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of the skull well developed. The ears long, broad 

 and soft; thin in the leather, and carried close to 

 the side of the head. Muzzle long, rather square 

 in outline, with the lower jaw bearing sound, level 

 teeth. There must be no evidence of " stop." In 

 looking at the Dachshund it will be noticed that the 

 shoulders are prominent, being big boned and heavily 

 muscled in this region. The eyes to be of medium 

 size, and the same colour as the body. Particular 

 attention is paid to the fore limbs, which must be 

 short, with elbows lying close to the ribs. The 

 shortness of the forearm and the relatively large 

 size of the bone in this region, together with the crook 

 at the knees and short pasterns and broad feet, are 

 significant characteristics of the Dachshund. The 

 English and the German Dachshund clubs differ in 

 their code of points, therefore it would be as well 

 to enumerate the German standard of points, the 

 description of which is as follows : 



Colour. — {a) Single-coloured: red, yellowish-red, 

 yellow, or red-and-yellow with black points, but one 

 colour only is preferable, and red is better than 

 yellowish-red and yellow. White is also allowed. 

 Nose and nails black, red also permitted, but not 

 desirable 



{h) Two-coloured: deep black or brown, or grey, 

 each with yellow or reddish-brown spots over the 

 eyes, on the sides of the jaws and lower lips, on the 



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