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Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund enjoys fame through social media accounts maintained by his owner, Ryan Beauchesne.
LOOK! y I’ve got m ! k o o b n ow Fans of Crusoe can read even more about him in Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund: Adventures of the Wiener Dog Extraordinaire.
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He has more than 855,000 fans on Facebook, 160,000 on Ryan Beauchesne, 28, Instagram and his book — started a WordPress blog Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund: for the dachshund puppy, Adventures of the Wiener Dog Crusoe, he and his girlfriend Extraordinaire — was a New York FOLLOW ON purchased five years ago. A Times bestseller. Facebook page soon followed “People have always @crusoe_ and Crusoe’s popularity commented what they dachshund organically grew from there. love about the blog is the Inspired by the Weimaraner combination of the writing and he had as a child and the the photos and how they both @Celeb_ iconic William Wegman work off each other to deliver Dachshund photo books his parents the story,” says Beauchesne, kept on the coffee table, who left his job at a small Beauchesne stages elaborate digital marketing and Web Crusoe the shoots with costumes and development agency in Ottawa Celebrity props for Crusoe, captioned in the last year in order to Dachshund on the Crusoe the Celebrity manage Crusoe’s social media Dachshund blog in Crusoe’s full time. voice. “It’s been quite a challenge,” says the From donning a bow tie for “date night” admittedly shy Beauchesne. “I’ve really had to lounging on a poolside chaise in a to improve myself personally in terms of tropical shirt and spiffy hat, Crusoe is speaking. It’s too bad Crusoe can’t talk for dressed for success. himself sometimes.”
RYAN BEAUCHESNE; COURTESY OF THE PUBLISHER; THINKSTOCK
DRESS-UP DACHSHUND