C H A P, E R X L' I X 



THE DACHSHUND 



THE Dachshund is the badger dog of Germany, from 

 dachs, a badger, and hand, a dog, not hound, as 

 so many people persist in calling it. His short legs 

 render him eminently fitted to enter Mr. Brock's 

 earth, ;and he has plenty of courage in tackling a 

 nasty customer. His appearance is, of course, 

 familiar to every one. A similar type of dog appears 

 on some of the Egyptian monuments. Many people 

 complain that we have subordinated working qualities 

 to fancy points, and that he is in danger of be- 

 coming a lap-dog. Fortunately, importations from 

 time to time help to keep the German type in mind. 

 It was as long ago as 1873 that a separate class 

 was first provided at an English show for this variety, 

 and they have grown enormously in popular favour 

 since that date. The old breeders preferred a houndy 

 type of head, but this has since been modified con- 

 siderably, modern breeders deciding to follow the 

 German dog. Mr. J. F. Sayer, writing in the Kennel 

 Gazette in .1903, pleaded for the introduction of 

 a few good German-bred dogs for mating with our 

 houndy bitches, to produce better stamina and 

 courage, better legs and feet, tails, skin, and colour. 



