How old are miniature dachshunds physically before they are fully mentally mature?

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Request for Question Clarification by tlspiegel-ga on 10 Jun 2005 14:26 PDT

Hi guacamollysmama,

Every dog is different (even w/in the same breed) however anywhere
from 1.5 years to about 3 years of age is average.

Are you having housetraining problems? 

Best regards,
tlspiegel

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Clarification of Question by guacamollysmama-ga on 13 Jun 2005 06:02 PDT

Not really-they are progressing well (not perfect yet, and that
"click" where they realize that they need to tell us that they need to
go outside hasn't happened yet, but we're confident that it will. 
They do tell us they need to go "pottie" sometimes; it's just not
consistent.  But there are other things that we would like to train
them to do, like ring a bell and gain a larger vocabulary, and my
father-in-law pointed out that Airdales usually do not become an
"adult" mentally until they are approximately two years old.  We tried
to research this in relation to Dachshunds, but could not find
anything.

Guacamolly'smama

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Request for Question Clarification by tlspiegel-ga on 13 Jun 2005 07:55 PDT

Hi Guacamolly'smama,

Thank you for the clarification.  I wasn't able to find anything
related to mini dachshunds and how fast they learn tasks.  Because
you're doing well on the housetraining - their skills on vocabulary
learning and tasks such as ringing a bell shouldn't be too much
longer.  Just keep at it, praise praise praise, reward positive
behavior, and soon everything will fall into place.

Best of luck to you,
tlspiegel

My breed is the Tibetan Spaniel. They are the most gentle family dog
you could ever want. Unfortunately, they shed all their hair all at
once in the spring (the Tibetan Spanial molt), and in the meantime
require regular bathing, pedicures, and inbetween-the-toe
hair-clipping. If it were not for their coat, they would be the
perfect family-pet, the perfect lap-dog. (Trust me, they want to go
outside to do their business as a matter of good breeding).

Tibetan Spaniels are not real spaniels, but they do really point --
really! they do! Rather, they sniff-towards. They are wonderful dogs.