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Just in case your haven't seen them yet... Gary Larson's Wiener Dog Art:

Bottle, Apple, Book and Bowl of Wiener Dogs
The Persistence of Wiener Dogs
Wiener Dog with Head Turned
The Bitches of Paradise
Through the Storm
Wiener Dog Cave Art
The Whine
Runaways

I've been finding lots of Dachshund related postcards. Take a look through the site and you'll find many more like these two: From 1890, and this funny one of a baby in the wrong place at the wrong time from 1900.

Royal Doulton made Dachshund figurines. I saw similar to this one (figure #HN-1128 discontinued in 1985) at an antique shop for $385CDN. Ouch.

If you look real hard you might just find a Dachshund Piggy Bank

And could this WEB Site get to be any more fun? Better check out the other pages.

I really had to laugh when Lori surprised me with these Joe Boxer boxers. The pattern is of wiener dogs and it wasn't until several months later that I realized that the white dogs glow in the dark! Here's a close up look at the pattern.

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Sergeants Flea Collars have been around for years and they used a Dachshund for a 1967 ad. But this magazine ad from the early 1960s claims you can clean your dog without bathing! The "SKIP-BATH" ad features a dachshund!

Looking for an investment? Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), was considered to be the master at portraying canine character. He did do some dachshund sketches and his paintings which can fetch between $2,500 - $10,000 each!

Long before there were English language books about those little dogs, Germany had many. This one by A.Roeseler, E.Reinicke, A.Oberlaender and A.Hengeler is from 1915. The title, "O Diese Dackels", translates into "Oh These Dachshunds".

While he generally painted birds on naturalist expeditions, Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) did do some Dachshund drawings and a Dachshund Painting in 1919 of a pair of Dachshunds doing what they were bred for, hunting.

Post WWII Japanese industry was well know for it's transistor radio products and it's mechanical toys. Do you recognize this one?  It was made by the Daiya Company in the 1960s.

Texas artist Anna-san Henderson created this western motif near abstract of Dachshunds at rest. It's a wonderful piece entitled Los Tres Perros, The Three Dogs.

Dachshunds appeared several times on the AKC Gazette. this one Comes from October 1990.

Dachshunds  are often found "under wraps". If you don't have a Dachshund this might seem odd, but if you have one, isn't it typical?

Neat. I finally found a place to put my poker chips. And look for more Nic-Nacks on Page 7.

I'm always keep my eyes open for quality Dachshund art work And I have to say that I'm very impressed with these postcards by Adrianne Curley. There's Little Red, Double Trouble and All Fluffed Up.

This little fellow is Waldi.

Waldi was the first official Olympic mascot. He was selected and appeared for the 1972 Munich Games. He of course was a Dachshund. He was modeled after Cherie von Birkenhof, a longhaired breed of the species.

Waldi’s head and tail are light blue, and his body has vertical stripes with at least three of the five Olympic colours. Waldi was produced in various forms and sizes: plush, plastic, stickers, posters and buttons - but not as a pin until many years later.

A little know piece of dachshund movie trivia: the part of the pet dog of Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) in the Wizard of Oz, was originally scripted for a miniature dachshund named Otto owned by actress Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West in the movie. Lingering post-war hostility toward the Germans, however, caused the studio to insist upon the substitution of a Norwich terrier to be called Toto, a dog of then more acceptable British descent. 

In this rare still shot from unreleased footage, we see Dorothy singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," with Otto behind her. This scene had to be re-shot after the studio fired Otto, and the original footage has never been shown.