Fritz the Dachshund is a giant helium balloon that appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
History with the Macy's Parade[]
The balloon only appeared in two parades in 1932 and 1933 and would retire after the latter year. Fritz was one of the first balloons to have a built-in sound unit which made the barking noise from the balloon itself. He was given a new code of paint in 1933. Sometime after 1933, he would reappear in another parade with another new code of paint, although what Parade it appeared in is not specified, before being disposed of. The parade team would later create a new Dachshund named Freida which debuted in 1949.