At home, the dachshund puppies for sale under $300 playful nature comes out. He loves to be close to you and “help” you do things like tying your shoes. Dachshunds will spend everything in your bank account. Their job is to eat all the food, play with the squeakiest toys, sleep on the cosiest of beds and wrap up in the warmest of sweaters. Your job is to spend everything you have to keep them in the life they have become accustomed to!

Dachshunds are known for being lively and enjoy chasing other small animals, birds, and toys.

The breed standard — a written description of how the Dachshund should look and act — probably describes their personality best, saying “the Dachshund is clever, lively, and courageous to the point of rashness, persevering in above and below ground work, with all the senses well-developed. Any display of shyness is a serious fault.”

Dominant color

The dominant color in the breed is red, followed by black and tan. Tan-pointed dogs have tan (or cream) markings over the eyes, ears, paws, and tail. The reds range from coppers to deep rusts, with or without somewhat common black hairs peppered along the back, face, and ear edges, lending many characters and an almost burnished appearance; At a distance, a sable dachshund looks somewhat like a black and tan dog. Dachshunds will quite literally follow you everywhere.

An additional striking coat marking is the brindle pattern.

“Brindle” refers to dark stripes over a solid background—usually red. If a dachshund is brindled on a dark coat and has tan points, it will have brindle on the tan points only. Even one single, a lone stripe of brindle is a brindle. If a dachshund has one single spot of dapple, it is a dapple.