Hi, Tom! None of the imagines work, they say "this has moved or deleted the image" instead.
Charlie does sound like he is naturally a more timid dog, whether or not he was the runt. What does motivate his interest? Some dogs are all about toys or laser lights, but otter dogs just have no interest! It does sound as if he would benefit from some one-on-one training time ever day, to help build his confidence. How much training have you done with him? Some dachshunds particularly excel at scent work. maybe that is a game you could play with him that he would enjoy?
Every dog is different, even within a breed. Our Great Dane, Gracie, was actually 3/4 Great Dane, and 1/4 Lab, and did NOT understand fetch. Or catch. or any of the things even dogs without any retriever genes normally love. She has malnourished as a puppy, and we blamed that for some brain damage. She could run like the wind, but had no idea she was supposed to actually catch the prey. She'd run with wild rabbits who would be so terrified they didn't even have time to zigzag like they normally would, and she would run next to them without ever trying to pounce or catch them, poor things!






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