Dachshund
The dominant color is red, the most common along with black and tan. Two-colored dogs can be black, wild boar, chocolate, or fawn ("Isabella") with tan "points", or markings over the eyes, ears, paws, and tail, of tan or cream.
A two-colored dachshund would be called by its dominant color first followed by the point color, such as "black and tan" or "chocolate and cream". Other patterns include piebald, in which a white pattern is imposed upon the base color or any other pattern, and a lighter "boar" red. The reds range from coppers to deep rusts, with or without somewhat common black hairs peppered along the back, tail, face, and ear edges, lending much character and an almost burnished appearance; this is referred to among breeders and enthusiasts as a "stag" or an "overlay" or "sable".
"Brindle" refers to dark stripes over a solid background, usually red; if a dachshund is brindled on a dark coat and has tan points, you will see brindling on the tan points only. If a dachshund has one single spot of dapple, it is a dapple.
Solid black and solid chocolate dachshunds occur and, even though dogs with such coloration are often considered handsome, the colors are nonstandard, that is, the dogs are frowned upon in the conformation ring in the US and Canada.
While some judges choose to dismiss a dog of color, many choose to judge them and those who are actually judging the dog will look past the cosmetic color of a dog and judge the conformation of the dog FIRST. They can also have eyes of two different colors; however, this is only found in dapple and double dapple dachshunds. Dachshunds can have a blue and a brown eye.
Piebald-patterned dachshunds will never have blue in their eyes, unless the dapple pattern is present.
Temperament
A long-haired standard dachshund
Dachshunds are playful, fun dogs, known for their propensity for chasing small animals, birds, and tennis balls with great determination and ferocity. Dachshunds are known for their devotion and loyalty to their owners, though they can be standoffish towards strangers.
It is generally believed that the breed was introduced to the United States between 1879 and 1885.
The flap-down ears and famous curved tail of the dachshund have deliberately been bred into the dog. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was known for keeping dachshunds.
Due to the association of the breed with Germany, the dachshund was chosen to be the first official mascot for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, with the name Waldi.
Sports
Some people train and enter their dachshund to compete in dachshund racing, such as the Wiener Nationals.
Despite the popularity of these events, the Dachshund Club of America opposes "wiener racing", as many greyhound tracks use the events to draw large crowds to their facilities. The DCA also is worried about potential injuries to dogs, due to their predisposition to back injuries.
To be classified as a full Teckel, these dogs must undergo blood tracking tests. After suitable training, the dog must then follow a blood trail that is at least 48 hours old successfully to its conclusion.
Once this is completed, another tattoo is marked on the other ear to denote full Teckel rank. The breed is popular in Germany, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and Japan.
White's dachshund, appeared in many of his famous essays.
Lola bean is a black dachshund who has starred in many motion pictures, but is much more notably known for her vast awards and honors she has received for being one of the first dachshunds to function as a seeing eye dog.
A collection of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons was published in the 1990 book Wiener Dog Art. Upon arriving at Archduke Franz Ferdinand's country seat, château Konopiste, on a semi-official visit, they promptly proceeded to do away with one of the Austro-Hungarian heir presumptive's priceless golden pheasants, thereby almost causing an international incident
Senta, Kaiser Wilhelm II's companion during World War I and his exile to Huis Doorn.
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Weenie, the pet of Oswald the Octopus, Oswald
Oscar, in the comic strip Liberty Meadows.
Schnitzel von Krumm, in the Hairy Maclary series of children's picture books by Lynley Dodd.
The dogs of The Ugly Dachshund
Willie from the books by Ezra Jack Keats
Oliver in the anime series Ginga Nagareboshi Gin
Bodo in Hausmeister Krause (a German sitcom)
Origami in Raising Helen
Rufus "The Red" (of Morehead, Kentucky). Has appeared on many talk shows.
Belle Constantine Chappy, the name of the miniature dachshund owned by Japanese artist Gackt.
In the early Mickey Mouse comics, Mickey had a dachshund named Weenie.
When Cap Toys resurrected Stretch Armstrong in the 1990s, they also created Stretch's dog, a dachshund named Fetch Armstrong.
Joe, owned by General Claire Lee Chennault and the mascot of Chennault's Flying Tigers of World War II.
Shadow and Duke from the Shadow Adventures by Mavis Duke Hinton.
Petey from Searching For A Starry Night by Christine Verstraete.
Schultzie from Lady and the Tramp trying to tunnel out the Dog Pound while the dog quartet sings.
Cheerio from Hank Zipzer
Jepha Howard from The Used has a Long Haired Miniature named Zelda
Wally - the dachshund in the Drabble comic
Dusty- the dog of the Fariss family
Dogs looking like dachshunds appear in the clip "Number 1" by Goldfrapp where they appear as plastic surgeons; though more probably they are Saluki.
Harry Mulisch, one of the three famous Dutch postwar writers, owns a dachshund.