Learn about the Dachshund
Long on charm, short on compromise
The Teckel, or Dachshund, family are Germany's short-legged hunting dogs, made especially for going after badgers and foxes underground. Tap a circle inside to keep digging.
Likely life span
Learn more about the dogs that went into making the Dachshund
c. 700 BCOld trail dogs of the East
c. 500 BCOld hunting dogs of the Celts
c. 400 BCLaconian tracking Hounds
c. 100 BCSegusian tracking Hounds
AncientCeltic Scent Hound
MedievalBloodhound
c. 1300Chien-gris
c. 1500Dachshund