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[vic622]

Originally Posted by Doug

Who me.

Our last one was 17yrs, old the night he died from heart failure in my wife,s arms.

Heavy, but I can only imagine how many good times, smiles & (with Dachshund's) laughs you had with him over the years.

Vic, they can be a very possessive dog. Most will do anything to protect its owners or as we say, its pets, which are us. .

I do seem to remember having heard that.
DJ has the potential temperament for that - I've seen a hint of it in him, but I'll try not to give him too much of my personality
At the neighbour's house, he would come barking when anyone came to the door - not overly aggressive, but he wouldn't listen to them when they told him to "Stop!"
He also did this when someone went to leave; he chased them out the door, barking.
I'm working with him on this. I've arranged with the neighbour's to come over & I've had him on the leash beside me so I could correct his behaviour right as it was happening. So far so good.

I dont think we socialized our current one enough and he is a bit aggressive at times when protecting us. The old one mentioned above was the complete opposite and cared about nothing. Hmmmm, secret to old age.

You may be right!