>universally good-natured
Consider this myth busted. Granted, I may not know a lot about dogs, so some of my previous complaining was misguided. I've already owned up to that.
I may have over-generalized by saying that all dachshunds and yorks were fucked up, but you're doing the same now by claiming the opposite. I've personally known aggressive dachshunds, plus when walking one's dog around here, dachshunds are among the most aggressive ones, even when their potential adversary is thrice their size (we've got a boxer).
Of course, there's the counterexample of my late grandmother's long-haired dachshund, which as far as I remember was perfectly calm.
As concerns yorks, our family had one way back when. In short, he was fucking unhinged. You couldn't get between him and his food without getting bitten, even telling him "that's mine!" made him speed up his gorging down to the point of nearly choking. I'm not saying that it was a good thing that I (as a kid) teased him like that, but a balanced dog with a proper sense of authority wouldn't have reacted that way.
His reaction to guests was initially one of furious barking, apparently meant to scare them away. After a while, and after they got closer, he generally used to not so much calm down, but to become outright euphoric at the prospect of having guests. When they used to pet him, a grown dog, he would sometimes piss himself, which is something you'd expect from a puppy. tl;dr: Try to refrain from giving me that >>universally good-natured bullshit.
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