Get to know your
Dachshund.

What is inside the Dachshund

This edition combines three parts in one file. The total page count includes general content, the breed-specific section and the planner; it does not refer only to breed-specific text.

1. General foundations

A reading foundation covering home preparation, everyday care, nutrition, training and life together. These chapters are shared across the collection and provide context before the breed-specific section.

2. A section devoted to the Dachshund

History, profile and breed-specific care topics organized into ten chapters. Browse the list below and read a short history excerpt to get a feel for the writing style.

3. Printable planner

Pages for your records, details, dates and memories within the same PDF. Print only the sheets you need. This is not an app, and fillable form fields are not advertised.

Your breed-specific chapters

1. Breed history and origins
2. Breed profile and characteristics
3. Health predispositions discussed in the guide
4. Feeding by life stage
5. Energy and activity
6. Temperament and life together
7. Physical care and coat
8. Care calendar
9. Observations organized by body area
10. Training and socialization

A short excerpt to begin

From the history chapter in this edition: a short reading sample.

Few dog breeds carry their job description so literally in their name: *Dachshund* is German for 'badger dog,' and every dramatic feature of this animal's silhouette is a direct engineering response to a single, dangerous task. While Europeans had used dogs to hunt badgers since the Middle Ages, it was German foresters and hunters in the late 17th century who began selectively breeding a consistent type purpose-built for underground pursuit. Badgers are formidable opponents — thick-skinned, sharp-clawed, and ferociously territorial inside their dens — so the dog bred to confront them required equally dramatic adaptations.

Excerpt from chapter 20 · History and origins