Amadeus Schmidt wrote:

> The partnership of a dachshund - I live in a city where it's kind of a
> national dog (Munich). Formerly it's size was necessary to hunt inside the
> buildings of badgers (Dachs). You can be sure very very few dachshunds
> are huting today. The relationship with humans is to enjoy the common
> mammal feelings, the gang-feeling (common to dog and human) and the
> headstrong character of this dog.

I had a dachshund as a boy (named Fritz). It was a wonderful
pet. It loved to roam the woods with me and hunt. We never
caught anything, but it was fun. Great dogs.