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by Patricia L. CookThis Tidbits looks at the noble, fierce little dogs
bred to hunt badgers. Dachshund means “badger hound” in German. Affectionately called “wiener dogs,” they can be very comical.
• Dachshunds are good watchdogs because of their loud fierce barks, which, of course, can be annoying at times! They are loved by children because of their size and distinctive cuteness. Even though dachshunds are not known for their ease of training, they are very popular. Some say they are low-slung hounds with big attitudes!
• Dachshunds are exceedingly loyal, protecting their owners in all circumstances, even when confronted by dogs five or more times their size. They are known to be tough, sweet, cuddly, af-fectionate, courageous, curious and lively and are always ready to make you laugh.
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• Illustrations from as far back as the 1500s depict dogs similar to dachshunds. Some historians believe that dachshunds have been around since ancient Egypt. However, the most widely held story of the funny little “hot dogs” origins is that they were developed in Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were bred to be dogs with excellent digging skills and the ability to chase rabbits, foxes and even more formidable animals such as boars and badgers.
• Traditionally, dachshunds have been seen as a symbol of Germany. During World War I, they were not wanted by the people of England or the United States. Americans began calling the dogs “liberty pups,” and political cartoonists drew dachshunds to ridicule the Germans. Some dislike for the dogs lingered during World War II but was not as widespread. Their popularity from 1930 to 1940, before and during World War II, actually advanced from 28th to sixth. After the big wars, love for dachshunds became the predominant emotion.
• Dachshunds have been recognized as a breed by the American Kennel Club (AKC) since 1885. Today, they consistently rank in the top 10 breeds for popularity.
• While the most popular dachshunds are black and tan or solid tan (red) in color, many different colors for the breed exist. The reds can vary from strawberry blonde to deep auburn; there are chocolate, crème and gray coats as well. Some interesting colorations are brindles, dapple and piebalds. There are three varieties of dachs-hund that can be any of the colors: wire-haired, smooth and long-haired.
• The following story has never been confirmed, but it makes for great reading about hot dogs: In 1852, the butcher’s guild in Frankfurt, Ger-many, developed a smoked, spicy sausage in a casing that resembled the low-riding German Dachshund. It was dubbed the “little-dog” or
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“dachshund sausage.” Legend says that cartoonist Tad Dorgan was inspired by vendors at a 1901 polo match in New York who offered “red-hot dachshund sausages” to fans in the grandstands. Dorgan drew a smiling dachshund in a long bun for one of his cartoons. He couldn’t spell dachs-hund, so his caption read “hot dog!”
• There are many famous people who have loved their pet dachshunds. The first (and maybe only) dachshunds to live in the White House belonged to U.S. President Grover Cleveland. Actually, according the New York Times, September 26, 1893 edition, the dogs were a gift for Mrs. Cleve-land from the Unites States Consul in Bremen, Germany. They were sent on a 4,000-mile (6,437-km) journey to live at the nation’s capital. Surely that was an entertaining trip for the crew.
• Pablo Picasso painted many canvases and even a lunch plate with the likeness of his dachshund,
Lump. Picasso actually painted a copy of a famous painting by Velazquez, called “Las Meninas.” In Picasso’s version, a large mastiff is replaced by a much smaller dog, Lump! (Lump is pro-nounced loomp in German and means “rascal,” appro-priate for a dachshund!)• John Wayne’s family had a dachshund named Blackie who became a hero when
he awakened Wayne’s wife during a house fire in 1958 with his tenacious bark.
• The first dachshund in England was owned by Queen Victoria in 1839. Her husband, German Prince Albert, gave her the dog as a gift and soon brought more of the puppies to the country. The breed quickly gained popularity and was recog-nized by the English Kennel Club in 1877.
• Gergweis, Germany, the “Dachshund Capital of the World,” once had so many dachshunds that they outnumbered people two to one. They were used as a tourist attraction!
• All three “Toy Story” movies have had a “Slinky” dachshund in them who has been a big hit with kids and adults alike. The second movie actually had a real dachshund puppy in it, Buster, who helped save a toy taken to a yard sale.
• There are some exciting “wiener dog” events around the world that draw crowds for fun and laughter as the popular little dogs entertain. Even when dachshunds don’t intend to entertain, they are entertaining!
• The 20th Annual Weiner Walk and Dachshund Picnic was held at Winskill Park in Tsawwassen, British Columbia in August. Some years have seen as many as 300 dog lovers and their ca-nines. The event is put on by the Western Dachs-hund Club and includes walks around the park, a costume parade and contest, contests for best trick, longest dog, oldest dog and more. As could be expected, there are drinks and snacks for sale, including hot dogs!
• Dachshund Races are fun events that can be found in numerous places. Dachshund lovers as well as those who just want to enjoy the comedy
of the sight gather to watch the large races that are part of the Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nation-als in Buda, Texas; Los Alamitos, California; Findlay, Ohio; and San Diego, California. If you missed these big events this year, don’t worry, the finals are held prior to the Port of San Diego Big Bay Balloon Parade in December before the Hol-iday Bowl. The finalists get to be in the parade on the Wienerschnitzel float. (Wienerschnitzel is a chain of hot dog restaurants that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011.)
• The Dachshund Club of America opposes “wien-er racing,” because many of the events precede greyhound races, which are abusive to grey-hounds. Also, racing can lead to back injuries in dachshunds.
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After starting league play in the 4A north-ern last week, both the Thompson Valley Eagles and the Greeley West Spartans were looking to bounce back after losses. Shortly after kickoff in this one, Thompson Valley looked like they might get going early with a beautiful drive on their first possession but after failing on a 4th down conver-sion inside the opponent’s 10 yard line; the Eagles would go scoreless for the remainder of the half.
The eagles were the first to get on the board with four minutes to go in the third quarter. Thanks to a fumble by Greeley West, Thompson Valley’s Mads Nielson hit a 29-yard field goal to make the score 3-0 TV. The only score for the Spartans came on a blocked punt that Senior Andrew Bruning recovered in the end zone to make the score 7-3 Greeley West.
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• It was beloved American actress Katharine Hepburn who made the following sage obser-vation: “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.”
• Half of the Earth’s surface is covered by the Pacific Ocean.
• Need more evidence that portion sizes in America are getting larger? In the 1964 edi-tion of the iconic “Joy of Cooking,” a recipe for chocolate chip cookies was said to yield 45 servings. When the cookbook’s 1997 edition was published, the same recipe was said to yield 36 servings.
• The original name of the city of Melbourne, Australia, was Batmania.
• In the original calculations made by NASA experts, a landing on the moon was thought to have only a 5 percent chance of success.
• In rural Wisconsin in 1921, two third-grade students in a one-room schoolhouse became sweethearts. At the end of the school year, Lorraine Beatty and Mac McKitrick lost touch with each other. This story would be unre-markable, except for what happened 87 years later. In 2009, their brothers, who had become friends, brought the couple back together again. Shortly thereafter, the couple married and moved in with each other in a retirement home.
• The 12th president of the United States, Zach-ary Taylor, let his horse graze on the White House lawn.
• The oldest government building in the coun-try actually predates the nation: The Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, N.M., was built in 1610.
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You are unique – that’s it. You’re not “some-what unique” nor are you “very unique”. You are unique. You are the only one like you.
Unique, you see, is a term that cannot be modified by an adverb or degree or a compara-tive adverb.
For instance, if someone says that you are “somewhat unique” they probably mean you are unusual, maybe a little odd, or even weird. If someone describes you as “very unique” it prob-ably means that you are exceptional in some way or maybe eccentric, or worst of all, frightening.
But either way, they are not using the word unique cor-rectly. Unique means only one thing: one of a kind. So you can’t be “very” one of a kind or “somewhat” one of a kind. You can only be one of a kind.
And that’s what YOU are. You are one of a kind.
You look the way you look. Unless you have a great deal of money to spend on plastic surgery, you can make only minor adjustments to your appear-ance. You can change your hairstyle, alter your diet, modify your exercise program and refur-bish your wardrobe, but ultimately, you will look like you and you always will.
You think the way you think. No one proc-esses information like you do. That’s because of your unique experiences in life: The environ-ment you grew up in, your education, your interests, the people you’ve met along the way, all of these experiences and people have left their impression on you and have impacted the way you sort out all the information placed before you at any given moment.
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You feel the way you feel. No one reacts emotionally to life just like you do, and for the same reasons given in the previous paragraph. My brother and I had the same demanding math teacher in high school. I ended up hating math and he ended up loving it. Go figure.
So don’t try to be someone else. Be you. Don’t talk or walk or think or sing or dress or groom or live like someone else or some group just because you think they are cool or just because they want you to conform to them. And don’t al-low others to diminish the real you just because
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Oscar Wilde said, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” Don’t allow that description to apply to you.
Unpack your uniqueness. Let the real you shine. Drop
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You see, you’re not your best you can be if you are trying to be someone else; but you are your best when you are totally you. And that is for one simple reason: you are unique – that’s it. You’re not “somewhat unique” nor are you “very unique”, you are unique. You are the only one like you.
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• On Oct. 6, 1847, “Jane Eyre,” a book about the struggles of an orphan girl who grows up to be-
come a governess, is published. Charlotte Bronte, the book’s author, wrote of her experiences at being sent to a boarding school at the age of 5.
• On Oct. 1, 1920, Scientific American magazine reports that the rapidly developing medium of radio soon would be used to broadcast music: “Experimental concerts are at present being conducted every Friday evening from 8:30 to 11:00 by the Radio Laboratory of the Bureau of Standards.”
• On Oct. 5, 1930, a British dirigible crashes in Beauvais, France, killing all 56 people aboard. The R-101, Great Britain’s biggest blimp, was flying only 250 feet above the ground, unbe-
knownst to the pilots because of the dark night. The blimp skimmed treetops before hitting a ridge, igniting the hydrogen supply.
• On Oct. 4, 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower distributes to his combat units a report by the U.S. Surgeon General that reveals the hazards of prolonged exposure to combat. Based on this evaluation, American commanders judged that the average soldier could last about 200 days in combat before suffering serious psychiatric dam-age.
• On Oct. 2, 1968, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson strikes out 17 Detroit Tigers in the first game of the World Series, breaking Sandy Kou-fax’s record for the most strikeouts in a Series game.
• On Oct. 7, 1975, a New York State Supreme Court judge reverses a deportation order for John Lennon, allowing him to remain legally in the U.S. The judge wrote that “The courts will
not condone selective deportation based upon secret political grounds.” An FBI investigation of Lennon had turned up no evidence of involve-ment in illegal activities.
• On Oct. 3, 1995, Heisman Trophy winner O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, despite a DNA match, a wound on Simpson’s hand, the recent purchase of a “Stiletto” knife and matching shoeprints at the scene.
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