Modern Dogs. 



duced, I fancy that the dachshund will continue to 

 hold his own, for he is by no means difficult to rear 

 from puppyhood, and, as I have already stated, is a 

 desirable dog as a companion. He is, moreover, 

 one of the canine favourites of Her Majesty the 

 Queen at Windsor. Seldom used for his particular 

 work in this country, nor for hunting in packs, for 

 our beagles and harriers will do the latter better 

 than he, and, in going to ground after fox or 

 badger or otter we have our own terriers, which 

 we cannot afford to lose ; still, the dachshund 

 has deservedly popularised himself, and when in 

 his puppydom he has chased a sheep or made a 

 raid on the poultry yard, it is no more than other 

 young untrained dogs of our own have done and 

 will do to the end. 



The fact that the dachshund has a peculiarly nice 

 skin makes him specially adaptable as an agreeable 

 pet dog ; and when to this is added a pleasant face, 

 an endearing disposition, and, for a hound, a tolerable 

 immunity from the aroma of the kennel, there is little 

 wonder he has become popular. Perhaps at the 

 present time his classes on the show bench do not 

 fill quite as well as they did some half-dozen years 

 ago, but this does not arise from any waning popu- 

 larity as a companion and as a house dog. 



What a dachshund in the flesh is like, Mr. 



