dachshund
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If you lift a square from the center of the pan, it should hold itself together with quiet dignity — no flopping, no folding, nothing that resembles a dachshund being scooped up stomach-first.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026
A 2025 story of optimism from Valerie the dachshund.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
My little office where I write and hang out with my two dogs—a Great Dane and a rescued dachshund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Just inland from Rosie’s Dog Beach, Franklin Bean, a 10-month-old mini dachshund, greeted passersby with tail wags and belly rolls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
The dachshund gave a little yelp, then cringed forward, shimmying with ecstasy, till his mistress, shouting something at him, stepped hurriedly over the wire guard surrounding the tree and picked him up.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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They now walk their two dachshunds in the morning and do enrichment activities with them in the house to keep them occupied "since it's too hot to walk them after 8am or 9am".
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Other subjects included Hockney’s dachshunds, Stanley and Boodgie; friends, such as textile designer Celia Birtwell and curator Henry Geldzahler; and family, including his mother and father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The AKC’s top 10 were: French bulldogs, Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers, German shepherds, poodles, bulldogs, Rottweilers, beagles, dachshunds and German shorthaired pointers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
The highlight is Saturday afternoon’s 10th annual Wiener 500 Dachshund Dash, which finds multiple heats of dachshunds racing down a 70-foot track while humans cheer and watch on a giant video screen.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022
She had the Gouchers’ dachshunds, Frank and Beans, with her.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
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