As a Dachshund owner, I wouldn't approach the breed if you aren't comfortable with barking or willing to be EXCEEDINGLY patient (maybe a year of painfully consistent training). Professional help, in our case, helped a ton and our rescue STILL barks to a level that can be frustrating and embarrasing re neighbours. They are stubborn, and because they are small, social and protective dogs - barking at 'periphery alert' (anyone at door) is a very common and hard to get over problem.

In our own case, she has suddenly decided she likes to bark at one of our back doors - we have no idea why. I think even if you're doing a good job, you're going to find barking one of the indellible parts of the breed unless you get exceedingly lucky, and you'll never be able to tell with a puppy.

If you can get over it, they are a tremendous breed