I've had a weiner dog. Weenie the weiner dog her name was. You could say "Sing Weenie" and she would howl like a loon. Anyway. Small dogs aren't all the same. I or my family have had several of different breeds. A well trained small dog isn't a yappy pos. I had a Shi-Tzu that was one if the best dogs ever. Small dogs require firm training to control that small dog bullshit. They will push every limit and you have to push back. They use that cute as a weapon. Weiner dogs often aren't good w children. Dachshunds were bred as hunting dogs. Small children just see cute little funny hotdog, get all in their face and get bit. They are also one of those oddly smelly dogs. Not like terrible bad smell, just very doggy smelling.