When my beloved rescue dog, Lucy and dachshund Puppy used to go for walks with me, Lucy was the one who was interested in smelling. She would stop at any mailbox, cable box, fire hydrant, or light post as well as walls, rocks, or just gravel in general and carefully sniff for who knows what. (My guess is urine, but I’m not really sure). Puppy would stand by and wait.
Lucy was so good at investigating smells, separating them, and sorting them by categories. Puppy never showed any interest and in fact would impatiently pull on his leash to make us continue on the walk.
Time has passed and sweet Lucy has gone the way of the earth. Now it’s just Puppy and me on walks and he has completely changed. He stops constantly to sniff, much more passionately than Lucy did.
My question is, “What gives?” Can any dog whisperer out there explain this change in behavior?
If you would care to know more about a typical dachshund’s behavior, I invite you to check out my new middle grades children’s book with photograph illustrations, “My Talking Dachshund.”
Puppy the Dachshund 
Wow, I wonder if he can smell Lucy.
I used to think so but would a scent linger more than a year? I don’t know.
Maybe he just thinks he should take the baton and run with it the way Lucy did… Cute story Anne.
I like your answer Tony! That’s probably it. Lucy was the boss and now he feels free to do his own sniffing. Thanks so much for the comment!