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The dachshund is a short-legged, elongated dog breed of the hound family,the breed's name is German and literally means "badger dog", from Dachs, "badger". Due to the long, narrow build, they are sometimes referred to as a wiener dog . The standard size was developed to scent, chase, and flush badgers and other burrow-dwelling animals, while the miniature was developed to hunt rabbits.

History:
Dachshunds have been kept by royal courts all over Europe, including that of Queen Victoria, who was particularly enamored of the breed. They were originally bred for hunting badgers by trailing them.

The first verifiable references to the dachshund, originally named the "Dachs Kriecher" ("badger crawler") or "Dachs Krieger" ("badger warrior"), came from books written in the early 1700s. The original German dachshunds were larger than the modern full-size variety, weighing between 30 and 40 lb, and originally came in straight-legged and crook-legged varieties. Though the breed is famous for its use in exterminating badgers and badger-baiting, dachshunds were also commonly used for rabbit and fox hunting, for locating wounded deer, and in packs were known to hunt game as large as wild boar and as fierce as the wolverine.
Double-dapple dachshunds rare. It is generally believed that the breed was introduced to the United States between 1879 and 1885.

Temperament:
Dachshunds are playful, fun dogs, known to chase tennis balls and other toys with great determination. Many dachshunds are strong-headed making some of them a challenge to train. Dachshunds are good watchdogs. Dachshunds are known for their devotion and loyalty to their owners, though they can be standoffish towards strangers. If left alone many dachshunds will whine until they have companionship or their owner arrives back home.

According to the American Kennel Club’s breed standards, "the dachshund is clever, lively and courageous. Persevering in above and below ground work, with all the senses well-developed. Their temperament and body language give the impression that they do not know or care about their relatively small size.
The dachshund's temperament may vary greatly from dog to dog.

Coat and color:
Dachshunds exhibit three coat varieties:
Smooth (short),Long Hair,Wire Hair
Wire hair is the least commonly seen coat and the most recent coat to appear in breeding standards. Many people are unfamiliar with wire-hairs and commonly mistake them for other breeds.

Dachshunds have a wide variety of colors and patterns:
Single-colored(red,black,choclate,cream Etc.)
Single colored with spots (dapple)
Two-colored

Dogs can be black, blue, wild boar, chocolate, or fawn ("Isabella") with tan "points", or markings over the eyes, ears, paws, and tail, of tan or cream. A two-colored dachshund would be called by its dominant color first followed by the point color, such as "black and tan" or "chocolate and cream". Other patterns include piebald, in which a white pattern is imposed upon the base color or any other pattern, and a lighter "boar" red.The reds range from coppers to deep rusts, with or without somewhat common black hairs peppered along the back, tail, face, and ear edges, lending much character and an almost burnished appearance; this is referred to among breeders and enthusiasts as a "stag" or an "overlay" or "sable". True sable is a dachshund with each single hair banded with three colors: light at the base of the hair, red in the middle, black at the end. An additional, striking coat marking is the brindle pattern. "Brindle" refers to dark stripes over a solid background, usually red; if a dachshund is brindled on a dark coat and has tan points, you will see brindling on the tan points only. Even one single, lone stripe of brindle is brindle. If a dachshund has one single spot of dapple, it is a dapple.

Solid black and solid chocolate dachshunds occur and, even though dogs with such coloration are often considered handsome.
Light-colored dachshunds can sport amber, light brown, or green eyes; however, kennel club standards state that the darker the eye color, the better. They can also have eyes of two different colors; however, this is only found in dapple and double dapple dachshunds. Dachshunds can have a blue and a brown eye. Blue eyes, partially blue eyes, or a blue eye and a brown eye are called "wall" coloring, Piebald-patterned dachshunds will never have blue in their eyes, unless the dapple pattern is present.

Popularity
Dachshunds are popular pets in the United States, ranking first in the 2006 AKC registration statistics. They are popular with urban and apartment dwellers, ranking among the top ten most popular breeds in 76 of 190 major US cities. Dachshunds are famous for their peculiar size, body, and face.

In popular culture
William Randolf Hearst was an avid lover of dachshunds. When his own dachshund Helena died, he eulogized her in his "In The News" column.

Fred, E.B. White's dachshund, appeared in many of his famous essays.

A collection of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons was published in the 1990 book Wiener Dog Art. A special section was inserted that chronicled the presence and influence of dachshunds throughout the history of art.

Lump, the pet of Pablo Picasso, who was thought to have inspired some of his artwork. (Pronounced: loomp; German for "Rascal") Picasso & Lump: A Dachshund's Odyssey tells the story of Picasso and Lump.

Kevin Smith has a dachshund named Shecky.

Jack Ruby the killer of U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald had a dachshund named Sheba who he often referred to as his wife.At the time he committed his infamous murder, he had four of them - although he'd had as many as ten.

Andy Warhol had a pair of dachshunds, Archie and Amos, whom he painted and mentioned frequently in his diaries.

Stanley and Boodgie, immortalized on canvas by owner David Hockney, and published in the book David Hockney's Dog Days.

Wadl and Hexl, Kaiser Wilhelm II's famous ferocious pair. Upon arriving at Archduke Franz Ferdinand's country seat, château Konopiste, on a semi-official visit, they promptly proceeded to do away with one of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince's priceless golden pheasants, thereby almost causing an international incident.

Senta, Kaiser Wilhelm II's companion during World War I and his exile to Huis Doorn. Senta died in 1927 at age 20 and is buried in the park of Huis Doorn, near the Kaiser's grave.

Hot Dog in renegade Krypto the Superdog

Schatzi (German for "little treasure") in That '70s Show

Itchy Itchiford in All Dogs Go to Heaven

Boots in Emergency!

Little Dog in 2 Stupid Dogs

Slinky in Toy Story and Toy Story 2

Buster in Toy Story 2

Wiener Dog, the name of Norm Henderson's dachshund on The Norm Show
Mr. Weenie in Open Season

Jorge in Clifford's Puppy Days

Both Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, from Hanna-Barbera are weiner dogs.

Waldi, the mascot of the 1972 Summer Olympics

Dinah the Dachshund

Pretzel in Pretzel by H.A. and Margaret Rey

Hundley in Curious George by H.A. and Margaret Rey

Weenie, the pet of Oswald the Octopus, Oswald

Oscar, in the comic strip Liberty Meadows.

Schnitzel von Krumm, in the Hairy Maclary series of children's picture books by Lynley Dodd.

Odie in Garfield The Movie, Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties and the upcoming

Garfield Movie, Garfield 3: A Twist of Time.

The dogs of The Ugly Dachshund

Willie from the books by Ezra Jack Keats

Oliver in the anime series Ginga Nagareboshi Gin

Bodo in Hausmeister Krause (a German sitcom)

Origami in Raising Helen

Rufus "The Red" (of Morehead, Kentucky). Credited for saving 4 children from a burning daycare in Kentucky. Has appeared on many talk shows.

Belle Constantine Chappy, [Katakana] the name of the miniature dachshund owned by Japanese artist Gackt.

In the early Mickey Mouse comics, Mickey had a dachshund named Weenie.

When Cap Toys resurrected Stretch Armstrong in the 1990s, they also created Stretch's dog, a dachshund named Fetch Armstrong.

Joe, owned by General Claire Lee Chennault and the mascot of Chennault's Flying Tigers of World War II.

Shadow and Duke from the Shadow Adventures by Mavis Duke Hinton.

Petey from Searching For A Starry Night by Christine Verstraete.

Schultzie from Lady and the Tramp trying to tunnel out the Dog Pound while the dog quartet sings.

Cheerio from Hank Zipzer

Jepha Howard from The Used has a Long Haired Miniature named Zelda

Wally - the dachshund in the Drabble comic

Dusty- the dog of the Fariss family

Dogs looking like dachshunds appear in the clip "Number one" by Goldfrapp where they appear as plastic surgeons; though more probably they are Saluki.

Harry Mulisch, one of the three famous Dutch postwar writers, owns a dachshund. He once said his dog is more intelligent than a lot of people.

On the TV show iCarly there are many Dachshund-related items on their set.