For my #ThrowbackThursday, here's a snapshot of my desk from 2013. Although my workspace was pretty cluttered then and still is, despite being in a different house now. Under the table, there was a tower PCs, running #FreeBSD. The laptop that was on was using #MacOS, while the mini ITX desktop was powered by #NetBSD with #Xen, hosting various services in some domUs. My smartphone at the time was a QWERTY-equipped Samsung #Android, which I had chosen in the hopes of finding a keyboard experience similar to the superb one offered by #BlackBerry. Additionally, there was another laptop beneath the phones operating on #OpenBSD. The Dockstar, running NetBSD, served as my file server; it even had remote access, albeit with a modest broadband speed of just 1.5 Mbit/sec.
Another throwback Thursday! This time we're looking at Dachshunds which from here on out I will call doxies because I can not be bothered to spell their name correctly.
Most of y'all probably already know Doxies were bred in Germany to kill badgers in their burrows - badgers were a major pest for German farmers. England made them into a more pet-like dog, which separated the dog into a Miniature and Standard subtype. Standards can weigh up to 32lbs, where minis should be weighing under 12lbs. Unfortunately I haven't found any doxies much bigger than the 15# mark, and even working doxies are miniatures.
In the first photo you can see a remarkable difference in the legs; The modern doxie has exceptionally short legs in comparison. The modern doxie also had a much deeper chest, the combination of the two means the chest is nearly touching the ground. Modern doxies also have a longer back. Doxies have quite a lot of back issues; some of this will always be present due to dwarfism, but it can be exacerbated by the exaggeration of the long spine.
The working variety has gained much of the height back, the chest is not exaggerated, and it has regained the stop that modern ones seem to have done away with. However, like I previously mentioned, even the working line is still the miniature size. Today working lines are mostly in staged competitions, hunting partners, occasionally ratters, but no longer do they really hunt badgers anymore.
The Bull Terrier, then (roughly 100 years ago) and now.
The Bull Terrier I lovingly call the 'first pit bull', as it was the first pit bull type dog to become a uniform dog breed. A hoodlum by the name of Hinks was trying to show his parole officer that he wasn't getting into any trouble by spending all of his time breeding dogs (this isn't a lie btw). The dogs he was breeding were called Bull & Terriers - they were not a breed, just a colloquial term for dogs that were Bulldog x Terrier crosses, which were used for dog fighting. He wanted a dog that would come out looking the same with each breeding, a uniform white with strong shoulders and muscled hindquarters, erect ears, tenacious and powerful. These dog were then used for dog fighting among many other things, as most of these blood sport dogs only did blood sport as their night job lol. They were considered the 'Gentleman's Dog'.
Over the years, the 'stop' (the angle between the eyes to the snout) was bred out. This was long after Hinks died, and he'd probably be turning in his grave. The angled head doesn't seem to cause any health problems, surprisingly. At least none that are known of. It is theorized they may cause dental issues, with concerns of crowding, but this has not been reproduced in any studies I found.
You can actually still find older versions of the Bull Terrier today - They are called the Hink's Terrier or Gull Terrier. They had to incorporate other breeds to get the stop back. #dogs