History, coats, colours, temperament, health and culture of the badger hound — one long, low, stubborn encyclopedia.
Where the dachshund came from: a German earth dog bred to follow badgers underground, refined over four centuries into the shape we know today.
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Before it was a sofa fixture, the dachshund was a working tool — a dog engineered to squeeze down a badger sett and fight what it found there.
Four centuries of selective breeding turned a rough German earth hound into a companion animal — while quietly keeping every one of its working instincts.
Twice in the 20th century the dachshund's German identity turned it into a target. Twice the breed came back.