As you can tell from my pic, I'm a huge dachshund fan. I have 3 red smooth minis now. All have different personalities. My female, Sadie (4), is a lap dog through and through. She weighs in at about 16 pounds, being just a tad overweight (probably due to her low energy level). My biggest is Riley (3) (the puppy in the pic), at about 18 pounds. Now an ounce of fat on him though! Then there's my youngest, Elvis (1), he's 7 pounds and just an adorable little guy. Loves everyone and never meets a stranger, human, canine, equine or feline.
There are minis and standards. The minis should weigh between 7 and 14 pounds on average (but as you can tell by my 3, there's room for variation) and a standard should be 22-30 pounds. Then there's the choice of wire-haired, smooth and long haired. The wire-haired tend to be built a bit stockier and be pretty laid back. The smooth and the long-haired are both a bit more delicate in build. The long-haired, personality wise, are in general, more mellow.
Then there's the color options; with solid red and black and tan being the most common. However, there's a wide range of colors available. The piebalds are so cute and look a bit like beagles, only shorter and longer! Dapples are cute too. There are also isabella tan and solid black.
None of mine are chewers and only one is a barker and only when strangers come to the door. Not in an aggressive way, just his way of saying hello. We're still working on that issue. My 3 and every other dachshund I've ever known, love, love, love to burrow. Throw a blanket on the sofa, give them a minute and you'll find them all buried under the blanket.
Love all the pictures of the other cute babies!
She is a puppymill rescue, we adopted her when she was two years old. She may be one french fry short of a happy meal but she is a happy camper 
We say the same thing about my brother's cavalier! 
We always tell her it's a good thing she's so pretty!
). All of those are issues that can be common to the breed.
