Iris Love, archaeologist and long-time breeder of dachshunds, speaks about the breed and their strange history as well as her own experiences with them.
The 74-year-old archaeologist owns dozens of dachshunds, six of which are slated to compete next week in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show championships, held at Madison Square Garden. Love’s top dog is the somewhat fancifully named Champion Dachsmith Love’s Psyche NT II. At the end of Psyche’s rookie campaign, she is currently ranked the No. 1 smooth bitch and the No. 2 smooth dachshund all-breed. All of Love’s entries are champs, and nearly all are named for heroes of Greek mythology.
Love has bred or co-bred numerous dachshunds that have won the national specialty, which encompasses all three coats: smooth, wire-haired, and long-haired. Tyche Tyche, whom Love named for the goddess of good fortune, is a three-time American Kennel Club dachshund bitch of the year. Tyche’s nephew Diomedes was once the highest-ranking dachshund, but he was supplanted by Adamis, who has lived her entire life in the lap of lapdog luxury.
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