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Sometimes in reds, the dappling is darker. The color is usually lighter than the base color, kind of a silvery shade. Blue dapple, Isabella dapple, Chocolate dapple and Red dapples. Most common in black and tans, but can occur in ANY color. Spots where some of the color has been lightened or removed. The best brindle’s are striped all over the body, but even if there are only one or two stripes on the feet, the dog should be registered as brindle. Mostly red, but with black and brown and gray mixed in. Red boar:Ī third, fairly rare wire color. Actually, I believe it is the color most people associate with wires.
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Also found in smooths with wire in the background. Can be found in smooths, if there is wire in the background somewhere. A very light red, ranging to strawberry blond, but usually lighter. Can have black overlay, especially on ears and tail. Should have the darkest possible eyes, nose, and nails. Can have the same kind of coat problems as the Blue due to defective dilute genes. Kind of the color of a new-born deer fawn less the dots. Prone to coat problems, especially in longhaired dachsies, but every once in a while there is one that has an outstanding coat. Blue and tan:Ĭan be anything from a charcoal gray to an almost sky blue. With tan points, just like the black and tan. Also, no truth to the old wives tale that there should (or should not) be a black dot in the tan points on the dog’s paws. It’s possible, but not desirable (as per AKC). Sometimes (very rare) there is so little tan that the dog looks entirely black. It can and often does have a black overlay, either all over or a stripe down the back or ear fringes and tail fringe (longhairs especially). A red can range in shade from brownish to very light red, almost a strawberry blond. If it looks brown to you and has tan points, then it is chocolate. Piebald health issues will be the same as any other patter or colour in dachshunds.There is no brown dachshund. However piebalds do not have the same health problems. A double dapple parent will ONLY ever produce dapple puppies.ĭouble dapples can be born with a variety of health problems, but most commonly, blindness and/or deafness. A double dapple is the result of breeding two dapple dachshunds together. The dapple gene is dominant, so only one parent needs to carry the gene in order for it to be reflected in the pups. Piebald gene is recessive which means that both parents must carry the gene in order for it to reflect in the pups. Double dapples always have dapple markings, where piebalds can have dapple, brindle or solid colours. (Like in the above photo of our desexed female, Leia, who is a black and tan dapple, piebald). One key way to tell them apart by appearance is that piebalds markings are symmetrically mirrored on either side of its body. They have a similar physical appearance to the untrained eye because they both have white in their coats, but genetically they are vastly different. Piebalds are often confused as double dapples dachshunds. At Ohana Dachshunds, our piebalds come from American imports.
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All true piebald dachshunds you see in Australia come from imported lineage. They are, however, recognised by the Canadian Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club.
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Piebalds are not a registered colour with the British Kennel Club and are therefore not recognised by the Australian National Kennel Council. The Difference Between Piebald and Double Dapple