The Dachshund dog is a short-leged, long-bodied and hound type breed of dog. It is also known by many other different names. It’s common nicknames are Badger dog, Dackel, Jamnik, Doxie, Weenie dog, Wiener dog, Sausage dog, Salsichinha, Bassotto, Sosis, Perro Salchicha, Worshond, Teckel, Taksis, Taksas, Mäyräkoira and Taksa. The Dachshund dogs may be smooth-haired, wire-haired or long-haired. The breed was originated from Germany where it was known as the Badger dog. Dachs meaning badger and hund meaning dog. Illustrations of dogs resembling Dachshunds date to the fifteenth Century, and documents from the sixteenth Century mention the ‘earth dog’, ‘badger