That story has been circulating the internets for awhile now. It's not Bainsbane's dog. I believe he belonged to an elderly couple who could no longer care for him. A rescue took poor Obie in and slimmed him down. I have a mini dachshund (looks like my avatar!) and follow all sorts of dachshund facebook and website stuff so I've seen a lot of his pictures. Dachshunds love to eat and are experts at begging with their big adorable eyes it's so hard to resist.

I've got 3 of them, 2 males that look like your avatar, and a long-haired black with brown female, who is 100% sweetheart!
Mine beg by sitting fully upright on their behinds, and seem like they can do it for hours on end. I feel like I'm surrounded at the dinner table, with one at each side of my chair, and one at my feet!
They are cute, smart, playful, and extremely protective little dogs.