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01-26-2006 | 01:09 PM

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Cotton

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From: Texas

RE: blood dog

OH, that’s the misconception of most in America. The Dachshund shares the same popularity as a hunting dog in Europe as the Lab does here. I have two Wirehaired Dachshunds with over 30 generations of working/tracking in their bloodline.

On a few calls I’ve taken the hunter didn’t know what breed I used to track with. After checking to make sure there was a blood trail (State Law) I got my dog out. It’s amusing to watch the reaction of the hunters standing around. Heck one guy almost dropped to his knees laughing. Well that all changed only seconds into the track when they are all still standing there but now with their mouths open. Six minutes later we reach the end of what took them 5 hours to track and another eight minutes for my dog to have his teeth sunk into the bucks ham. They weren’t laughing anymore, they were trying to buy my dog from me.

Don’t underestimate a Dachshund (German for “Badger Dog”) these dogs were bred to go underground and take on a Badger in his house. One hunter I tracked for was alone and his buck went a long ways. After he had dragged him for a while I offered to take over if he would hold the dog. Of course the dog had to follow the deer and after a few minutes he said “Here take your dog back, dragging the deer is easier!” They are some stout 30# dogs that are not scared of anything.

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