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ought to be loose and abundant all over the 

 body. 



With reference to colour, Dachshunds exist either 

 in whole or parti-colours, but red, yellow and fawn 

 are the principal ones, whilst black-and-tan, chocolate 

 and-tan, also dapple, are the parti-colours usually 

 met with. Pure white Dachshunds are exceedingly 

 rare. The presence of much white hair on the body 

 is regarded with disfavour. The nostrils must corre- 

 spond to the body colour; for instance, a chocolate- 

 and-tan dog must have a liver-coloured nose, and 

 a black-and-tan dog a black nose. 



The conformation of the Dachshund is pecuHar in 

 many respects, the length of the hmbs being alto- 

 gether disproportionate to that of the body. It is 

 a variety of dog which preserves an element of hound 

 characteristics in the region of the head, but the 

 reduction in the length of the limbs abolishes one of 

 the leading characteristics of hounds, viz., speed. 

 The body should be long, two and a half times the 

 height at the shoulder — in fact length of body and 

 crook of the fore limbs constitute points of the greatest 

 importance. The loins must be well arched, the chest 

 deep, and the back ribs well-sprung. Amplitude 

 of chest capacity is indispensable, so that the chest 

 must be deep, but a narrow chest and prominent 

 breast bones are requisite quahfications. 



The head must be long and narrow, and the dome 



