Possible Clues:

• Small dog (from Germany?)
• Long to be such a dog
• Dog with short legs and a long body
• Slinky dog in "Toy Story," e.g
• Avoid going to church, taking out parent's dog
• Dog from Russian house briefly sent to Coventry, not north east
• Literally, ''badger dog''
• Long-bodied, short-legged breed of dog
• Canine Charlie and Henry avoid when old man's about
• Long for a dog?