The Real Reason Dachshunds Are So Stubborn https://peertube.fourangrydachshunds.nohost.me/videos/watch/b9bb7e45-00e7-4db9-a64d-e806115a5f00 You call your dachshund, and it stops, looks at you, and decides. That isn't bad training. Three hundred years ago in Germany, this little dog was sent alone into pitch-black badger tunnels, where no hunter could tell it what to do. Here's how that job built the stubborn streak, the big bark, the short legs and the long back on the dog on your sofa. Thanks for watching! If you enjoy deep dives into dog science and history, liking and subscribing helps keep the channel going. 0:00 Why won't your dachshund come? 0:39 Alone in the dark 3:01 The badger dog 5:31 The bark 6:36 Built for the tunnel 8:10 The short-leg gene 10:16 Coats, colors and sizes 12:10 The queen and the war 14:11 The comeback 16:28 Living with a stubborn dog 18:11 It chose you Sources: Parker et al., Science (2009); Brown et al., PNAS (2017, UC Davis); American Kennel Club; Dachshund Club of America; Royal Collection Trust; Deutscher Teckelklub; FCI breed standard; VCA Animal Hospitals; Wildlife Online; David Hancock. Credits: Photos via Wikimedia Commons by Imsupercilious (CC BY-SA 4.0), Raven Underwood (CC BY 2.0), Volbu1 (CC BY-SA 3.0) and Stute.s / Anka Friedrich (CC BY-SA 3.0). Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC BY 3.0). Wellcome Collection (CC BY 4.0). cIMeC Romania via Europeana (CC BY-SA 4.0). Archive: Library of Congress, Europeana, National Trust, Albertina Vienna, archive.org, DVIDS. Stock footage and photos: Magnific, Pexels and Pixabay. Sound: Mixkit. Music: ElevenLabs Music. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 01:44:18 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.fourangrydachshunds.nohost.me The Real Reason Dachshunds Are So Stubborn https://peertube.fourangrydachshunds.nohost.me/lazy-static/avatars/841e8d36-3573-4ed6-bb57-c78d3030ac78.png https://peertube.fourangrydachshunds.nohost.me/videos/watch/b9bb7e45-00e7-4db9-a64d-e806115a5f00 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.fourangrydachshunds.nohost.me/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.