141. Best Dressed Dachshund

On Saturday you’ll be able to dress your dachshund up and compete at the German Fest at Maier Festival Park MI. For more details go to Here.

Illustration by Carolyn Ryan

140. The Term ‘Hot Dog’

Here’s a link to the possible history of the phrase ‘Hot Dog’ – but read it carefully though, it is talking about two sausages, and not two live dachshunds!

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=23&id=14245

139. Best in Breed Dachshund

Perfectionist Diane Graham breeds miniature wire haired dachshunds to show, and she’s just had a Best In Breed winner in the form of Moreta. Well that’s his SHORT name anyway!

Read more here:
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/124670

138. More Dachshund Art

Found this on etsy.com where there are tons of dachshund art by lots of talented folk. It was difficult to choose a favorite, but as I love lots of color, this had to be the one.

It is called Murphy The Dachshund, and is by Rebecca Collins (artpaw) who has her own site at Artpaw.com

If you are creative and are wondering how to sell your images online, Etsy might be a good place to start.

137. The Correct Dachshund Bag!

This is the kind of thing I was after! Lots of different colored little doxies pictured end to end.

Although I wonder if any of Mary Lynn Blasutta’s designs ever made it onto a bag. I love her dachshund designs, as you may have read!

136. To Carry A Dachshund

I put a search in Ebay for Dachshund Bag as I wanted a nice stylish dachshund shopping bag, but this is one of the things I found!

That pink creature looks more like a lamb than a dachshund, but it made me chuckle anyway!

135. She Worked Hard For The Dachshund!

Nine year old Corryl saw last year’s Wiener Nationals and vowed she would get her own dachshund and train it to win races.

She pleaded with her Dad to let her have one, and he only gave in after she read a whole book allowed to him about caring for the breed, and when she agreed to pay the $300 herself by doing lots of extra chores. She was holding lemonade sales and selling lots of stuff. She baby-sat friends’ pets and even washed their dogs in her yard!

And now she has her beloved pet Roxanne she isn’t going to forget her vow. Roxanne is being trained by perfectionist Corryl.

You HAVE to read this story if only to find out how involved her parents are in making sure their children are stimulated and learn the value of money. Corryl is a true entrepeneur!

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/lagunahills/article_1766849.php

Photo courtesy of Orange County Register

134. Dachshund and Kitten Family

Lillie the Surrogate Mother to kitten Tahoe has really made headline news all over the world, but I notice this report tells exactly the same story except that the cat is now a girl, not a boy!

I don’t know if they just got it wrong, or if they only just found that out!

http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/50886

133. Largest Number of Racing Dachshunds

On Saturday July 14, 87 dachshunds will race 50 yards at Los Alamitos Race Course for the 12th Annual Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals, raising money for the Seal Beach Animal Care Center, a charity that finds homes for stray animals in Orange County.

The winner will receive a Wienerschnitzel crystal dog collar pendant, and their owner will win $1000. They will also be able to compete in the finals at the Holiday Bowl Big Bay Balloon Parade at Christmas.

132. Dachshund Feeds Kitten

We reported a few months ago the story of a mother cat who nursed dachshund puppies. Now we found a story of the other way round!

This is quite remarkable! Tahoe was named because his new owner found him in the engine of her Chevy Tahoe, after she’d been driving around for a few minutes and heard meowing!

Then the new owner’s long haired dachshund Lillie was spurred into a false pregnancy and started producing milk after she saw that Tahoe needed a Surrogate Mother.

Read the full story here:
http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/428/story/86290.html

131. Awesome Discovery of the Trashed Dachshund

A long haired dachshund called Awesome was happily reunited with his owner after he was found in a dumpster by an anonymous caller.

What is the matter with some people? I'd like to put THEM in a dumpster.

Read the full story and watch the video of the rescued dachsie here:
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_070507_animal_dog_dumpster.475e9e9d.html

130. Another Blasutta Dachshund

There are so many images of Mary's that I'd like to put up here, but I'll just stick with two.

I'm going away for the weekend but I'll have plenty dachshund tales (or should that be tails?) when I return.

129. Dachshund Clubs and Events

As it’s summer, there are tons of dachshund events popping up all over the country, such as the events held by The San Diego Dachshund Club, photographed here by Lea Achivida, the club’s photographer.

I am however a tad confused by the dates shown, as all the photos and comments on her Fotopages page seem to jump from 2004 to 2010!

Maybe Lea and her dachshunds are expert time-travellers as well!

See the page here:
http://sddachsieevents.fotopages.com

128. More Dachshund Art

I’ve seen Mary Lynn Blasutta’s work before but I didn’t know just how many dachshunds she has featured until now. She has been illustrating ad campaigns, book covers and magazines for over 25 years. She often has dogs in her work. Other favorite breeds she uses are poodles and Scottish terriers. I love her retro style.

See lots of her work here: http://www.blasutta.net/

She clearly loves shoes too!
image by Mary Lynn Blasutta