The Wiener Takes All Story
Welcome to the world of competitive wiener
dogs, a world that boasts healthy dachshunds and rabid owners. Unleash the
truth as we track America's sexiest and fastest weenies on the professional
dachshund circuit.
(2004-2005 Wiener Nationals Champ "Noodles")
Every year, tens of thousands of American
dachshund owners enter their dogs in various competitions. Extremely
popular, dachshund races routinely bring horse and dog tracks a week's worth
of attendance on a single night (in Buda, Texas, almost 20,000 hit the
annual races). There's even a national wiener dog racing championships - the
Wiener Nationals, that features racing weenie dogs from across the country.
A more high profile type of Dachshund competition is the world of show
doxies, where thousands of miles in travel and hundreds of thousands of
dollars are required to compete for the spot of "top dog".
In the fall of 2004 documentary filmmaker Shane MacDougall decided to
chronicle the surprisingly cut throat world of competitive dachshunds for
two years.
The result is
WIENER TAKES ALL.
Crisscross the continent and get the inside scoop on what makes these
champion dogs and their colorful owners tick as we visit dachshund races,
hilarious “earthdog” competitions, and the Westminster dog show. Candid
interviews with the world’s top show dog personalities give us a crash
course in wiener dog politics, and a glimpse into the divisive controversies
that have long dogged the dachshund community.
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