The best way to improve the quality of your dachshund's life is by taking preventive health measures. Providing your dachsie with excellent veterinary care from the time he is a little puppy until his muzzle is grizzled with gray will safeguard him from a whole host of infectious viruses and predictable pests. This is also your most reliable way of being alerted to potentially life-threatening diseases and conditions while they are in their early stages.