{"id":3818,"date":"2025-12-16T14:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/dachshunds-descend-on-hyde-park-for-christmas-walk\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:32:35","slug":"dachshunds-descend-on-hyde-park-for-christmas-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/dachshunds-descend-on-hyde-park-for-christmas-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dachshunds descend on Hyde Park for Christmas walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-12-16 14:32:33<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Hundreds of dachshunds and their owners descended on Hyde Park for the annual sausage dog Christmas walk.<BR><br \/>\nOn Sunday (14.12.25), the pooches donned jingling collars and festive outfits as they were walked across the grass.<BR><br \/>\nNow in its eighth year, the event began as a small social experiment. Ana Rodriguez first organised the walk to help her dachshund, Winston, learn how to mingle as a puppy. <BR><br \/>\nIt has since ballooned into a full-blown Christmas tradition, with past turnouts reaching nearly a thousand dogs and people. <BR><br \/>\nThis year\u2019s meeting point was the Physical Energy statue, where owners competed in a best-dressed contest before an hour of enthusiastic play and socialising, followed by the parade itself.<BR><br \/>\nCostumes ranged from charming to deeply impractical, as one dog sported a box to resemble a present on arrival, another appeared as a reindeer pulling a miniature sleigh, while others sported tinsel, scarves, and festive jumpers. <BR><br \/>\nDachshunds are not famous for their enthusiasm for clothing, but three-year-old Otto tolerated a Christmas scarf long enough for photos. His owner, Berfin, said he was used to posing, thanks to her photographer boyfriend.<BR><br \/>\nDespite their famously short legs, the Royal Kennel Club recommends dachshunds get up to an hour of exercise a day. <BR><br \/>\nOriginally bred in Germany as fearless hunters of badgers and rabbits, dachshunds have surged in popularity across the UK in recent years. <BR><br \/>\nBut in Hyde Park, their only quarry was treats.<BR><br \/>\nAna told The Guardian: &#8220;They\u2019re really special. Loving, protective, and the most loyal dogs ever.\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-12-16 14:32:33 Hundreds of dachshunds and their owners descended on Hyde Park for the annual sausage dog Christmas walk. On Sunday (14.12.25), the pooches donned jingling collars and festive outfits&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3820,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818\/revisions\/3820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}