Once again, the Daily Dachshund and Dog News is delving into the annals of wiener dog history and heading back to 1933 whence the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported on why the Dachshund had became so popular. Among other things, it notes that the Dachshund “fits under the lowest of modern chairs.”
Opinions on how the Dachshund became so popular in 1930s America
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Because we’re all totally digging the rescue operation.
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A man enjoys a beer on the porch while watching an old wiener dog, and then writes about it:
We sat in Adirondack chairs. I don’t know if they were real. The chairs probably hadn’t gotten within 2,000 miles of the Adirondacks, but as long they were smooth and leaned back, it didn’t matter. They were perfect, comfortable front-porch chairs.
Halfway through our beverages, we noticed the dachshund, its back legs useless, dragging itself down the sidewalk. He’d started at the house next to the alley. He’d been sniffing a cat under a parked car and when he couldn’t get traction on that encounter, he lit out for parts north.
A kind lady lives on the corner. She loves animals. If she had to choose between me and the crippled dachshund, the best I could hope for would be some leftover kibble, should he have had his fill.
Animals find her. Cats, dogs — I haven’t seen any wild porcupines, but, if one was having a problem, her front lawn would be a good place to rest.
I’d never seen the dachshund before. I spotted a small wagon that lay on its side. It was the sort of contraption used by animals that have lost use of their back legs.
Maybe the dachshund had had it with the wagon. With the cat. With home-court advantage and wanted to play an away game.
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Baron the Dachshund and his coach yuck it up with Jay Leno
The Orange County Register has an obituary for Baron:
He was one of his town’s most famous canine residents, an undefeated racer who had been nicknamed “the Muhammad Ali of wiener racing.”
Baron, a brown, standard dachshund who made numerous television appearances during his racing career – including two on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” – died at home last week.
He was just a month shy of his 18th birthday, or as his owner Rob Rowland likes to point out, 125 in dog years.
Even with winning the 1997 Wiener Nationals, 1998 Champion of Champions, and 1999 Ultimate Challenge at the Los Alamitos Race Course, Rowland said he will remember his dog’s greatest accomplishment as being a wonderful pet and companion.
Visit the website Rowland set up for Baron to see videos of the speedy wiener in action both on the track and on the Tonight Show back in 1997. Baron was also featured in the dogumentary, Wiener Takes All.
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Nobel prize winner with pug dog
For bonus points, name the dog. For ultra bonus points, find a photo of a Nobel Prize winner with a Dachshund.
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Photo by Neville Sukhia.
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