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“Beagle and Fox”
This painting is called “Beagle and Fox,” and it was painted by Bruno Liljefors in 1885. Liljefors was a Swedish artist, and the title is probably not translated correctly– because one can obviously...
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Jackdaw and Pterodactyl
The above is a painting by Arthur Wardle of two top-winning dachshunds from the early 1890′s. The painting’s title is “Pterodactyl and Jackdaw.” Now, those words both designate flying things, but in...
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Are dachshunds hounds or terriers?
“Dachshund Family” by Adolf Eberle. One of the most interesting little problems in classifying dogs is the dachshund. The dachshund is perhaps the most varied purebred dog in the world. It comes in...
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A possible dachshund from 1740
This painting is by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, and this dog looks very much like a dachshund. The implication of the bag of pheasant and rabbit is that this dog flushed both to the gun. This dog has some...
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77-pound (morbidly obese) dachshund put on a diet
From Yahoo! News: The average Dachshund has a maximum weight of 32 pounds; five-year-old Obie (who used to be called AJ; we assume the “Obie” nickname is short for “obese” – aw, poor guy) weighs more...
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Dachshunds hunting raccoon dogs in Finland
I would hope they would have used red dachshunds to avoid accidentally shooting the dog when it comes out of the hole: Source.
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Let’s inbreed a double merle!
Source. The uploader of this video writes: “say in not my dog, she’s my friend’s dog, and he want his dog to mate with her brother. don’t worry with the pups, they will come out cute again like my...
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A foxhound-dachshund cross varmint dog
A foxhound-dachshund cross named Juno. Notice the feral cat furs! Photo taken in 1909. The story of a foxhound-dachshund cross being used as fur and varmint dog comes from an article in...
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Konrad Lorenz’s Krokodil
Today, there much talk about a flesh-eating drug called “Krokodil,” which is derived from the Russian* word for crocodile. There is quite a bit of paranoia about the drug spreading to the US, but it...
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Old hunting dogs
My dad is holding Huddles (dachshund), my uncle is holding Willy (beagle), and Fonzi (Norwegian elkhound) is barking at the gray fox they are holding on the table.
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