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Acrylic painting from a photograph of a Long Haired Dachshund in Cruden Bay Scotland with a history of the breed and how to buy a dog portrait:

Dachshund Painting From Photo

Send me a photo of your dog or pet and I will paint a portrait of it using acrylic paints on canvas. The finished pet portrait will be ready to hang straight onto your wall. The image to the left is the finished canvas of the Long Haired Dachshund for a customer in Cruden Bay, Scotland. The photo below the acrylic painting is the image I worked from to produce the dog portrait.

The canvas size is 24cm x 30cm.

I can deliver the animal portraits to areas near Aberdeen, Scotland, otherwise they are sent by recorded delivery in protective packaging and wrapping, which is included in the price.

Long Haired Dachshund Photograph

Please send the photograph(s) of your pet, which will be returned, with a cheque for £35 made payable to Karla Buswell, and your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address to:

Karla Buswell
Karlascreativecapers.co.uk
PO Box 18620
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
AB42 3WZ

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Information About The Long Haired Dachshund

The History Of The Dachshund Dog

The Dachshund dog originates from Germany and was bred to scent out and hunt animals that live underground and in tunnels. The small size but ferocious nature of the Dachshund dog made it ideally suited to go into small cavities for its master to hunt out animals as large as badgers.

This earnt the Dachshund dog the alternative name of badger dog, which in German is der Dachs—badger or der Hund—dog. It earned other nicknames such as badger crawler, badger catcher, weiner, hot dog or sausage dog because of its look of having short leg and long body.

During the use of the Dachshund dog as a hunting dog the breed was bred to have a barrel like chest, loose skin and crooked legs so that they would be better suited to burrow and get into tight spaces after prey. Their long tails were especially adapted to being used by their master to pull them out of long or tight tunnels. Dachshunds would also be used to hunt rabbits, foxes, to find wounded deer, and packs of Dachshunds would even hunt game as large as wild boar and as fierce as the wolverine.

Dachshunds are rarely used for hunting now and its ferocious nature has been somewhat tamed as the bred became domesticated. In modern Germany the Dachshund dog is more commonly called a Dackel or Teckel. Queen Victoria kept some Dachshunds and this saw the breed grow in popularity in the UK.

Appearance Of The Dachshund

There are three coat varieties of the Dachshund dog which are smooth, longhaired, and wirehaired. The wirehaired variety is generally shorter in spine length than the smooth and longhaired varieties.

Adult Dachshunds will grow to weigh up to 14kg, though a miniature Dachshund may only weigh up to 5kg.

Colours of coats range from the dominant colour of red, tan or black. The breed also has shades of fawn, chocolate brown, blue, cream, wild boar, deep rust or copper. The breed have coarser black hairs peppered along the back, tail, face, and ear edges. Breeders and enthusiasts call this stag or an overlay and strongly covet this in a show dog.
Dachshund dogs that are all black or chocolate brown are not consider suitable for show and are known as non-standard.

The Dachshund have lovely expressive faces and can look thoughtful, contemplative and at times aloof. Their eyes are particularly appealing and can appear deep and soulful.

Their large barrel like chest gives the Dachshund their characteristic bark that sounds like it has come from a much bigger dog. The short rib cage and long spinal column does cause some spinal problems in some Dachshund dogs. This can be made worse if dogs are permitted to become overweight or even obese because this places even more strain on the spine. Owners can help to prevent this by stopping their dogs from jumping, walking up and down stairs and being carried or held correctly and not overfeeding their dogs.

Temperament Of The Dachshund

Dachshunds make great pets and companions. They are clever, lively, loyal and playful fun dogs who love to chase small animals and birds with great determination and ferocity - probably from recessive memories of their ancestors hunting days.

The dogs are strong headed which can make them challenging to train. Many people perceive the Dachshund to be a snappy dog, but this could be that many are pampered by their owners because of their small stature which sees them used as lap or cuddled dogs by many an indulgent owner.

The long-haired Dachshund has a less excited temperament than the smooth or wire-haired dog. This is though to be because the long-haired Dachshund was formed from a breeding with the calm Spaniel dog which is how the long haired variety was formed.