Fun Facts about Dachshunds

1.) Hot dogs were named after dachshunds -- not the other way around. Hot dogs were originally called dachshund sausages. 

2.) Dachshunds are the smallest breed in the hounds group.

3.) Dachshunds have very long lifespans, one in particular, named Chanel broke the word record to living to age 21. 

4.) Britain's first cloned dog was a dachshund named Winnie. 

5.) Dachshunds have 125,000,000 smelling cells and can track several weeks old scents. They also can hear four times better than humans. 

6.) Dachshunds have many different variations in color. They can be: red, cream, black and tan, black and cream, chocolate and tan, blue and tan, and isabella (fawn) and tan. Dachshunds also have many patterns: dapple, double dapple, brindle, sable, and piebald.