Bred to hunt badgers - The dachshund, originally called dachshund, actually means badger dog in German.
The Dachshund Was the First Olympic Mascot - The official mascot of the 1972 Munich Olympics was a colorful dachshund named Waldi. This was the first time the Olympics had a mascot. Olympic officials actually designed the marathon course in the shape of a dachshund.
Nazis claimed to have taught a dachshund to talk The Germans believed that dogs were almost as intelligent as humans, so they created a special program called Hundesprechschule Asra to exploit this potential.
Better known as the sausage dog! Aahha
3 interesting things about Dachshund:
The Germans believed that dogs were almost as intelligent as humans, so they created a special program called Hundesprechschule Asra to exploit this potential.
Super cute
Nerve wrecking too 😵💫😂
It's cute and funny that he's a hound. I was impressed that he hunted badgers, who would have thought.
I hear they are good hunters too....