This week we look at two dog names:
Grenouille and Faussete
Perhaps the most famous dachshund lover of all, was Napoleon Bonaparte. In this early painting of the emporor as a young man, his trusty dappled long-hair dachshund Grenouille stands attentively beside him.
Later in life, Napoleon acquired a taste for smooth-hair dachshunds, like the one included in this later portrait, a female named Faussete, which was probably tan or red in color. 
Napoleon loved these dogs passionately, and kept dachshunds with him his entire life. Although he was a fierce warrior general, and he respected the strength and tenacity of his dogs, Napoleon refused to take his dachshunds into battle, for he loved them so and could not bear the thought of losing them to the hand of an enemy.
Having owned several dachhunds over his life, Napoleon was known to weep for days when they died.
Tags: Historical Dog Names