To: flying Elvis
It's just hard to get street cred with a weenie dog. Granted, they look funny, but the Dachshund was bred to wail on badgers. The name means "badger dog." In packs, they used to hunt wild boar & wolverine!
My wife didn't know their history; she thought they were cute little lap dogs until one afternoon a rabbit snuck under our fence. What it was like: imagine a skinny black shark going after a manatee. Imagine me dragging my hysterical wife inside (Intervene? I like the whole 5 finger design).
I've lost the link, but Dashchund owners are 80% more likely to be geniuses.
36 posted on
11/20/2006 12:42:21 AM PST by
Petronius
(Isolationism has never been tried!)
To: Petronius
39 posted on
11/20/2006 12:51:03 AM PST by
mastercylinder
(Evolution: Taking care of those too stupid to take care of themselves.)
To: Petronius
I once shared a home with a doxie. He was a big luv bug until a rodent appeared anywhere on his radar, then he was all business. I have heard stories of them tearing through walls to get to a rodent. I plan to get another doxie once I get a house with durable pee-proof flooring. They are funny, yet willful little dogs.
41 posted on
11/20/2006 1:12:59 AM PST by
flying Elvis
("In...War, the errors which proceed from a spirit of benevolence are the worst" Clausewitz.)
To: Petronius
Granted, they look funny, but the Dachshund was bred to wail on badgers. The name means "badger dog." In packs, they used to hunt wild boar & wolverine!
We have a 12 year old rottie (best dog we have ever owned). The Dachshund is our choice for our next pup.
89 posted on
11/20/2006 6:07:55 AM PST by
Kokojmudd
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