POINTS OF THE DACHSHUND. 



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10. Hind legs knuckles strong and muscular; lower extremities very short, and quite in 

 comparison with the front legs. 



11. Forefeet much stronger than the hind feet, broad, and the toes well closed; the nails 

 strong, uneven, and particularly of a black colour, with a strong sole to the feet. The hind 

 feet are smaller and rounder, the toes and nails shorter and straighten 



12. Hair short, close, and glossy, smooth and elastic, very short and fine on the ears; 



ROUGH-COATED DACHSHUNDS. 



coarser and longer on the lower part of the tail. The hair on the lower part of the body is 

 also coarser. 



13. Colour black, with tan on the head, neck, breast, legs, and under the tail ; besides dark- 

 brown, golden-brown, and hare-grey, with darker stripes on the back ; as also ash-grey and silver- 

 grey, with darker patches (Tigerdachs). The darker colours are mostly mixed with tan and with 

 the lighter colours ; the nails ought to be black, and the eyes dark. White is only to be endured 

 in the shape of a stripe on the chest straight down. 



14. Teeth. Upper and lower teeth meet exactly ; they must be strong in every respect. 

 These dogs may be considered as faulty which have a compressed or conical head, if the nose 



is too short or too narrow, if the lips are too long, long faltering ears, thin neck and narrow 

 chest, if the front legs are not regularly bent, or if the crookedness of the legs is so strong as not 

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