230 THE DACHSHUND 



One would consider this a fairly scathing indictment, 

 for it looks as if there was not much of the English 

 dog left that did not need improvement. 



Dachshunds, like the Basset, are very apt to go 

 unsound on the front legs, but I think this is a 

 fault not nearly so common now as it was a few 

 years tago. Another form of unsoundness that is 

 common, but quite as objectionable as legs knuck- 

 ling over, is to have a dog out at the elbows. The 

 legs should be placed on cleanly at the shoulder. 

 Mr. Sayer, too, pleads for good level backs with 

 proper line development, and he asks for muscle on 

 show specimens instead of beefiness. He further 

 says : ' The dachshund should have plenty of thick 

 skin, but it should be thick and covered with hair, 

 that, on being stroked the wrong way, is resisting to 

 the touch instead of soft and yielding." 



Standard of points of the Dachshund : 



GENERAL APPEARANCE. Long and low, but with 

 compact and well -muscled body, neither crippled, 

 cloddy, nor clumsy, with bold, defiant carriage of 

 head and intelligent expression. 



HEAD AND SKULL. Long, and appearing conical 

 when seen from above, and from a side view taper- 

 ing to the point of the muzzle. Stop not pronounced, 

 and skull should be slightly arched in profile and 

 appearing neither too broad nor too narrow. 



EYES. Medium in size, oval, and set obliquely. 

 Dark in colour, except in the case of Chocolates, 

 which may be lighter, and in Dapples ; one or both 

 wall eyes are permissible. 



EARS. Broad, of moderate length, and well 

 rounded (not narrow, pointed, or folded), relatively 

 well back, high, and well set on, lying close to the 



