The Origin of Dachshunds and Other Dogs With Short Legs

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Harvey and Meelo, long-haired miniature dachshunds, are grand-dogs extraordinaire in my opinion. Affectionate, protective, attentive and those eyes and needle noses . . . how can one resist? . . . genetics, schemenetics . . .

Gamma Gayle of NH 9:54PM July 25, 2009

call them genetic defect or not, I quote from a famous song about the dachshund:
"most dogs have shapes and proportions all wrong; they're either one way or the other, but dachshunds are both short and long!"
long live the badgerhound!

BadgerHound of FL 6:26PM July 21, 2009

We got our doxie because my husband had Alzheimer's and we thought he would enjoy her. He certainly did. They were inseparable until he had to move to a nursing home.
I had never lived alone in my life, and my father and then my husband saw that things went well. So when I came home to an empty house, I would have been devastated even more had this little person not been so glad to see me. She is 6 and my very best friend. Sleeps with me, follows me around everywhere I go.
At the vet's after calling out "ROVER SMITH", "LASSIE JONES" and no one lifted a head, when they called out "MEGZIBABY" Swanson" everyone turned to see WHO WOULD GIVE A DOG A NAME LIKE THAT! Although most of the family thought it would be too much for me to care for a dog and such a sick man, ONE GRANDDAUGHER thought it would be great. SHE WAS RIGHT. MEGZIBABY was her first e-mail name and nickname as a baby. Her name is really Megan and just was graduated from law school!!!!!

Virginia W. Swanson of IL 9:27PM July 20, 2009

scientific discoveries prove man still has a long way to go.in the case of the short legged dog breeds this new breakthrough will help know more about how things go wrong in pregnancies .mothers should under go many tests to ensure thier feteses are as close to normal as can possibly be .

margaret kanaan of HI 1:52PM July 20, 2009