Duckie the Dachshund

Duckie the dachshund was the lucky winner of our Dog Walk raffle drawing for a free session.  Duckie is a two year old dapple short haired miniature dachshund with a great personality & spunk! She was more than willing to follow me around and was a great model:)  Here is a little Dachshund history for you from Pet Web Site:

“Dachshunds were originally bred to be courageous, tough and persistent in order to hunt badgers and also foxes and rabbits. Their small size and short legs enabled them to dig foxes, badgers, and rabbits out of their dens. Dachshunds were originally bred in Germany for hunting badgers and the name, Dachshund, means “Badger Dog”. Dachshunds were originally larger than seen today but were bred to be smaller towards the end of the 19th century.”

“The Dachshund is clever, fearless, lively, persistent and affectionate forming a strong bond with its family.”

I couldn’t agree more!  Here are a few of my favorite images from the session and a slideshow of them all.  Enjoy!

Doxies like to do this trick, we call it "the gofer"