123. Where To List Your Dachshund Event

If you have an event coming up, and want maximum exposure, be sure to let your local newspaper know. Put up flyers in Petshops, libraries, dog clubs, etc.

Then find as many local dachshund related online forums as you can, and post to them to tell them about it.

And don't forget to let local businesses know. Expecially the local Hot Dog trailer! When you are organising an event, local businesses always want some of the action. If there are going to be lots of people there, they will want to make some money.

Use your imagination, and go through the yellow pages - who will benefit from being there?

If you are having an event to raise money for a charity, why not contact a celebrity? Maybe you know of a famous dachshund owner who is willing to help out. The press will know how to find them, or find their agent online.

Good Luck, and you can start by listing your event here at http://www.dachshundgifts.com/events.html

7. 200 Dachshunds Crossing The Street!

Here's a lovely news story about The Southbeach Dachshund Winterfest that took place yesterday.

Says Elinor J Brechor of the Miami Herald:

"Actually, when it comes to dachshunds, any display of shyness is inconceivable, which guarantees that the fifth annual South Beach Dachshund Winterfest, taking place Saturday, probably will be a lot like last year's.

''It's unmanageable. There's a lot of barking . . . We stopped traffic on Ocean Drive when 200 tried to cross the street,'' is how Ruth Remington, the event's founder, described it.

As the wag H.L. Mencken once noted: ''The dachshund is a half-dog high and a dog-and-a-half long,'' which makes it the canine world's visual cartoon.

Comparisons to wieners and sausages are unavoidable, so dachshund owners -- if not the dachshunds themselves -- embrace them.

Count on seeing any number tricked out in hot-dog-bun costumes for the event, which begins at noon in the park along Ocean Drive between 11th and 12th streets".

Read more Here.