One year old Dachshund social with animals, not much with people?

I have a one year old Dachshund that loves playing with all kinds of dogs. However, when he sees strangers he barks at them mad (never bitten someone), for a brief moment and then leaves when I call him.





Is there a way to make him a bit more social with people? When we took him to the beach he would not stop barking (but then, maybe it was the sand he didn't like and he was really hot)?





Thank you for any advice people can give me. He usually is anybody best friend after meeting the same person for about five straight days. It's odd, but true as he would always bark at a new maid, but after a week he became their best friend.

One year old Dachshund social with animals, not much with people?
no not really.. dachshunds are one of breeds what have their own head and you cannot make them ever do what you want unless they want to do it and they always want to be the alpha. If the dog has a problem with trusting to other people, you can try to bring some friends over, one at the time, and let him/her to feed your dog a cookie and pet him and just make your dog to see that other people are not threat.. but like I know that breed, the problem is that he wants to show to everyone that he is the master of everything around in that case I would continue with above mentioned and I would extend this training to more people at the same time and start to go to public places like parks... whenever your dogs starts barking, bend to him, put your hand strongly in his back, make him lay down and tell him in calm voice that you are going to take care of everything that he has no right to protect and to put himself in alpha position. And never ever let him drag you on the leash. He drags you, you pull him back to keep the leash loose. When the leash is in position that the dog drags you it gives him that "rush" feeling to protect or the safe feeling that he is dragging the whole pack on the leash with him. That depends on the temperament of the dog. Is usually either of things. Just keep the leash loose. If he doesn't stop acting like that, you can add as a punishment pulling his coat on his neck after he barks and after you lay him down and talking to him in . The absolute punishment for his behavior is to turn him on the back and "bite" him with your fingers in his belly and hold him and look at him really bad.. if he stays lay down in the position for some time after you stand up, he is obedient, if he immediately stands up.. good luck he will be the hard one to train and in that case you have to go into war with him - no feeding from the table, no couch, no bed, just laying on his place, reward just when something good done, wanting the command to be respected and take it always to the end. And make every family member to treat the dog the same way. And never let it enter anywhere first - first goes the master, then goes the family and the dog goes the last. If you will do all of this you might make him understand that he is a dog and where his true place is.
Reply:the real truth is that some breeds are barkers. mine get a lot of exercise running back and forth talking to people passing by. I don;t discourage it because that is what dogs do.