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dachshund

[dahks-hoond, dak-suhnd, dash-] / ˈdɑksˌhʊnd, ˈdækˌsənd, ˈdæʃ- /


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Her early dispatches included photos of a handwritten thank you note from a child, a long-haired dachshund on a walk and snow falling on a corner store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

A 2025 story of optimism from Valerie the dachshund.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025

The night before, Hockney got into a car with his dachshund Tess to be driven across the Channel.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025

The way my dachshund, unabashedly ridiculous, rolls belly-up on the scratchy hallway carpet each morning.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024

Comparing a dachshund with a wolf, you wouldn’t even suspect that the former had been derived from the latter if you didn’t already know it.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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 restrictions could be applied to the leg length of dachshunds.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

He told National Public Radio last year the characters, a pair of dachshunds named Perry and Augie, were inspired by his nephews.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

In an envelope, I put ten dollars I’d made from walking the Gouchers’ dachshunds.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate




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