Their smooth-coated kin is more popular in the United States, but wire-haired dachshunds have that same big doxy personality tucked into a small, elongated package—complete with short legs.

It's so funny when they do it, and it's one way that they show you love. Romeo is a silky wire-haired Dachshund puppy who came running in from outside to see his mom recently, and it's the cutest ...