Rabbit Holes
Let's go down a rabbit hole of thought together.
An actual rabbit hole is a little dugout den that rabbits make. They can use them to hide from predators like the hawks that fly above my house, and I’m just far enough from the city that rabbits will dig these little holes in my back yard, even depositing brand new little baby rabbits in those little dugouts.
Dachshunds are natural enemies of rabbits in many ways. The breed was initially created in order to chase small animals down holes (badgers, mostly, but this certainly translates to rabbits as well). This largely explains their “wiener” shape.
I was able to catch one of these deadly predators in action right in my own back yard a couple of years back. Here’s Twopert, our incredibly sweet foster dog, showing his primal instincts:
