Hairy Sausage (Dachshund)

Member Name: milliemouse

Product:	Dachshund
Date:	06/08/02 (3278 review reads)
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Advantages: good with kids

Disadvantages: poo

After having big dogs most of our lives my partner decided that a smaller dog would be preferred as they don?t need much exercise and having 4 children to run around after already it sounded like a good idea.
We saw an advert in the local paper , phoned the breeder and arranged a time to go and see the puppies, and found out the price was £300 (about right for this type of pedigree dog).

That evening we went to the breeder?s home and viewed the most beautiful little things you could ever see, while there the breeders phone was like a hot line with other people wanting to come and see the pups. My partner and myself looked each one of the pups over and decided on a little male that we would call Rupert.

We asked the breeder could we have this one but ...... he was already taken, "oh no!", which other one could we have, looking again at 4 little faces looking up at us we chose a little girl this time which we called Millie.

A couple of days later my partner and my son went to pick up Millie, when she got here she was scared and looked so small and vulnerable.
She was only six weeks old and could almost fit in the palm of my hand, she made the cat bed her own bed and that was the start of a big personality from such a little dog.
Being fascinated with not such a popular breed I decided to try and find out more about the miniature dachshund.

***** A brief history *****

One theory of the dachshund?s part in history dates back nearly 4000 years, to the Egyptians. There have been several portrayals of small dogs on hieroglyphs and incidentally, the word "tekal" included on a monument of Thutmose III. This is just a coincidence though, as the word "tekal" has nothing to do with the dog. Translated into English, "tekal" has come to mean "fiery". The word "teckel" originated with the Germans and had nothing to do with the Egyptians.

German nobility use
d this short-legged comical looking creature to hunt badger and small game such as rabbit. Dachshund means "badger-dog" with dachs meaning badger, and hund meaning dog. The larger or "standard" dachshund was used to hunt badger. Later on, a smaller "miniature" dachshund originated for the use of hunting smaller quarry.

The first evidence of the dachshund showing up in North America was as German and English imports in the 1870s. Prior to World War I, the dachshund was steadily gaining popularity because of its carefree personality and its appearance.

Unfortunately, when World War I became a reality, everything considered German was ostracized. Dachshund owners were pressured to put their dogs to sleep, and any dachshund unlucky enough to be caught wandering the street or without its owner was likely to have been beat or stoned to death. In the 1920s, there were only 23 of these dogs registered with the American Kennel Club.

Today, things have taken a turn for the better. In the 2002 poll by DogFancy, dachshunds were in the Number 4 position in the Top 50 Breeds, with 50,478 dachshunds registered with the AKC. Only the Labrador retriever, the Golden Retriever, and the German shepherd beat the dachshund.

There are 3 different sizes of dachshund, and 3 different coat types. Miniature dachshunds can weigh up to 12 pounds and can have all 3-coat varieties (long-haired, short-haired, and wire-haired). Standard dachshunds can weigh from 16-32 pounds and can also have the coat varieties. The "tweenie" can weigh anywhere in the middle range and also have the three coat types.

***** The character ****

Here are a few words we use to describe our Millie

1, Bossy
2, cheeky
3, Nosey
4, emotional

I?ve never known a dog like her she thinks she is human as she does not like dog food she much prefers chips and burger (which I know is the wrong diet for a dog) <
br>She gets very emotional at times and if she could cry tears we would more often than not have a river.
The cheekiness comes out of her when she?s doing some thing wrong and we tell her off, she thinks if she looks away from us we cant see her and so carries on doing the bad thing.


My opinion on dachshunds is they are lovely little dogs with great personalities, would suit older people, as they don?t need much looking after or long walks.

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