FurPaw spoke these words of wisdom in
:

diddy wrote:

I agree about chihuahua's I've met more nasty than nice ones. But I
don't fear for my life from chihuahua attacks. If worst came to worst,
and i really feared for my life from them, I'd just step on em. problem
solved.

Some how I don't see you doing that, diddy.
I can't either. I can't imagine living in fear of my life from a chihuahua.
Nasty viscious animals, but deadly? No.
But if I were in fear of my life.. I would have no problems doing just
that.



My impression w/r/t Chihuahuas is that the problems lie more with
the owners than the dogs, when the owners don't train the dogs or
set boundaries for acceptable and unacceptable behavior, and
tolerate snapping and snarkiness because they are "just so little."


yup

And just like any other breed, there is a range of dispositions.
IME with up close and personal knowledge of 9 Chis, 5 were
pretty stable and never snapped or snarked at anyone, as far as I
knew, 3 showed the potential in adolescence but it was controlled
by training, and one was a snappy, snarky little thing whose
owner was clueless about how to control her.

I don't have much experience with Dachshunds, but I'd bet the
same kind of thing happens with them.

probably

FurPaw