THE DACHSHUND, OR GERMAN BADGER DOG. 149 



edge of the ear lying close to the cheek. The teeth of the dachshund should be 

 level, strong, and well shot, with sharp fangs. A peculiar arrangement of the teeth 

 is to be found in more than one-third of our dachshunds. The two first or corner 

 teeth of the incisors in the upper jaw are developed to a remarkable size and 

 strength, so as to form, with the corresponding tusk or fang, a deep and narrow 

 notch, in which the fang of the under-jaw glides. These " double fangs " (zan- 

 gengebiss) are not to be found in any other breed of German dogs besides 

 dachshunds. But as this criterion of the breed seems every year to disappear more, 

 and as there are at present so many good dachshunds without this peculiarity, it 

 cannot be regarded as a " point," except perhaps in such a case where the judge had 

 to decide between two dogs of equal merits. 



The neck should be long, strong, clean, and flexible. When viewed from the 

 side, it should be finer where it joins the head, and gradually widening to the full 

 proportions of the chest. The upper outline of neck should not be much arched, 

 the lower outline sloping from the throat down to the protuberance of the 

 breastbone. Throatiness is very objectionable in dachshunds, only the common 

 dog having sometimes a tendency to " looseness " of skin in the throat. When 

 viewed from above, the neck is wide, strong, and not too much tapering towards 

 the broad skull. 



The trunk (including shoulders and haunches) of the dachshund is not at all 

 hound-like ; in many respects it is more like that of the pointer, in others like that 

 of the greyhound. When viewed from the side, it is long ; the chest very deep and 

 roomy, with breast-bone projecting ; back ribs rather short, and the flanks well 

 drawn up ; shoulders rather low, with slight drop in back behind, and corresponding 

 elegant arch of the long and deep loins ; quarters not very sloping, and stern set 

 on rather high, these dogs being somewhat higher in the hind quarters than in 

 shoulders. When viewed from the front, the chest is very wide between the joints 

 of the shoulder, but, being neither barrel-like nor square, it slopes gradually 

 between the forelegs, and is rather narrow beneath at the fore-end of the brisket, 

 but widening again towards the belly. When viewed from above, the largest 

 diameter of the dog is to be found in the middle of the shoulders behind the 

 joint, owing to the powerfully developed muscles of the upper arm and blade ; from 

 there the trunk narrows gradually towards the stern. The ribs spring up well 

 behind the shoulders, and the muscular haunches project suddenly at the quarters, 

 but not to such an extent of width as in the shoulders, even not fully in bitches. 

 Dachshunds with narrow chest and wide hind-quarters are unfit for hunting 

 underground : they are soon tired, and are very apt to get squeezed in narrow 

 passages. 



Forelegs very short, strong in bone ; forearm well clothed with muscles ; knee 

 broad and clean ; pasterns strong, broad, and not too short ; feet broad, rounded, 

 with thick large toes, hard soles, and strong, long nails. Owing to the original 

 employment of the dachshund, his forefeet are much larger and stronger than the 

 hind ones. When viewed from the side, the foreleg should appear pretty straight, 

 the knees not protruding much, the slope of the pasterns not exceeding a slight 



