3 interesting things about Dachshund:

1. Bred to hunt badgers - The dachshund, originally called dachshund, actually means badger dog in German.
2. 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.
3. 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.