A Wholesome Wag of 21 Dachshund Memes for Your Midday Mood Boost

How could anyone look at a sausage-shaped dog and not think "This is the cutest canine I've ever seen"?

When we try to think of cute and tiny dogs, a lot of images creep their way into our minds. Some of them are of genuinely adorable smol puppers, and some are of the crusty kind that yaps a lot. Take Chihuahuas, for example - they're the teeniest of dogs, and they could be your demon or your angel. But this is just the dual nature of Chihuahuas. Or, take Corgis for example - they're proudly potato-shaped cuties, but they can also be a round ankle-biting menace in the house. But this is just the way Corgis are.

But when we think of the Dachshund, there's nothing but joy in our hearts. They're the small dog every person wants - absolutely adorable, happy just for the sake of happiness, and actually shaped like a sausage! How cool is that? Wiener dogs are the top-tier smol dogs of the world, and we're here to celebrate them with memes.

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Do you think wiener dogs are like Corgis when it comes to mixing with other dog breeds? It's a known fact that whenever a dog has only one Corgi parent, they essentially look like a Corgi cosplaying the other parent's breed. And with this wiener retriever, it makes us wonder… do they work the same way?
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Wiener dogs as knights is actually not a bad idea! Imagine a 13th-century battlefield in medieval Europe. Armored soldiers of two rivaling sides are clashing swords and shields. But one side has the upper hand, because a very special unit is marching forward with their little legs - armored hot dogs. They trip the enemy on the ground, they carry lost weapons back to the knights who lost them, and they bite the ankles of their enemies. They bring victory and glory to their kingdom, and get all the treats they want as a reward from their king. Yay for armored hot dogs!
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Think about Dachshunds in the Olympics after seeing this little guy (quite literally a little guy) jump more than five times his body height. Really think about it. If Dachshunds were to compete in a sort of Doglympics, they would absolutely dominate the height jumping contests! Sure, other dogs might jump higher, but a Great Dane jumping nearly twice their height is actually nothing compared to the high-jump capabilities of a Dachshund, if you normalize the result for body size. We'd totally watch a height-jumping competition and root for the Dachshunds!