A friend and I were recently discussing a certain dachshund of our acquaintance, when I began to wonder what kind of hound, exactly, a dachs hound was. So, consulting my dictionary, I learned that "dachs" refers to badgers, and that dachshunds were used to hunt badgers. Upon reading this information aloud to my friend, we were simultaneously struck by the same thought: Ha ha ha! Badger hound? More like badger lunch!The dog poster at my vet's office indicated that their body shape was ideal for chasing animals into burrows - and if the British badgers are also smaller this makes sense. I looked it up on Webster's online and it concurred. However - I agree that they don't LOOK very fierce!
