I couldn't handle a dog that size, if it decided to make a dash for it, there is nothing I could do! They definitely have to be well trained, but if they snap, they snap big.
Dachshunds are temperamental in the sense that they are very sulky. Great with kids in my experience :)
Yes they are good with kids and why my grandson has one as his puppy, but think there is a mix in there as well. I have always had large breeds and know how to handle them by making sure they are trained. Even then they will test you from time to time. This one was not planned as he was a stray and would have been put down otherwise and why I reluctantly agreed.
I was walking our past dog once and there was a woman walking an American pitbull and it was fighting her to get to our dog. She wrapped the leash around a tree and was pulling as hard as she could. If the leash broke, there was no hope, nor if there were no trees around.
Lol. That is kind of scary as the dog should be listening to her and never end up being like this. Pitbull's have that lock jaw effect when they bite as well so definitely not a breed I would ever consider as mine are pussy cats compared to those dogs. Guard dogs over here are a must as one of my dogs in the past foiled an armed house robbery by preventing the thieves from getting inside the house. If I was a thief and saw my dog I would never even contemplate climbing the wall. He is in the back yard so he is more of a surprise package deal if you make it that far.