• Choosing a healthy puppy or adult dog
• Feeding and grooming Housing and supplies
• Health care and first aid
• Basic training and Dachshund-Proofing a home
• Caring for your senior Dachshund
• Showing your Dachshund
• Having fun with your dog

The Everything Dachshund Book shows you:

Written by long-time Dachshund fancier, Ingrid Schwartz, this colorful introductory guide provides discussions of breed history, characteristics and standard, as well as puppy selection, feeding, training, preventative health care and showing. The new owner will welcome advice about puppy-proofing the home, preparing for the pup's arrival, housebreaking and preventing puppy problems. In addition to an authoritative, comprehensive text, this book presents over 135 photographs in full color, which prove to be as informative as they are attractive.

The first chapter, "Everyone Loves a Wiener," traces the time-honored association between Dachshunds and hot dogs; shows how the Dachshund's temperament and body form mimic those of its traditional prey; and sorts out the modern systems of dividing the breed up into show classes. Hutchinson's second chapter, "Dachondroplasia," compares and contrasts the genetics of dwarfing in Dachshunds, other dwarf breeds, and human beings. "The Low-Down on Dachshunds and Bassets" documents the proposition that Dachshund has for most of its long history been indistinguishable from the basset. This chapter features chronologically ordered, fully annotated, and newly translated citations of every reference to the word Dachshund in German literature and art, from its first appearance in 1682 until the end of the eighteenth century. The French sources from which most of the German citations were derived are also fully cited. The final chapter, "The Dirt on Dachshunds and Terriers," argues that the Dachshund is functionally a terrier; that no terriers prior to the sixteenth century qualify as short-legged forerunners of the Dachshund; that Elizabethan terriers were in fact French-style bassets; and that modern Scottish terriers took their short-leggedness from Dachshunds smuggled into Scotland by Gypsies in the eighteenth century.

Dachshunds are bold and intelligent dogs with a particularly sharp sense of smell. Along with expert care and health information, this book gives special attention to the process of housetraining this potentially stubborn breed.

Is there any breed more recognizable than a Dachshund? The lovable wiener dogs have captured America's heart and imagination with their noble bearing and comical personalities. And the breed truly offers something for everyone, with long coats, wire coats, and smooth coats, standard size and miniatures. This book examines the characteristics that make a Dachshund so special. From choosing the right puppy to basic care and training to old age, every aspect of Dachshund ownership is covered. You'll meet famous Dachies past and present, and learn what makes them great. All the sports Dachshunds can compete in are discussed, along with show ring requirements.