igS Hounds 



General Appearance. — Gnome-like, short-legged, 

 elongated, but stiff figure, muscular. Notwithstand- 

 ing the short limbs and long body, neither appearance 

 stunted, awkward, incapable of movement nor yet 

 lean or weasel-like, with a pert, saucy pose of the 

 head, and intelligent expression. 



Defects. — Too weak or crippled, too high or too 

 low on the legs; skull too wide, too narrow or too 

 much arched; ears set on too high, too heavy or too 

 short; also set on too low and narrow, or low or 

 slack; "stop" too pronounced, and goggle eyes; 

 nasal bone too short or pressed in; lips too pointed 

 or too deep; overshot; short developed neck; fore 

 legs badly developed, twisted or poorly muscled, 

 hare-footed or fiat-spread toes; too deeply sunk 

 behind the shoulders, i.e., hollow-backed; loins too 

 much arched or weak; ribs too flat or too short; 

 rump higher than the shoulders; chest too short 

 or too flat; loins arched like a Greyhound; hind 

 quarters too narrow or poor in muscle ; cow-hocked ; 

 tail set on high, and carried too high, or too much 

 curled; too thin, long, or hairless (rat-tafled); coat 

 too thick, too coarse, too fine or too thin ; colour dead, 

 dull, or too much mixed. In black dogs with russet- 

 brown marks (tan) these latter should not extend too 

 far, particularly on the ears. 



The foregoing description of the Dachshund as 

 described by the Germans embodies all the principal 



