Remember when they added corgis to the wiener dog races in Bella Vista?

September 3, 2023 at 6:49 a.m.

by Celia Storey

Kathe Luetgens, 9, holds Katie, an 18-month-old dachshund, in the starting gate during the fourth annual Wiener Takes All dachshund races Oct. 2, 2010, at Loch Lomond Park in Bella Vista. More than 70 dachshunds were registered. (NWA Democrat-Gazette fie photo)


On Sept. 8, 2007, the Bella Vista Animal Shelter staged a dachshund race at the Loch Lomond softball field in Bella Vista. From this little event the Wiener Takes All Arkansas State Championship Wiener Dog Races were born.

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