Famous Dachshund Owners? Look closer. Everyone knows that the part of 'Toto' in The Wizard of Oz was supposed to be a Dachshund. Brando owned a doxie named 'Maria.'
But it's the same photo-shopped doxie in both photos. Fake, fake fake.
But it's the same photo-shopped doxie in both photos. Fake, fake fake.
And that's not Margaret Hamilton who played the wicked witch, who owned the Dachshund that was supposed to be Toto, that's a woman from a vintage doxie 'how-to' pamphlet, posted just a few posts below demonstrating how to give your doxie his medicine.
This website seems to be the source of such legends and conundrums: http://home.pacbell.net/jcreitz/Andouille_Dachshund_Page4.html
UPDATE July, 2010: Years later we learned that Brando's Grandmother was a Dachshund Lover. See the beautiful real photos.
