Daschund Fun Facts: Moderate
to high energy level. Clever, lively, courageous, bold. Independent and
stubborn. Quite barky (there's an understatement). Makes an excellent watchdog
except it's hard to tell if there is a real threat or not (this one barks
at the lawn, the house, the neighbors, other dogs - real or imaginary,
dirt, clouds, cats, bugs, air and trees). Reserved with strangers (but
after giving them a good bark or two, they can be quite friendly). Dachshunds
are very sociable and get along very well with most other dogs - Betty
gets along pretty well with her cat also. There are actually 2 major type
of Daschund's; the Standard and the Miniature that can be divided into
a total of 6 types based on coat; the Standard Long haired, the Miniature
Long haired, the Standard Wire-haired, the Miniature Wire-haired, and the
Standard Smooth, and the Miniature Smooth. The long-haired variety of Dachshund
differs from the short-haired variety only by its softer and longer coat.
Obviously, Betty Roo is a short, smooth hair kind of Daschund dog.
Most probably the long-haired Dachshund was developed by crossing the short-haired
Dachshund with some sort of Spaniel. Daschunds were developed in
Germany for hunting badgers - they take on the attributes of badgers from
time to time and also exhibit other "non-dog" behavior (digging, nesting,
tunneling, hiding food and then barking to announce that the food is hidden
and that we should stay away).
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