World's first 'sausage dog' museum opens in Bavaria

‘The world needs a sausage dog museum ... no other dog in the world enjoys the same kind of recognition or popularity as the symbol of Bavaria, the sausage dog,’ says museum founder Kueblbeck. Photo: AFP

A museum dedicated to the dachshund, Germany’s short-legged, long-bodied ”sausage dog”, opens next week in the southern city of Passau, and will show more than 2,000 exhibits from dog-shaped bread to a giant golden statuette.

Two proud sausage dog owners and former florists gave up their jobs to open the museum in Bavaria, which they say is the world’s first devoted to the “dackel” and built it up from nothing in just three months.