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National Dachshund Race News - Update from the Webmaster!

For the PRESS, here is a link that speaks about our races! Please use this link to our Press Release.

 

Now that the 2009 year is behind us we look forward to a VERY EXCITING 2010! Not only will we have the Findlay Races, we will also have circuit races throughout the country that will make The National Dachshund Races the KING of all race events and hopefully our goal is to STOP the poorly run Dachshund Races that are held in areas of this country that unfortunately ARE geared for profit and NOT the safety of our fine companions!

 

We hope you were pleased with this years event. Much time and effort went into the planning and executing of this. We are quite proud of how it appeared to be received by the public and what about La Riche Chevrolet and the Drury Inn & Suites? What better sponsors and locations. La Riche Chevrolet's own staff placed in many hours on their own to ensure that this year the races would go well. What can I say about the Drury Inn & Suites as my wife and I (as well as our companions) stayed there and what a NICE place to stay. Our biggest and humblest of thanks to them both!

 

Now I am certain that many are anxiously awaiting updates on our website. I have to be honest with two things. First, much material comes from outside individuals and takes time to reach me to post. Secondly after we returned home I unfortunately was hit with a VERY bad case of pneumonia and this had left me bedridden for the last couple months. I am happy to say I am slowly improving and now can say some updates ARE available!

 

In the Video Area, we have some new videos posted and more will follow. In our Photo Gallery, many new photos have been posted and hundreds more will soon be available. The winners are also posted (awaiting photos) in our Race Results page. Have a look and more soon.

 

Thank you for being a part of The National Dachshund Races and we look forward to seeing you at all of our events in 2010! I will not let the proverbial "cat out of the bag yet" as Toni will scream however we are in negotiations on a venue for the "Champion of Champions" that will be mind boggling! More as I have it - Ken.

 

Shane MacDougall from "Wiener Takes All" (A Dogumentary) supports our fine event. We are Grateful and Proud of this! Quote - "From 2004 to 2007 I shot a documentary about the world of dachshund racing in America. Of all the events that I encountered on my journey across the nation, - and I encountered quite a few, Toni Gossard's stands out as an example of an event where the dog's health and comfort are a top priority".
Shane MacDougall
Director
Wiener Takes All

 

La Riche Chevrolet proudly presents
The National Dachshund Races "2009"
334 E. Main Cross - Findlay, Ohio ~ Sept. 26th and 27th 2009
Most events indoors - vendors inside & out - Rain or Shine!

 

J&J limo has donated the use of a limo to pick up people and doxies from LaRiche Chevrolet Cadillac and drop them off at the start of the PARADE and pick them up at the end of the parade and take them back. How cool is that! ONE LONG LIMO meets our long doxies and ride JUST LIKE THEY DESERVE - IN STYLE!

LaRiche Chevrolet Cadillac is definitely YOUR KIND OF DEALER!

 

LaRiche Chevrolet Cadillac welcomes you and are proud to present
The "2009 National Dachshund Races!"

Remember to ~ "Switch to LaRiche!" There simply is not a finer local event to sponsor!

 

LaRiche Chevrolet Cadillac IS your Findlay Chevrolet and Findlay Cadillac Dealer. Our Dealership has built a reputation on providing courteous, honest service. Our customers appreciate the way we do business, and we know you will too. "Switch to LaRiche" – with a large inventory of new and used Chevy's and Cadillac’s in our Findlay location you’re sure to find what you want. And our Findlay parts and GM Goodwrench service feature genuine GM parts and accessories. Order parts and schedule service online.

 

At LaRiche Chevrolet Cadillac in Findlay we offer towing and rental when you need it and our body shop features "TLC paintless dent repair" – another reason to "Switch to LaRiche." LaRiche Chevrolet Cadillac is located at 215 E. Main Cross – hours of operation and get a map and directions to our location. Contact us either by e-mail or phone at (877) 887-2773 if you have any questions or would like to speak with our staff about your immediate needs.

 

Search online for that new Chevrolet or Cadillac – and if it’s a used car you’re after, search online for them as well. We feature GM Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles. LaRiche sold the most pre-owned vehicles in Hancock County in 2007. We don’t just sell Cadillac’s and Chevrolet’s; we service and repair them too. Let us be your Findlay Cadillac dealer.

 

J&J Limo, located in Findlay, Ohio, has been in business since October of 1992 serving the city of Findlay, as well as Hancock, and surrounding counties. Visit their website at: http://www.jandjlimo.com For ALL YOUR LIMO NEEDS!

We are planning a great event for The National Dachshund Races! Rooms have been held for our group at the BEAUTIFUL NEW DRURY INN & SUITES FINDLAY! REMINDER! THE DRURY HOTEL GRACIOUSLY ALLOTTED A LARGE BLOCK OF ROOMS AT A GREAT RATE FOR OUR OUT OF TOWN GUESTS. THEY MUST RELEASE ROOMS SHORTLY FOR OTHER GUESTS SO IF YOU "HAVE NOT" MADE YOUR RESERVATION, WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO DO SO TODAY!

To make reservations, please use this link that the Hotel Specially Made for our guests to The National Dachshund Races! This again shows how this GREAT Hotel is going the extra mile to ensure you will not only have a great stay, but you will wish to return down the road: http://www.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx?groupno=2069120

 

The hotel offers great amenities, such as:

	FREE! HOT! QUIKSTART ® Breakfast- Enjoy scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits & gravy, Belgian waffles & more!
	FREE! Evening Beverages and Snacks now served daily from 5:30-7:00pm
	FREE! High-Speed Internet Access in Every Room
	FREE! NEW! Free Long Distance - One Hour Every Room, Every Night!
	GREAT PRICE! Offering a deal that JUST CANNOT be overlooked! A Fantastic Quality Hotel at Bargain Prices for our guests!
	YES! WE ARE DOG FRIENDLY! NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED! You will only be billed if damages are found after checkout. This is a nice feature MOST Hotels DO NOT OFFER as they generally request a Non-Refundable Deposit in advance! Another way that the Drury Hotels are looking after Us and our Guests to The National Dachshund Races!

 

Please make your reservations by Friday, September 11, 2009 to receive our group rate. Reservations made after this date will be subject to prevailing rate and availability.

P. S. Drury Inn & Suites has been recognized by J.D. Power and Associates with the award for "Highest in Guest Satisfaction Among Mid-Scale Limited Service Hotel Chains, Four Years in a Row". Click here for the scoop!

Findlay Inn & Conference Center has chosen to become a part of The National Dachshund Races by becoming a co-sponsor!

Relax and enjoy the casual elegance and business resources our guestrooms have to offer. Rooms overlooking our beautiful three-story Grand Atrium are available upon request.
Check-in: 3:00pm; Check-out: Noon;
Cancellation policy: 11:00am day of reservation.

 

Welcome to Findlay Inn and Conference Center Online Reservations!

 

The hotel offers great amenities, such as:

	Free Deluxe Continental Breakfast
	In-room Coffee, Hair Dryer and Iron & Ironing Board
	Refrigerator Suites & Microwave Suites
	Hi-Speed Wireless & Internet Access
	Cable Television & Premium Cinemax & Free Daily Newspaper

 

SORRY NO PETS - However if you are a part of a LARGE group and some of your guests do not have a Dachshund and want a very nice place to stay, you found it!

 

Come In, Relax And Enjoy A Great Meal! This lobby-level restaurant offers a complete dinner selection with everything from traditional steaks and chicken to specialty items. The restaurant is also a favorite for the downtown lunch crowd.

 

 

ADMISSION CHARGE - $2.00 Per Adult and Children under 10 free
NATURALLY visiting DACHSHUNDS ARE FREE!

Interested weiners can now pre-register online or purchase products through our store by using this link - REGISTER!

WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL DACHSHUND RACES
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME A SPONSOR OR VENDOR?

The National Dachshund Races would not be possible without the support of our sponsors, volunteers and friends. This year, The National Dachshund Races is looking for a MAIN sponsor and/or additional sponsors to support our Dachshund Races!

 

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A SPONSOR, YOU WILL HAVE A DIRECT IMAGE LINK ON OUR WEBSITE WITH A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR COMPANY AND HAVE ADDITIONAL LINKS THROUGHOUT THIS WEBSITE! WE ARE A VERY HIGH HIT COUNT WEBSITE AND ALSO HAVE A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF RACERS AND VISITORS EACH YEAR!

 

YOUR LOGO WILL STAY ON FOR A FULL YEAR PROVIDING ADDED EXPOSURE FOR YOU! FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE USE OUR CONTACT US LINK or look at our PDF outline form:

Sponsor Plea!

Vendor Request Form!

 We Need Volunteers! Volunteer Request Form!

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THE NEW NATIONAL DACHSHUND RACE BULLETIN BOARD - NDR BULLETIN BOARD!

Welcome to the NEW National Dachshund Race Bulletin Board!

 

We are VERY PLEASED to announce the addition of a Bulletin Board to our Website. We obviously wish for this board to be Dachshund Related in all topics, however as we wish this to be an outlet for our guests to learn about Dachshunds and any other breed, you are welcome to join us regardless of your companions breed. We are well aware that there are many FINE Blogs dedicated to Dachshunds and by no means do we wish to take away from them so we also invite other Bloggers on these existing Blog Sites to register and cross-post with any information (or just fun things) that you feel could enhance this community and link back to your own!

 

The only topics and posts that we will STRICTLY PROHIBIT and REMOVE are posts soliciting breeders as we do not wish The National Dachshund Race to perhaps be seen as being associated with (as we cannot ensure it is a quality breeder) or seen as we endorse them in anyway!

 

ALL RESCUE GROUPS ARE WELCOME AND ALL BREEDS ARE ALLOWED!

 

Topics we would love to see are: Nutrition, Alternative Health Care, Diseases prone to Dachshunds - IVDD etc., Training and Behavior, Good and Bad Dachshund Races you are aware of. Feel free to post your upcoming event(s) and any others topics you feel are appropriate. We will try to start this off with a few topics and hopefully as we know you are out there, you, the web and blogging public will join in and get this off to a fast start! We WANT you to contribute and be heavily involved so help get us off to a good start and Post, Post and Post! - Please spread the word!

 

If you are one of the fine NDR racers, please feel free to share your photos and stories so others can learn from your vast experiences and knowledge and post photos, photos, and more photos as we have plenty of server space available and this way, you can be assured that your fantastic personal photo(s) of your companion can be seen on The National Dachshund Race Bulletin Board! If you were not aware, you can already submit photos online on our "Contact Us" page as it has a file upload button. If you send in a photo, please provide a description and we will be more than happy to post it on the weinerrace.com website in the NDR Photo Gallery for "2008"!

 

Race on – KGW Design Studio

 

"The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue" - Author Anonymous

A Message from Toni Gossard ~ founder of
THE NATIONAL DACHSHUND RACES

Hello Weiner Lovers: We will be entering our 10th season and again, many hard choices will be made. We have already started looking and preparing for next years (2010) races. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support of The National Dachshund Races and all that we stand for. We are currently sanctioned by: The IWDRF (International Wiener Dog Racing Federation).

 

This event has raised a good amount of money for charity though it is expensive to hold in both time and money. Other than actual expenses and funds that reach their respective charities, funds from this event are never for personal use of any kind and I never plan on changing this policy. This is to be as it always has been, a day of family fun and money being raised for worthy causes.

 

The National Dachshund Races will be taking another LONG HARD LOOK at our "2009" event along with the feedback we received from our website at www.weinerrace.com, and make some more hard decisions. I will have our webmaster update this information as it becomes finalized and allow PLENTY of time for all of you to make your plans!

 

The final winners of all of our new circuit races will participate in racing the finalist from Findlay at the "Official" National Dachshund Race Event to reach a "Champion of Champions". This we are rethinking and may just stand on our own and make it so to be the TRUE KING/QUEEN of the Dachshund Racing Circuit, any competitors from other races around the country will have to come to us as we know we already have the best there is! Here they truly can be called and named the TRUE "Champion of Champions" and make this the truly recognized National Dachshund Races Nationwide as it is!

 

We prefer and WILL stay with our many high standards as we see Dachshund Racing cropping up in many states and as there is no set standard, many have their Dachshunds run WAY too far and in conditions that if you reversed roles, you would not wish to run. Your Dachshund should be your companion first and racer second. A dachshund is simply NOT built to run long distances safely. They were breed to be badger dogs where they chase their prey into a hole and catch it or chase it out for the hunter. Their backs and overall build make them to prone to spinal injury, hip injuries and the dreaded Intervertebral Disk Disease - IVDD which is a devastating inherited disease of the spine that can leave your Dachshund paralyzed or even worse after very expensive surgery, the need to be euthanized. I get a lot of flack from those that say 35 feet is way to short. When I inform them of the inherent dangers associated with this, I hear time and time again, well they run for hundreds of yards in my backyard so what's the problem? Well the problem is simply that in your yard, the dog can run "AS HE/SHE SO CHOOSES" not forced to run 50 - 100 yards in many instances multiple times in a row or in high heat or I heard one race in Florida held it on the paved street where it was 102 degrees outside, very humid and the pavement was over 120. How would your bare feet feel running 50 - 100 yards on that surface?

 

I realize that this may raise many questions from you, our guests and racers so feel free to Contact Toni Gossard at the Weiner Races or as we are redesigning our website to properly reflect ALL the changes coming as well as keeping a fun view with photographs and video of our events, please keep coming back for a look as it will be updated and pages added as quickly as possible.

 

Sincerely,

 

Toni Gossard - Founder
729 Woodworth Dr.
Findlay, Ohio 45840

Phone: (567) 525-4564

weinerrace@yahoo.com

 

The National Dachshund Race will be held on 2-days! Saturday Sept. 26, 2009 will be Race Day! Multiple events will be held on Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. There will be 14 events in all and the Champion of Champion Races for each group will be on Sunday! We also will be having cart races. --- We do not promote racing for profit, only for the thrill and excitement to watch your Doxie participate in challenging other Doxies --- Please enjoy yourself at all events you go to and make sure you & your Doxie stays safe!   THE NATIONAL DACHSHUND RACE is proud to be participating in the AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day!   Host Club Name: National Dachshund Race   Location: The Oktoberfest is held at the Berea Fairgrounds in the BEAUTIFUL CLEVELAND SUBURB OF BEREA, OHIO.   Summary: Each day will have a senior, adult, and puppy champion. The first place finishers in each division will return to race in the Monday Labor Day final.   "Sign the Pet Promise!" Show your commitment to providing the best care for your dog by putting your paw print on the AKC Responsible Dog Owner Pet Promise. To sign the AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Pet Promise, use this link: Online petition - Sign the AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Pet Promise!   Use this link to print or view the AKC Responsible Dog Owner Pet Promise Flier.   Thank you for joining THE NATIONAL DACHSHUND RACES ~ We Appreciate Your Visiting!