1. There was once a wire-haired Small Schwyz Hound, but it is now extinct.

2. I am alone in my excessively white house with a wire-haired dachshund for company.

3. As in the Portuguese Podengo, the Andalusian Hound comes in three sizes (large, medium and small) and with three types of coat (wire-haired, long-haired and smooth).

4. A wire-haired dachshund that held the record as the world's oldest dog and celebrated its last birthday with a party at a dog hotel and spa has died at age 21 — or 147 in dog years.