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

Brittany Furlan, the wife of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, posted Ring video footage to Instagram of her saving her dachshund Neena from a coyote’s jaws.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

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