Omg.. a neighbor, who has since moved away, had two dachshunds.. They were the Screaming Banshees of the neighborhood.
My “next door” neighbor (lots are very large). He has always had outside barkers. We swear they are in Witness Protection. Why else would you always have a large outside barker? The deer and bear keep him up all night.
As the owner of a mini doxie, I can attest, they will bark at ANYTHING, real or perceived. Ours is old, part deaf and part blind, but he still labors under the illusion that he is a big bad character. We could never take him to a dog park -— he’d charge at a dog many times his size, and probably get turned inside out. They’re very sweet, loyal, and stubborn dogs, but ours, at least, has gotten very cranky in his old age. He’s living on borrowed time, but my husband loves him desperately, and I know full well, he’ll want another one when this one’s gone.
No way they bark (howl) more than a pair of beagles, no way.