The Dachshund breed was not found until at least the 16th century in Germany. The name dachshund comes from the German words dachs (badger) and hund (dog). Before the 1900s smaller Dachshunds were used to for going underground to catch very small animals. Some of these Dachshunds were at first just runts of their litters, but later others were created intentionally by crossing Dachshunds with Toy Terriers and Pinschers. Most of the Miniature Dachshunds produced this way did not have the characteristics of the dachshund breed. This continued until about 1910 when stricter criteria was given to reproduce the breed. Now each type of coat has a different breed to cross with to get the best results: wire-haired cross with Miniature Schnauzer, long-haired with Papillon and lastly, smooth-haired cross with Miniature Pinschers.

Some experts theorized that the early roots of the dachshund go back to ancient Egypt, where engravings were made featuring short-legged hunting dogs and recent discoveries by the American University in Cairo of mummified dachshund-like dogs from ancient Egyptian burial urns may lend credibility to this theory. In its modern incarnation, the dachshund is a creation of German breeders and includes elements of German, French, and English hounds and terriers. Dachshunds have been kept by royal courts all over Europe, including that of Queen Victoria, who was particularly enamored of the breed. hey were originally bred for hunting badgers by trailing scent.

The first verifiable references to the dachshund, originally named the "Dachs Kriecher" ("badger crawler") or "Dachs Krieger" ("badger warrior"), came from books written in the early 18th century. Prior to that, there exist references to "badger dogs" and "hole dogs", but these likely refer to purposes rather than to specific breeds. The original German dachshunds were larger than the modern full-size variety, weighing between 30 and 40 lb (14 and 18 kg). Though the breed is famous for its use in exterminating badgers and badger-baiting, dachshunds were also commonly used for rabbit and fox hunting, for locating wounded deer, and in packs were known to hunt game as large as wild boar.
Die Dackelfamilie mit Jäger und Magd
(The Dachshund family with Hunter and maid)
painting by Adolf Eberle
Illustration “Dachs and Dachshund” 
by Carl Friedrich Deiker,
of a dachshund baying a European badger
The Miniature Dachshund is bred in 3 varieties: Smooth; Wirehaired; and Longhaired. At Benny's Dachshund, we specialize in long-haired miniature English Cream Dachshunds.

Longhaired Miniature Dachshund — The sleek, glistening, often slightly wavy hair is longer under the neck and on the underside of the body, the ears and behind the legs. The coat gives the dog an elegant appearance.
Most English Cream puppies are born with shading (black tips on the end of their hair) but as they mature and they lose all of the shading to be Cream adults, some Creams may not lose all the shading and they will have a little bit of shading on their coats for their entire life. The exception to this rule are the Clear Creams and they are born with a Clear Cream coat from birth.
Parts of the historical information above is referenced from the source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachshund
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