The wire-haired variety will require, in addition to the nail timming, some stripping. Clean premises and animals mean less chance for sickness. Animals kept in the house tend to be more socialized than those kept in a barn. These pups are used to active human conditions, and adapt well in homes with small children. We do not allow any visitors to see pups while they are in the whelping pen, as we are fearful of transmitted diseases.
Pups are only viewable when they are in the kitchen.
Occasionally, the owner of the sire will take a pup in payment of the stud fee. The average age is about 12 years old. I know of other Dachshunds who have lived to be 15 or more. Average is about five or six. When grading the litter, the pet pups would be the ones that are not desired or for further breeding.