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 Dachshunds  Hello! How are you today? You will be learning all about dachshunds! So get a bag of popcorn, get comfy, and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

History of a Dachshund!!!
==== Germany is where Dachshunds were thought to be originated. Researches believe that dachshunds go back thousands of years to Germany where they were used to hunt badgers. In German, the word dach means badger and the word hund means dog so dachshund in German means badger dog. Their long bodies and short legs allow them to go into holes that are made by badgers so many people used them back in the day to hunt and get food. They are also great for hunting because they never give up. They might start to get tired, but when they see something that they begin to chase, such as a badger, there is no stopping them until the chase is over. ====

Here are a few pictures of dachshunds enjoying life!!!!

Oh ya!!!! Life is good!!!


4,000 years ago, there was a dog called a Teckel who was related to the dachshund. Teckels are on Egyptian tombs and monuments as well as wall paintings. A pharaoh named Sesostris kept the Teckel dogs in order to hunt food such as badgers.

In the 1500's, Saint Hubert dogs looked very similar to dachshunds. They were also long and skinny and pretty low to the ground. They lived through out the country of Belgium. The Saint Hubert dogs were named because of the monks who lived in the Saint Hubert Monastery. The monks used Saint Hubert dogs to hunt badgers, rabbits, and foxes.

The dachshund species spread all through out Europe in the 1800's. In 1845 Queen Victoria received a dachshund puppy from Prince Albert. The dachshund puppy was named "Dash" soon after the arrival. Sometimes Dash was caught dressed in a red jacket and trousers by the Queen herself. Queen Victoria loved to dress Dash up! Dachshunds got lots of attention from the english people after that.

Dachshunds began coming to America in the 1870's. The dachshunds who came usually came in one of the two ways. Dachshunds could come from travelers from Germany that came to explore the states. Sometimes German travelers liked it in the states so much that they decided to move here with their dachshund pets. The other way that dachshunds arrived in America was from soldiers coming home from the war in Germany. ( The war they were coming home from was World War 1 and World War 2.) Ever since 1940, dachshunds have become a favorite pet here in America. They have also constantly been making the top 10 most popular dogs in America chart!!!

Dachshund nicknames and why!
People have given dachshunds some pretty crazy names over the past couple years! Dachshunds are sometimes called a sausage dog because they are so long and short just like a sausage! They are also sometimes considered a hot dog because they look like the meat inside the bun! Ha ha ha!!! Weiner and Frankfort are also another name for hot dog so those are also common names used to describe a dachshund. There are many halloween costumes that are hot dog buns that you put on a dachshund so that you can actually get the visuall of a dachshund inside a hot dog bun! There is also the nickname badger dogs. They get that because dachshunds short and long bodies are made for going under ground in badger holes to retrieve the badgers. (But that was a long time ago!)

Interesting Facts!
1.) Did you know that dachshunds have some of the weakist teeth among all dogs? Every other year or even ounce a year dachshunds have to get their teeth profesionally cleaned. The tarter builds up and sometimes you can't even see the real tooth it is covered so much! Tarter fot dachshunds is like plaque for us. We go to a dentist for a opontmient and get all of that plaque removed. Same with dachshunds. Except they have to be put under (put to sleep) for a little while so that the dachshund doesn't keep moving around. (And it's done by a vet!)

2.) When a mother dachshund gives birth to her puppies, she can have a total of six puppies. A dachshund mother is pregnant for nine weeks before giving birth. A dachshund mother can have up to six puppies.

3.) Dachshunds are excellent watchdogs! Whenever a person comes to the front door of a house that a dachshund lives in, the dachshund will go crazy and bark untill that person is off of their territory. 4.) Dachshunds love to run, play, fetch, anything really that includes exploring the great outdoors.

5.) Sometimes dachshunds can be hard to train, but if you have a firm owner, your dachshund can become a very obedient dog.

6.) There are places called puppy mills where sometimes people that are very poorly educated on the animal they are breeding are raising lots of dogs. The dogs are in bad hands so they are treated badly and are sometimes unhealthy. Some of these puppy mills include dogs such as dachshunds.



Different kinds of Dachshunds!
There are many different kinds of dachshunds! They can have short hair, wire hair, or long hair. Short hair dachshunds have hairs that are shorter than an inch long and their hair is very easy to maintain. It has no oder and it has a smooth, glossy texture to it. Short haired dachshunds are the most common dachshunds. The dachshund in the picture above is a short haired dachsund. Wire haired dachshunds have a much more of a rough texture to them. Their eyebrows are very bushy and they have a little beard on the tip of their chin. Their hair is also short, but it is thick, unlike the short haired dachshunds whose hair is very thin. And last, but not least, we have the long haired dachshund whose hair is rather wavy. Soft, but straight hair grows under the neck and on the dogs stomach. Although all of the long haired dachshunds hair is long, the longest hair grows on the backside of the legs and ears. There are also two different sizes of a dachshund. There are miniature dachshunds and standard dachshunds. The standard dachshund is about nine inches tall and weighs from sixteen to thirty-two pounds. A miniature dachshund is about five to six inches tall and weighs up to about eleven pounds.

Shape and Colors!
A dachshund can have up to two different color mixtures. Some dachsunds are even dappled which is a variety of lots of colors mixed together. Dachshund have about normal sized eyes, and they are in the shape of an oval. The eyes look black, but they are either a dark reddish brown or a blackish brown. Dachshunds are long, short, and stubby. Their legs may be short, but they sure are strong and muscular! They have extremely long noses, too! They have big ears that are high on their head and their tail comes to a nice, smooth, point at the tip.

Resources!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Books: <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(83,0,255); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(83, 0, 255);">Kallen, Stuart A. ; Dachshunds ;1998 ; Abdo and daughters <span style="background-color: rgb(83, 0, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Silverstein, Alvin, Laura, and Virginia ; Different Dogs ; 2000 ; Twenty First Century Books Quasha, Jennifer ; The Story of the Dachshund ; 2000 ; The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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