DACHSHUND 



most dogs get their full second mouth about the time they 

 arrive at the end of their ninth month. (See Puppies^ 



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Dachshund. — This breed is essentially a German pro- 

 duction, its name signifying badger dog, and it may be 

 regarded as being allied to the terrier family, as a good 

 deal of its work is performed underground. At all events 

 there is nothing of the hound about it, though its earlier 

 English admirers appear to have regarded the affix " hund " 

 as implying that there is ; for from the first they devoted 

 their energies to developing a houndy type of head, with 

 a high-domed skull and long ears, whereas the true type of 

 German Dachshund represents a flat-skulled, short-eared 

 dog. It may be added also that English breeders seek for 

 a light-coloured nose in the red Dachshund, whereas in 

 Germany a black one is the correct thing ; but beyond 

 these points of difference the two breeds are of very 

 similar appearance. 



That the Dachshund is a very game dog and a capital 

 worker underground is a fact that admits of no doubt, and 

 the British visitors to some continental shows at which 

 Dachshund trials are held unanimously praise the pluck 

 of the little dogs which they have seen tackle fresh-caught 

 foxes and badgers in artificial earths which have been 

 specially constructed with the view of testing their work- 

 ing capacity and gameness. At the same time, his curi- 

 ously contorted fore-legs must to some extent affect the 

 activity of a Dachshund ; but of him it may be truthfully 

 observed that he is both capable and willing to do all that 

 the German sportsmen require of him. 



According to the English ideas of the breed, the head 

 of a Dachshund should be long and narrow, with the peak' 

 at the back well pronounced ; the muzzle long, strong, and 



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