| A Dachshund is a dog that is easy to identify. He is the | | | | go right into the hole in pursuit and minutes later would |
| one that has a long, low body that looks like a fat | | | | come backing out dragging the badger after him. |
| sausage with legs attached. The Dachshund with his | | | | Dachshunds are divided into three categories: the |
| long body and short legs is built that way for a very | | | | smooth hair that is the most common, the wirehair, with |
| good reason. It makes it easy for him to crawl in | | | | fur like a terrier, and the long hair, whose coat is like a |
| badger tunnels to hunt the animal he was named after. | | | | Spaniel's. All three groups are long and low. And all are |
| Dachshund in German means badger hound. | | | | especially desirable as pets in city apartments |
| The badger is a rodent that is harmful to crops and | | | | because their fur is odorless. With their short legs, |
| poultry. For hundreds of years farmers all over Europe | | | | Dachshunds can get as much exercise by walking one |
| have been bothered with them. Because they live in | | | | block as a dog with longer legs gets in walking three. |
| tunnels in the ground, they are hard to catch. When a | | | | A full-grown standard dachshund weighs about 16 to |
| badger was chased by an ordinary dog, he'd dive into | | | | 28 pounds, and the miniature dachshund normally |
| his hole and the dog couldn't do anything but bark and | | | | weighs less than 11 pounds. |
| paw at the entrance. The Dachshund, however, would | | | | |