Need help with a new dog

[Lurch]

So my daughter really wants another dog since our oldest Labrador passed away 5 months ago. We live out on 5 acres with another lab and a medium size hound dog that rules the roost. They have a large sun room to get out of the cold but have a lot of steps to get up to it.

So here is the question. She really wants a dachshund which I think is a little to small for our living conditions. I would like some suggestions for a different dog that would fill her wants and still be able to handle the living conditions. We will be adopting whatever dog we settle on either from a local shelter or breed rescue. I have told her to research dogs but she still keeps coming back to the dachshund.

Thanks for the help

[Great-Kazoo]

CORGI or Jack Russell if you want small.

[buffalobo]

+1 on the Corgi.

[JohnnyDrama]

+2 on the Corgi.

[Lurch]

I would also like a dog that could play with the lab.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

patterdale terrier

[fitz19d]

I'd maybe remind her if you are rural, coyotes and for a dachshund, even eagle/hawk may get the dog if not kept indoors.

[earplug]

We have had neighbors with Dachshunds, Three out of three had screwed up backs with nerve damage as they got older.

[ray1970]

I say go with the dachshund. Those things were bred to hunt badgers so I would think it would be a hearty breed for the farm.

[Irving]

Get her what she wants. The dog and her will adapt to a life style that works for both of them. We spend too much time as parents telling kids "no" with weak excuses about what-ifs and things that could happen. In the end, she'll appreciate the time you got her the dog she wanted, and all the time she spent having it, regardless of if it develops a hip problem or meets an untimely end.