longhaired dachshund

How to Tell if a Longhaired Dachshund Is Overweight

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A longhaired dachshund standing in profile with long feathering covering the chest and belly line

A longhaired dachshund can carry extra weight in plain sight. The breed’s coat grows thickest over the exact areas the usual overweight checks look at, so the outline you see is partly hair. A body condition score is a hands-on assessment of body fat graded on a 9-point scale, and the World Small Animal Veterinary … Read more

Is It Safe to Take a Dachshund Camping? A Real Answer

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Cream longhaired dachshund Zzinyi curled up on a supportive cushion at an outdoor campsite

Short answer: yes, with a few precautions that matter more for dachshunds than for most other breeds. We’ve taken our cream longhaired dachshund, Zzinyi, camping more times than I can count at this point — pavilions by the pond near our apartment, open fields an hour outside the city, patio setups with the tent half-pitched … Read more