answer:Dachshunds are wonderful dogs. Smallish, short haired, easy to train. I know I just told a horror story about my last Doxie, but he was badly abused and not representative of the breed They do like to dig, but unlike a bulldog or pitbull that will rearrange your landscape looking for cold dirt to lay down in, Doxies are burrowers, so they dig small holes, and then abandon them when they don’t see anything interesting down there. Every Doxie I’ve had (including Russell, who is also half miniature pit bull) wants to cuddle all the time. He sleeps either on my feet or curled up next to me. On warmer nights he will sleep in his pet bed on the floor next to me, but he does get chilled easily. They have short legs, and like short walks more than a huge amount of exercise. I don’t think they have the attention span for extended games of Frizbee or whatever. If I want Russell to sleep all night, all it takes is one long walk, and he’s cashed for hours.