駄犬 is read as だけん (daken) and means mongrel.
だけん
daken
だめ
neutral point
だがし
penny candy
だがしや
small-time candy store
だほん
worthless book
だめだめ
entirely useless
だめをおす
to make sure
ださく
poor piece of work
だめになる
to spoil
だぶん
my poor writing
だもの
trash
だめづめ
filling neutral points
かりいぬ
hound