Like many other varieties of the dog, the origin of the Dachshund seems to be involved in obscurity, though there are fairly reasonable grounds for concluding that the home of the Dachshund is Germany, where the terrier-like type is that cultivated, the Hound characteristics of the breed having become largely developed through the English system of breeding.
To anyone unacquainted with this breed of dog in his own country, the Hound features are the most striking, in fact, so overshadow anything of the Terrier element as to completely obscure it.
Some few years since the Dachshund was an exceedingly fashionable variety of dog, chiefly as a lady's companion.
Dachshund Champion Snakes Prince (Property of Mr de Boinville).]
A Brace of Typical Dachshunds (Property of Mr de Boinville).