House training

While the puppy is still in its nest, the mother will keep it clean, but as soon as it is able to stand on its little legs, it will, stagger and fall, but answer nature’s call outside its nest. Puppies never foul their own nest. Thus, it is up to the owner to get the dog to see the whole house as a ‘nest’.
If you observe your puppy closely, you will see that it has fixed times to piddle and poop. Usually this is directly after it wakes up or after dinner or after playing. By taking the pup outside on these moments, it will soon learn what to do.
Do not punish the pup if it fouls in the house. Just like with little children, rewarding them works a hundred times better than punishing them. By punishing the pup, one will much sooner achieve the opposite effect and it will often take longer before the pup is housetrained. (When punishing often, the puppy may even become afraid of you).
At night it is best to put the puppy in a box or crate. As I said, it will not foul its own nest. But remember: puppies can not hold it for over 5 or 6 hours. This means: take it out at night and early in the morning. Fortunately a dachshund is clever and if you are consistent with it, most of them will be housetrained within 2 to 3 weeks

note: we try to make our pups 'house trained' on newspapers before they moved to their new homes.