Margaret Suran wrote:
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> Puester wrote:
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>> Please describe a Dackerl.
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>> gloria
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> Gloria, A Dackel is a Dachshund, it's what it is called in German.
> A Dackerl is a small Dachshund or just a loving way to call one of any
> age or size. It's what we called them in Vienna and which is probably
> still that way. Sorry if you thought I knew of a special breed of dog.
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Please don't be sorry about that. The longer I live the more I learn
how much I DON'T know.

I've never been crazy about Dachshunds but our Swedish partner has a
very nice, very old long-haired Dachshund named Robin ("Rob-BEEN" in
Swedish.) R. has a lot of personality and begs to come along when we are
out in the forest picking lingonberries or chanterelles.


> My cousin had a female Dackerl. She got loose one day when she was
> being walked and came back after having mated with a large dog. She
> died trying to give birth to a litter of puppies that were too large
> for such a small dog.

Ouch! Poor dog.

gloria p