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Pictures of Dachshund Puppies and Dachshund dog breed informations

By Pictures of Puppies

on August 8, 2010

Pictures of Dachshund Puppies and Dachshund dog breed informations

Dachshund is a short-legged and long breed of dogs from hound family. Dachshund, a native of Germany, was developed to scent, chase and hunt badgers and other burrows dwelling animals and a miniature variety of Dachshund was also developed for hunting smaller animals such as rabbits. The German word Dachshund means a badger dog and the name Dachshund has come out of it. Owing to the long and narrow build, Dachshund are often nicknamed as hot dog dog or sausage dog or Wiener dog. Dachshund is perhaps the only breed of dog that can hunt below as well as above ground.

Dachshund comes in three varieties standard, miniature and rabbit and it has been categorizes into three varieties depending upon the coat short haired, long haired and wired haired. They have long and muscular body with short and stubby legs and with unusually large and paddle shaped paws that are used for efficient digging in the ground. Standard variety of Dachshund weighs around 15-30 pounds and miniature weighs about 10 pounds. They are often referred to as ‘two-dogs-long” or “half-dog high and one-and-half long. Their unique characteristics of long breed has made Dachshund an easily identifiable breed of dog and they have also become very popular in jokes and cartoons.