I am convinced Gary Larsen was a dachshund owner-and he’s right, dachshies really do go for noses! Every dachshund I ever owned would do this one really weird thing : I’d have them cuddled on my lap, they’d be looking up at me-and then their eyes would get this freaky, glazed, unfocused appearance and they’d lunge straight at my nose! And oh, the attitude they’d get if a mere human dared chastise them for nipping at the nose. They never drew blood, but it was very startling, suddenly having 8-18 pounds of dog lunging for ones’ nose.
I always thought that our dachsies were actually trying to get into my nose!
Peculiar animals.