Dachshunds Quotes

• Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

  Queen Victoria

  Home, Men, Castles

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• Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a riot. Some day, if I ever get a chance, I shall write a book, or warning, on the character and temperament of the Dachshund and why he can't be trained and shouldn't be. I would rather train a striped zebra to balance an Indian club than induce a Dachshund to heed my slightest command. When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes. He even disobeys me when I instruct him in something he wants to do.

  E. B. White

  Dog, Zebras, Book

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• Dachshund: A half-a-dog high and a dog-and-a-half long.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Dog, Long

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• Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

  Roger Caras

  Life, Dog, Sorry

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• The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren't paying for any superfluous leg.

  Mary Doria Russell

  Dog, Long, Legs

  Mary Doria Russell (2008). “Dreamers Of The Day”, p.38, Random House

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• Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.

  Robert Benchley

  Dog, Children, Pet

  Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited

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• The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble.

  Christopher Wren

  Secret, Excellence, Bricks

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• Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Dog, Ears

  P.G. Wodehouse (2000). “How Right You Are, Jeeves”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• Dachshunds have their own agenda and can be stubborn about seeing their plans through to completion. What Rosie lacked in consistency, she made up for in enthusiasm. Most of the time when I called her name, she sprinted back, her long ears cocked and flying like a little girl's pigtails. Each encounter was a glorious reunion, even if we'd been parted for only a minute or two. I had never felt so loved.

  Mary Doria Russell

  Girl, Names, Two

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• House-training, I must tell you, is a formality that can elude young dachshunds for some time; this is particularly true in climates that affront their sensibilities with outrageous meteorological insults. Rain, for example, or a startling gust of wind.

  Mary Doria Russell

  Rain, Wind, House

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• Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. But all these problems Charley ignored. He loved deeply and tried dogfully.

  John Steinbeck

  Romance, Ridiculous, Impossible

  John Steinbeck (2007). “Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962”

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• Clouseau: Does yer dewg bite? Inn Keeper: No Clouseau: Nice Doggy (bends down to pet a dachshund - it snarls and bites him) I thought you said yer dewg did not bite! Inn Keeper: Zat . . . iz not my dog!

  Peter Sellers

  Dog, Nice, Pet

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