That just isn't right to have to have a gun on you in your own yard. I never went back to my friend's house unless I called first and they put the German Shepherd in a pen in their bedroom. Where I live now, in the middle of 61 townhomes, no dog is allowed in our common area unless on a leash. There are no large dogs in here, they are all smaller. However, there is a dachshund across the street and that lady is a friend and had that dog outside so I went to talk with her and had my Yorkie and the dachshund started lunging at Prissy and pulling back and lunging again. Prissy got flat on the ground as small as she could get and was trembling. I had to pick her up because she was scared to death. I had never seen her do that. She is afraid of that dog. One of you dog people who know what that was about, tell me.
When I take her to the groomers she is around dogs and has no reaction to them except being friendly.
Dachshunds can be nasty little shiats.