Queen Victoria

Dachsies were the personal fasvourite of Britain's Queen Victoria, shown here with the royal dachshund Boy, of which a bronze statue was later erected at Windsor castle. Although she declined to breed her personal dogs, hunting dachshunds were bred in royal kennels throughout Victoria's reign. As a consequence of Queen Victoria's affection for the breed, dachsies became a favorite for women of fashion to parade around London's Hyde Park during the late 19th Century.

Princess Margaret

Another member of the British royal family with a passion for dachsies. Princess Margaret's dachshund Pipkin became famous when he mated with one of the Queen's corgis to produce the royal dorgis.

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain

In this painting, the Queen is shown with some of her favourite dogs, including one of the royal dorgis. The dorgis first appeared when the Queen's corgi Tiny cross-bred with Princess Margaret's dachshund, Pipkin. There have been 8 dorgis - Tinker, Pickles, Chipper, Piper, Harris, Brandy, Cider and Berry. The Queen currently owns three dorgis (Brandy, Cider and Berry).

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso adored dogs and had at least one canine companion at all times in his life. One of these was a dachsie named Lump, of whom Picasso wrote, 'Lump is not a dog, not a man—he really is someone else.'' Lump was originally owned by photographer David Duncan, but after a visit to Picasso, the artist and dog became inseparable. (According to Duncan, ''He dumped me for Picasso.'') Lump slept with his new owner and he even ate at the table with his own dinner plate—a ceramic created for him by Picasso.

Lump is seen to best advantage in Picasso's The Pianist, a reinterpretation of the Velázquez's masterpiece, Las Meninas in which this dachsie replaces Velázquez's noble mastiff.

Doris Day

Well-known singer and actress Doris Day ia seriously committed to animal welfare and rescue , having established two organizations - the Doris Day Animal Welfare & the Doris Day Animal League. Two of her dachsies have been Rudy and Schatzie

In her words: "I found Rudy, a dachshund, limping along in the Valley. One of his eyes was badly infected… Schatzie is another dachshund a refugee from the house Terry had in the mountains"

Cristina Saralegui

Host of "The Cristina Show", Spanish television's highest rated talk show, Cristina Saralegui shares her life four miniature dachshunds, named Choco (Short for Chocolate), Winnie, Bubba, and Gorda (in Spanish that means "Fat one").

In her words: "they practically run my household. Dachshunds are very stubborn but at the same time, very lovable dogs."

Joan Crawford

E.B. White (1899 - 1985)

E.B. White is best known for his three children's books: Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He shared part of his life with three miniature dachshunds incluing Minni.

He was a very private man, a great animal lover and a great humourist. He wrote of the stubbornness of his dachsie: "It stops in the doorway while returning to the house, pauses, lights a cigarette, inhales, then nonchalantly continues in".