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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Given
proper
training,
he
will
perform
the
duties
of
several
sporting
breeds
rolled
into
one.
Possessing
a
wonderful
nose,
combined
with
remarkable
steadiness,
his
kind
will
work
out
the
coldest
scent,
and
once
fairly
on
the
line
they
will
give
plenty
of
music
and
get
over
the
ground
at
a
pace
almost
incredible.
Dachshunds
hunt
well
in
a
pack,
and,
though
it
is
not
their
recognised
vocation,
they
can
be
successfully
used
on
hare,
on
fox,
and
any
form
of
vermin
that
wears
a
furry
coat.
But
his
legitimate
work
is
directed
against
the
badger,
in
locating
the
brock
under
ground,
worrying
and
driving
him
into
his
innermost
earth,
and
there
holding
him
until
dug
out.
It
is
no
part
of
his
calling
to
come
to
close
grips,
though
that
often
happens
in
the
confined
space
in
which
he
has
to
work.
In
this
position
a
badger
with
his
powerful
claws
digs
with
such
energy
and
skill
as
rapidly
to
bury
himself,
and
the
Dachshund
needs
to
be
provided
with
such
apparatus
as
will
permit
him
to
clear
his
way
and
keep
in
touch
with
his
formidable
quarry.
The
badger
is
also
hunted
by
Dachshunds
above
ground,
usually
in
the
mountainous
parts
of
Germany,
and
in
the
growing
crops
of
maize,
on
the
lower
slopes,
where
the
vermin
work
terrible
havoc
in
the
evening.
In
this
case
the
badger
is
rounded
up
and
driven
by
the
dogs
up
to
the
guns
which
are
posted
between
the
game
and
their
earths.
For
this
sport
the
dog
used
is
heavier,
coarser,
and
of
larger
build,
higher
on
the
leg,
and
more
generally
houndy
in
appearance.
Dachshunds
are
frequently
used
for
deer
driving,
in
which
operation
they
are
especially
valuable,
as
they
work
slowly,
and
do
not
frighten
or
overrun
their
quarry,
and
can
penetrate
the
densest
undergrowth.
Packs
of
Dachshunds
may
sometimes
be
engaged
on
wild
boar,
and,
as
they
are
web-footed
and
excellent
swimmers,
there
is
no
doubt
that
their
terrier
qualities
would
make
them
useful
assistants
to
the
Otterhound.
Apropos
of
their
capabilities
in
the
water
it
is
the
case
that
a
year
or
two
ago,
at
Offenbach-on-Main,
at
some
trials
arranged
for
life-saving
by
dogs,
a
Dachshund
carried
off
the
first
prize
against
all
comers.
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