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What Color is that Dachshund?
This page is to help in the definition of
Dachshund Color.
(to be used as a guide....not a standard)
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The
RED
Dachshund
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May range from a deep red or mahogany with
black highlights
(a black dorsal stripe and/or black hairs interspersed in
the coat) to a clear light red.
Reds should have a black nose and black nails.
Reds could also have a liver nose and liver colored nails. (Similar color to
the chocolate and tan)
A clear red has no dark hairs anywhere in the coat and its nose and nails
would also be light.
All of these would still be registered as a Red.
Red is a Dominant Color |
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 The
BLACK/TAN
Dachshund
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A black and tan
dachshunds coat will be black all over with tan points
(tan on feet, over eyes, on face around muzzle, on chest, under tail).
Black and tans will have a black nose, and black nails.
Breeding too many black and tans will slowly reduce and/or eliminate the tan
points (this is a fault - this is meant to be two-color)
Black and Tan is a Dominant Color to the Dilutes. (Blue, Isabella or Fawn)
Black and Tan is only recessive to Red |
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 The
BLACK
Dachshund
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A black dachshund will
be black all over.
Black dachshunds will have NO tan points.
Blacks will have a black nose, and black nails.
This is not the result of continuous breeding of black/tan to black/tan.
True Blacks appear to breed dominant over the black and tan. |
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 The
BLACK/CREAM
Dachshund
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A black and cream
dachshunds coat will be black all over with cream points in place of the tan
points.
(Cream on feet, over eyes, on face around muzzle, on chest, under
tail).
Black and creams will have a black nose, and black nails. |
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 The
CREAM
Dachshund
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A cream dachshund will have a cream colored coat.
The cream color should cover the entire body. The lighter the cream
color the better!
Creams should have a black nose and black nails.
The cream color can range
from a dingy looking white to a butter color.
Creams can have a darker overlay. This would be referred to as a “Shaded”
Cream.
Cream dachshunds can only have smooth or long hair.
A “cream” colored wire
hair dachshund would be referred to as a “Wheaten”
(True Imported English creams are only longhair, any smooth cream is not pure and
may be the result of breeding clear light reds to eventually produce a
"cream" or breeding the cream into the smooth lines)
Cream is a Recessive Color |
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 The
CHOCOLATE
/CREAM
Dachshund
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A chocolate and cream
dachshunds color can range from a light milk chocolate brown to a dark
chocolate brown with cream points
(cream on feet, over eyes, on face around muzzle, on chest, under tail).
The lighter the cream colored points, the better!
A chocolate and cream dachshund will have a brown to light brown nose and
nails.
(A true chocolate/cream will NEVER have a black nose.)
They will have brown eyes and on occasion green to hazel eyes.
Both parents must be chocolate and cream or carry for chocolate and cream in
order to produce chocolate and cream pups.
Chocolate and Cream is a Recessive Color |
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 The
CHOCOLATE
/TAN
Dachshund
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A chocolate and tan
dachshunds color can range from a light milk chocolate brown to a dark
chocolate brown with tan points
(tan on feet, over eyes, on face around muzzle, on chest, under tail).
A chocolate dachshund will have a brown to light brown nose and nails.
(A true chocolate/tan will NEVER have a black nose.)
They will have brown eyes and on occasion green to hazel eyes.
Both parents must be chocolate or carry for chocolate in order to produce
chocolate pups.
This color should not be bred with red, as it will produce very poor colors.
~ Examples: Click
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This is a two-color (must have tan points)
Chocolate and tan is a Recessive Color |
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 The
CHOCOLATE
Dachshund
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A chocolate dachshund
will be chocolate colored all over.
Solid chocolate dachshunds will have NO tan points.
The chocolate color can range from a light milk chocolate brown to a dark
chocolate brown
A chocolate dachshund will have a brown to light brown nose and nails.
This is a recessive color it must be showing or carried in both parents to
appear but breeds dominant to chocolate/tan. |
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 The
BLUE/TAN
Dachshund
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This is a dilute of the black
and tan.
A BLUE AND TAN DACHSHUND CANNOT HAVE ANY BLACK ON ITS BODY
ANYWHERE.
A blue and tan is close to gray in color.
Blue and Tans should have gray eyes, a gray nose, and gray nails.
Both parents must be blue or carry for blue in order to produce blue pups.
This color often experiences poor coat quality due to poor standards of
breeding.
They have a tendency to
have color mutant alopecia.
Blue and Tan is a Recessive Color |
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 The
ISABELLA/TAN
Dachshund
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This is a dilute of the chocolate and tan. (a
mixture of blue/tan & chocolate/tan) Isabella and tans will appear to
be a washed out chocolate and tan.
AN ISABELLA CANNOT HAVE ANY CHOCOLATE ON IT.
An Isabella and Tan will have gray eyes, gray nose, and gray nails.
This is a recessive color it must be showing or carried in both parents to
appear.
Isabella may only be obtained when the lines of both parents contain both
blue/tan and chocolate/tan
Breeding an isabella to a blue carrying chocolate should produce both
isabella & blue.
Isabellas have a tendency to have color mutant alopecia.
Isabella is a Recessive Color |
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This section is to help in the definition of the
Dachshund Pattern.
(to be used as a guide....not a standard) |
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 The
PIEBALD
Dachshund
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Areas of full color on
a white background.
Usually big round spots on a white background. Similar
to a pinto horse.
They may also have ticking (small spots of color in the
white field. Like Freckles)
The ticking spots may only be just a few little
spots on the toes and muzzle. Ticking spots can also be heavy, and cover
most of the white background.
The piebald pattern can only occur when both parents are piebald or carry
it.
You can have different patterns on a piebald in the spots.
(Like Dapples
in the Piebald spots or Brindling Stripes in the Piebald spots)
AKC does not give an explanation of the piebald color in its standard;
But
it is listed on the AKC registration papers. |
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 The
DAPPLE
Dachshund
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Lighter colored areas
contrasting with darker areas of the same color.
Spots where some of the color is lighter.
The color is usually lighter than the base color.
Dappling may occur in the eyes, the eyes are blue or may have spots of blue
in them.
All colors mentioned above may occur in a dapple pattern.
A small amount of white on the chest is also acceptable.
Breeding a dapple to a solid will produce both solids as well as dapples.
Breeding a dapple to another dapple will produce solids, dapples, and
Double dapples (HOWEVER, this should be done with caution and extensive
knowledge as severe consequences may occur - see "double dapple" for further
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 The
DOUBLE DAPPLE
Dachshund
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Varying amounts of white
throughout the body in addition to the dapple pattern.
This pattern can only occur when both parents are dapples. This does not
mean the entire litter is dapple or double dapple; there can be solid colors
produced.
Must have areas of white on the body for it to be a double dapple.
Double Dapple Dachshunds should ONLY be
bred to solids - this will produce solid and dappled puppies.
Double Dapples should NEVER be bred to another
dapple or double dapple.
Double Dapples can have severe birth defects if breeding is done
haphazardly - blind, missing or malformed eyes,
deaf or partial deafness - breeding for
double dapples should only be done with excellent knowledge of the breed as
well as the lines involved in the potential breeding. |
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 The
BRINDLE
Dachshund
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Tiger like stripes all
over the body, commonly seen in the red colored dachshund.
Also very pretty in the Creams.
The striping can also be seen in tan points (or cream points) and on the
legs of the two -colored dachshund. |
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The
BRINDLED DAPPLE
Dachshund
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A Brindled Dapple
Dachshund will show characteristics of both patterns.
Most commonly seen as
Tiger like stripes
on 1/2 the dachshunds body,
and Dappling Spots on the other 1/2 of that same dachshunds body.
(see above for the description of dappleing)
This is most commonly seen in the red colored dachshund.
Also very pretty in the Creams.
Sometimes, in the red and cream coated dachshunds, the Dappling can fade and
seem to disappear,
to the point where only the brindling is visible.
The Dog should Still be marked as a Dappled Brindle, even if the
dappling has faded,
because the dog still has the ability to produce dapples, and if breed to
another dapple, double dapples!
(see the information on "double dapples" above)
This pattern is also apparent where the striping can also be seen in tan points (or cream points)
and on the
legs of the two -colored dachshund.
And in this case, the Dappling would be on the body, or main coat areas of
the Dachshund.
This can occur in all the colors mentioned.
Breeding a brindled dapple to a solid will produce both solids as well as dapples
and brindled dapples.
Breeding a brindled dapple to another dapple will produce solids, dapples,
brindles, brindled dapples and
Double dapples (HOWEVER, this should be done with caution and extensive
knowledge as severe consequences may occur - see "double dapple" for further
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 The
SABLE/WILD BOAR
Dachshund
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The Sable pattern most
commonly
appears in the long coated dachshunds.
The Wile Boar pattern most commonly
appears in the wire coated dachshunds.
A true sable/wild boar will appear to be black/tan from a distance.
This is because their hair is banded, red at the base, black at the tips.
The coat color of red (most common) is at the base of the hair fades into black tips.
The dachshunds undercoat will usually be red, with a very heavy layer of
black over the base coat color.
(Sables are often mistakenly labeled when a dachshund has black hairs on
back and neck over red color. Sable is an uncommon pattern. This is a
pattern that can not be truly labeled until pup reaches 6 months of age.
Many pups labeled sable/wild boar lose the black overlay and become simply
red with no pattern.)
This pattern is most commonly seen in reds but may occur with other colors. |
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AKC
will only recognize one color and one pattern per dog for registration.
When patterns are mixed, the pedigree will not necessarily reflect all
patterns.
(Example – Dappled Piebalds – Dapple is a pattern and Piebald is a Pattern,
AKC will only let you register one pattern)
Because of this, sometimes patterns may arise in a litter without a "known"
cause.
This is why it is important to research the pedigree thoroughly PRIOR to
breeding.
It is necessary in order to better the breed, as opposed to just producing
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