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six types of Dachshund...
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http://www.usfreeads.com/262581-cls.html http://classifieds.yahoo.com/display...rpre=0&intl=us In the United States, there are, in total, six types of Dachshund. They come in two sizes: miniature (less than 10-11 pounds) and standard (all the rest, but usually above 18-20 pounds). In other countries, there's wider variance in the sizes. In fact, in Germany, the dogs are identified as either Standard, Miniature, or Kaninchenteckel, based on a chest measurement taken at the age of fifteen months. For each size, there are three coats: smoothcoated, longhaired, and wirehaired. The standard smoothcoated Dachshund is the most popular in the United States. The coat is short, smooth, and shining. There are two theories regarding how the standard longhaired Dachshund came about. One theory is that smoothcoated Dachshunds would occasionally produce puppies which had slightly longer hair than their parents. By selectively breeding these animals, breeders eventually produced a dog which consistently produced longhaired offspring, and the longhaired Dachshund was born. Another theory is that the standard longhaired Dachshund was developed by breeding smooth Dachshunds with various land and water spaniels. In either case, the result was a beautiful animal (admittedly I'm a little biased), with a coat comparable to that of an Irish Setter and a temperament like a spaniel. In general, longhaired Dachshunds tend to be more docile than the other two coats, though I'm sure there are exceptions to this rule. I consider myself very lucky, because Chillie is a standard longhaired Dachshund with just such a temperament, especially indoors when there are people around. Wirehaired Dachshunds were developed by breeding smooth Dachshunds with various hard-coated terriers and wire-haired pinschers. They look very wise, most notably due to their beards and bushy eyebrows. The coat is wiry, short, thick, and rough. Like their smoothcoated cousins, the wirehaired tend to be mischievous. They come in red, black, or even dappled. Chillie has both red and black hair. Interestingly, the red hair is softer and finer than the black, at least in longhaired Dachshunds. http://www.usfreeads.com/262581-cls.html http://classifieds.yahoo.com/display...rpre=0&intl=us |
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Wouldn't it be nice if puppy millers could quote their breed club's Code
of Ethics as well as they can parrot breed standards and histories? "I will screen for inherited diseases as known in the breed and will not breed dogs that are known to have/carry those diseases or screen for them." When are you going to tell us about the heath screening you did for that pup? Your lifetime guarantees? What will you tell the new owners when that dog's lousy rear turns into luxating patellas? "I will not sell dogs or puppies without true representation to the purchaser nor use misleading or untruthful statements in selling or advertising." Still parroting that puppy match win like it means something, aren't you? "I will not sell puppies to pet shops, "puppy mills," or laboratories." Oh, now - there's a pity. You ARE a "puppy mill." "I will screen prospective buyers as thoroughly as possible to determine their desire and ultimate intent for each puppy or dog acquired from me." ....at least as carefully as you can to make sure that the $1500 cheque from some unknown on the internet clears before you get this adolescent leftover out of your kennel. "The buyer will agree that I will be contacted whenever an owner can no longer keep a dog at any time in the dogs' life and it will be my obligation as a breeder to take the dog back or arrange for its' care until such time that the dog can be placed in a new home." ....and if you're having to stoop to spamming Usenet and advertising on Yahoo classifieds for a home for this dog - I'm sure you have plenty of well-screened backups in place if the dog doesn't work out in its new home. Not. "Pet puppy purchasers will be strongly encouraged to spay or neuter all pet quality puppies and such puppies will be sold with the AKC Limited Registration and/or spay/neuter contract." Of course, this one isn't pet quality. It got a Group 3 at a Puppy Match! Haw. Absolutely pathetic. -- Kate and Storm and Fetus Petitus the FCRs |
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KWBrown wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice if puppy millers could quote their breed club's Code of Ethics as well as they can parrot breed standards and histories? Actually s/he can't even do that right. Dachshunds are shown in six *varieties* in the US, not in six "types". JFWIW, Dianne |
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Most people who want
a pet (whether it is also going to compete or not) form an emotional atachment to the dog they select. And they want that dog to live a long, healthy pain free life. If one chooses to go to a breeder for a dog a buyer has choices. They can work hard to find a breeder who has the knowledge and caring to breed for good health, or they can forget about health and only look at the surface. A breeder who has both knowledge and concern about their breed will actively contribute to means of breeding for good health. Good breeders don't wait for people to complain, they take proactive steps to do their best to reduce the risks that problems will occur. A good careing knoweldgeable dachshund breeder will check for problems frequently afflicting the dachshund, specifically (1) PRA, (2) Luxating patella, (3) thyroid disorders, and (4) vWD and then record those results in a publicly accessible database. All the more to contribute to the health and welfare of the breed. -- Diane Blackman http://dog-play.com/ http://dogplay.com/Shop/ |
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Absolutely pathetic.
-- Kate and Storm and Fetus Petitus the FCRs My six year old dachsie just had his third back surgery for a ruptured disk. His x-rays every year show the cartilage in his spine getting more and more calcified. Even moving the bed to the floor and a no jumping law, strictly enforced, did not help after the first rupture. An irresponsible "hobby" breeder gave him to my parents "for free" six years ago. After about $9,000 in medications and surgery, I can still say he is worth it. But the emotional pain to me and the physical/emotional pain to my boy have been tough to live through. I will never consider a pure breed again without exhaustively researching the breeder. And I think a rescue dog will be more likely for me. Carl |
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Carlshead wrote: I will never consider a pure breed again without exhaustively researching the breeder. And I think a rescue dog will be more likely for me. I can understand your anguish, but just as a point of note, there are no guarantees with any dog. Mixed breeds aren't inherently healthier than purebreds--especially well-bred purebreds. Rescue is a wonderful thing to do, and I wish you the best of luck. Just don't go into it thinking that you will automatically be getting a healthier dog... |
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"Robin Nuttall" wrote in message news:QNE8d.192925$D%.137267@attbi_s51... Carlshead wrote: I will never consider a pure breed again without exhaustively researching the breeder. And I think a rescue dog will be more likely for me. I can understand your anguish, but just as a point of note, there are no guarantees with any dog. Mixed breeds aren't inherently healthier than purebreds--especially well-bred purebreds. Rescue is a wonderful thing to do, and I wish you the best of luck. Just don't go into it thinking that you will automatically be getting a healthier dog... Hi Robin, I understand that angle. But I would feel a bit better about saving a dog, who would make a good companion, from death. Paying for another puppy who might still end up with health problems just bothers me. The cute puppy time is so short. I won't even go into pet stores on the Saturday adoption days. I am leaning towards spending my love/dollars to help a rescue Dachsie next time. But I am sure 90% of the posters here feel the same way. Carl |
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"Carlshead" wrote in message
... "Robin Nuttall" wrote in message news:QNE8d.192925$D%.137267@attbi_s51... Carlshead wrote: I will never consider a pure breed again without exhaustively researching the breeder. And I think a rescue dog will be more likely for me. I can understand your anguish, but just as a point of note, there are no guarantees with any dog. Mixed breeds aren't inherently healthier than purebreds--especially well-bred purebreds. Rescue is a wonderful thing to do, and I wish you the best of luck. Just don't go into it thinking that you will automatically be getting a healthier dog... Hi Robin, I understand that angle. But I would feel a bit better about saving a dog, who would make a good companion, from death. Paying for another puppy who might still end up with health problems just bothers me. The cute puppy time is so short. I won't even go into pet stores on the Saturday adoption days. I am leaning towards spending my love/dollars to help a rescue Dachsie next time. But I am sure 90% of the posters here feel the same way. If by "pet stores on the Saturday adoption days" do you mean places like PetSmart and Petco that allow Rescue Groups to come in and get exposure for their animals on weekends? That is, IMHO, a wonderful place to find a rescue dog. OTOH, if you mean places like Petland that have the "puppies for sale" cubicles that they get from BYBs and puppy mills, I wish there were a way to shut those all down. Tirya -- TDC Inca Jeeper "The painkillers are rather good, actually..." |
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Natalie Rigertas wrote in
: captive bred. And all that can be changed. The fish, likely not so (99% of any fish you get is going to be wild caught, because they just don't breed well in captivity. Some exceptions are goldfish, guppies, maybe bettas. I'm not really up on my fish, I'm involved in reptile rescue and dog rescue). Nearly all of most common freshwater aquarium fish species are bred in captivity, and have been like that for decades. Goldfish, guppy, swordtail, platy, most types of mollies, betta and other common labyrinth fishes, angelfish, discus, tiger barb, neon tetra - more than 99 % of these are bred and not wild caught. Many fish are very easy to breed in captivity, some even so easy that it is not too clever to keep males and females together as you can't find homes for all the fry (krib, bristlenose pleco). But naturally that won't happen in the normal badly run home tank with too many fish and dirty water. Marine fishes are a different story, and there really have been very bad environmental problems with their catching. Luckily some species can nowadays be bred too, and wild catching is getting more regulated in some important areas. Liisa, an aquarium hobbyist |
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AND...just to add to her questionable credentials, this breeder
plagiarized, word for word, our COPYRIGHTED web site page on dachshund history and posted it on her own web site as her own work. I notified her of the copyright violation last week, and asked her to remove the page from her web site. Instead, she posted a LINK to her stolen page on this very group page! See the thread about the exact origins of the dachshund, started on October 12. http://www.google.com/groups?as_umsg... ng.google.com (By the way, you will see my name and e-mail address, as it was sent to her on the e-mail informing her of the copyright violation, at the bottom of the article that is actually displayed on the message board. I did not write that article!) So not only is this breeder unable to read about ethics in breeding -- she also can't read about ethics in terms of plagiarism! Can you imagine how it galls a rescue group to have our original, copyrighted work displayed on the web site of a breeder like this? Interestingly, the owner of this kennel is a Presidential Scholar at SMU. SMU takes integrity so seriously that they display the entire text of their Honor Code on their web site! Of course, it includes a section on "honest writing," plagiarism and the like. It's shocking to me that a university with a reputation as stellar as that of SMU would have chosen someone who plagiarizes, then proudly POSTS her plagiarized work on a public forum, for such an honor. I wonder whether they know... |
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