From the monthly archives:

November 2009

November 17, 2009

Dachshund Christmas Card 2009

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Dachshund+Christmas+Cards Dachshund Christmas Card 2009Fig Street Art Studio in New Orleans does great Dachshund Christmas cards among other things. Check them out. This country Dachshund card can be found here if you get lost or distracted. The Scottish Terrier and Dog News especially likes the orange Scottie Xmas card.

Topics:  christmas

Terry+Pond+Dachshund+calendar+2010 2010 Dachshund Calendar: Wiener Dog Art
Terry’s Pond’s 2010 Dachshund calendar is now available. Check it out over at Cafepress. I think I like the romantic February Dachshunds best although the cocktail wieners are super cute too.

Topics:  gifts

World%27s+tallest+dachshund Freak Dachshund wants to be worlds tallest dog
You know that Great Dane, Titan, who just won the world’s tallest dog title? Well he’s being challenged for his Guinness world record and not just by another Great Dane. The world’s tallest Dachshund appeared last weak on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien to show that he is definitely taller than Titan.

Why does this controversy remind us of the world’s oldest dog fight. The Guinness people need to shape up.

Topics:  tallest Dachshund

Odette+Dachshund+necklace+gold+and+silver Dachshund Gifts: Odette New York necklace
Here’s a special gift for the fashionista Dachshund lovers in your life. This textured Daschund necklace is etched by hand in Sterling silver ($105), yellow gold ($115) or rose gold ($115). The Chain 18″ (40 cm) in length and pendant approximately 1.2″ (3 cm) in width. It’s also available as a key ring. By Odette of New York.

Topics:  jewelry

This video is designed to make owners of non-racing wiener dogs feel a whole lot better. No, it’s not just you.

Topics:  racing | video

November 15, 2009

10-year-old Oregon Dachshund abandoned in park

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The Curry Coastal Pilot has the full story on the wiener dog and his canine companion who were found in Brookings, Oregon: Brookings Police were called when a Fred Meyer store employee found a note in the elevator Monday morning. The note asked the finder to rescue her two dogs from Azalea Park. At about ...

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Topics:  Oregon | rescue

November 14, 2009

Rebuttal: Dogs not worse for environment than SUVs

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Remember that silly junk science story a while back about how dog owners did more environmental damage than SUV drivers. Well, as the Daily Dachshund and Dog News suspected, it was barking mad. Clark Williams-Derry has crunched the numbers and has this to say: It’s just the sort of counter-intuitive claim that gets lots of ...

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Topics:  other dog news

November 14, 2009

Dachshund Christmas Card by E.B. White

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This sketch (via Ten/by/Ten) by the Dachshund-loving writer E.B. White was used by him and his wife as their Christmas card one year. See more wiener dog Christmas cards.

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Topics:  christmas

November 13, 2009

Dachshund in wheelchair works as therapy dog

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Lance, a South Florida Dachshund who was paralyzed two years ago, visits patients at Miami’s Children’s Hospital once a week to help cheer them up. After surgery failed to cure Lance, his owners got him a wheelchair, the Miami Herald reports. “The wheelchair was a natural thing for him. He got movement back,” (his owner ...

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Topics:  newsmakers

November 12, 2009

Some Dachshunds have all the luck like Moxie the Doxie of Fallingwater

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Take Moxie, for example. This long-haired, pearl-wearing Dachshund got to live in Frank Llloyd Wright’s famous Fallingwater house along with all her brothers and sister. Now, the lucky wiener dog’s story is being told in the beautiful book, The Dachshund of Fallingwater, written and illustrated by Cara Armstrong, curator of education at Fallingwater. Apparently, Moxie ...

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Topics:  books

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