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In
the world of art, they say that art is in the eye of the
beholder. But then there's just ugly. This rabbit shaped gourd
is just ugly, but ti does feature the rabbit holding a
Dachshund. Who knows why? It never ceases to amaze me as
to how many children's books I find telling stories about this
Dachshund or that Dachshund.
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And
just how many of those poke fun a how long our favorite dog is.
This one by Sid Hoff might just take the
long dog thing a bit to
far.
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But how about a real book
featuring a Dachshund? Well then try The Serpents Trail: A Maxie and Stretch Mystery by Sue Henry.
The dogs name is Stretch. Go figger.
I wonder why there is no
newsgroup for Dachshunds?
alt.pets.dogs
shows 10 groups, non of the them Dachshund related. Just sad.
So get this, there's a gene named after the Dachshund. Gene researchers have located mutated genes in common Drosophila (Fruit Flies).
The mutant phenotype of Dachshund gets it's inspired gene
name from the legs of mutant flies. In comparison to wild-type and in relation to body length (as in the breed of dog),
the legs are extremely short.
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It
walks, stops, wags it's tail and barks all at your command. Now
only if your dog was a well behaved as this
mechanical Doxie
from the early 1970s.
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Have you seen the Tin Can Dachshund yet? They've been
appearing at Nic-Knack stores everywhere. I've seen them in
Canada and the US. They're hand made and they all look pretty
much the same. It's a girl Doxie called Schatzie and she sports
a neck charm of her boyfriend Spike a Bull Terrier. I'm assuming
made by the same people. By the way, I have one in my Doxie Nic-Knack
collection!
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Are
you a collector? Perhaps of old Life magazines? Well then,
you'll have to look for the one from September 23, 1946. It
sported a Dachshund on the front cover.
A New Joke: What do you get when you cross the Great Pyrenees
and a Dachshund? Point your mouse at the blue dot to find out 
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This
little fellow comes from a magazine ad that tries to show that
young women can still look cute in Junior Sportswear through the
use of Dachshunds.
Did you know that at Clops,
a Japanese Font Foundry created a set of Dachshund Fonts? 
Unfortunately
it's not available for download. Well at least I've never
found it.