A dackel!!
That's one mighty fine and gorgeous hound dog you got there, @Chap! You very obviously have great taste! I've grown up with them, but have never had a long hair. I hear they're the sweetest.
I recently lost my best friend/fellow life traveler/partner eight weeks ago this coming Saturday, but I digress...
He was a wire hair and a whirling dervish of insanity (in the best possible way, of course)