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I also was shocked after checking out Manytears,not toilet trained,never lived in a loving home etc......would not consider buying a puppy from them very upsetting.

Yes the Many Tears rescue centre has been an eye opener to me too merlotgran. I am not looking for another dog at the moment but when I am I will certainly look there. I was introduced to the site by a friend who has rehomed two dogs from there and both have been fine after the initial settling in period.

I believe there are a great many puppy farms in Wales (where the Many Tears kennels are based) set up by farmers who had fallen on hard times following the collapse of the sheep farming business after Chernobyl. The conditions in these farms are, as you say, quite awful. People should never buy a puppy from these places.

Yes Merlotgran, I think there is a lot of dodgy breeding going on.......was one of the reasons we felt we should not 'encourage' it and therefore rehome one. As it turned out she was only 9 months old so was almost a blank canvas as it were although her first 'Mummy' had house-trained her beautifully

Out of interest, (I am NOT looking for another dog, honest) I looked at the manytears website. What an eye opener. I had no idea there were so many breeding bitches who are cruelly discarded once their fertility wanes or they develop health problems. The poor things have never lived in a house with a family or other pets and have no idea how to socialise.

I used to breed Jack Russells when we lived in a large farmhouse. The bitch, puppies, and other pets all lived in the utility area at the back but they were treated as part of the family at all times. When we downsized our present terrier, Millie had a litter as the family wanted her puppies. We also kept her daughter, Peggy. Never again! It was far too much work in a small space and as a result they have both been spayed.

A cautionary article in paper today. European 'puppy farmers' shipping puppies into UK and selling them successfully on internet and other odd places. I feel so sorry for the poor dogs but have a sneaky feeling that folks who buy such creatures are asking for trouble and being very foolhardy.
We have become doggy folks only recently and have a gloriously daft ex-Dogs Trust dog who has totaly taken over our lives (in a good way). We felt that ethically it was far better to go down the re-homing route. I think we were lucky, our little girl was much loved by her first owners but was just too active for them and being a mixed breed gun dog she needs open country to run around in.

I love Dachshunds too, and have had a few, but I must confess that the only rescue one we had was a little s*d. It was very obvious that he had had a hard time and as much as I loved him and tried very hard to help him it wasn't easy. They are such loyal but determined dogs and I think they can have problems. Keep looking though as once a Dachshund lover always a Dachshund lover xx

As a dog lover I find puppies irrestible but my head tells me that there will always be homes for cute puppies, but not necessarily for older dogs. You say you have tried dachshund rescue centres, but what about other rescue organisations? How about a dachshund cross or indeed another breed of a similar size or a Heinz? Watching Paul O'Grady's programme The Love of Dogs at Battersea not long ago there were dogs of all shapes and sizes needing loving homes.

Thanks nightowl will try Manytears,have tried the others £800 is a tad too much for me!! would prefer a puppy......sometimes wonder if it is a bit of a money spinner?

Try a website called manytears. It is based in South Wales and they have many different breeds, often ex-breeding dogs. Be careful though, many rescue dogs come with health or behaviour problems or both.

Another option is to look for your local breed club, most areas have them. The kennel club should have information.