The name "lance" means "badger dog" in German, where these dogs were first bred. Woodcuts and paintings from the fifteenth century show badgers being hunted by dogs with short legs, long bodies, and hound-like ears. To this day, the dachshund's short muscular legs are well suited for burrowing into tunnels and underground lairs, although the breed has never been active as a hunting dog in the United States. As pets, dachshunds are lively, loyal, and assertive watchdogs.
I've never had an experience with dogs, or even just one dog. No, I don't think it's possible to just have an experience with a dog. Rather, you experience the dog itself. It really doesn't matter what was going on around you while you experienced the dog. What happened outside of the dog is irrelevant. What matters is the dog, and the way you experienced it. I was a young boy when I first experienced a dog. Perhaps too young. At that time I was unable to fully grasp the significance of this experience. That doesn't necessarily mean the experience was wasted on me, just that it took me a few years to finally understand this experience. When it finally hit me, though, it was as if it had just happened. It had an impact on me that could have torn down a building. Everything before the moment I experienced that dog was just time wasted, waiting for a chance to experience a dog. Nothing in my life mattered, until that day. On that cold, April morning, when I was four years old...I experienced a dog.
