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4 unusual facts about Dachshund


Dachs

The Dachshund, which literally means "badger dog", has this German name origin.

Deadly Eyes

Dachshunds wearing rat suits were used in the filming of Deadly Eyes to achieve the effect of super-sized rodents.

National Beer Festival

It was traditionally developed in the Plaza Jose Hernandez, but in 1996 moved to a specially designed site, known in Argentina as the Brewer Park (Parque Cervecero in Spanish), with a procession through the streets of the town with carriages, dance groups, orchestras, villagers in traditional costumes, parades and the special dog sausages.

Tasty Time with ZeFronk

A French Dachshund called ZeFronk hosts a healthy cooking show from his doghouse with his assistant, a songbird named Sue, and his silly neighbour cat named Dom that always sneaks away the snacks that ZeFronk makes, and each episode ends with ZeFronk chasing Dom around the prep counter.


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Merry Dog

Down on the snowy terrain, Pooch rides on a dachshund-pulled sled, and sings a jazzy version of the song Jingle Bells.

Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom, 1361

The painting was made in Munich in the 1880s, about half a millennium after the actual event of 1361, hence there are some incorrect details in the painting—though Carl Gustaf Hellqvist was very ambitious when making pictures that were true to the period—for instance the dachshund that is seen at the very left beer vat and the medieval houses in the background: The first dachshund was bred in the 16th century, not in the 14th century, thus an anachronism.


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