Coat's
Smooth Longhaired Wire Hair
Smooth: is same length (smooth) on all parts of the body. Longhair: coat is silky, ears, body and tail are covered with long hair. Wire Hair: has a wiry hair on body, ears and tail. Has pronounced hair on muzzle area.

(Courtesy of Dachshund Lane Kennels)

WIREHAIR IS DOMINANT TO SMOOTH AND LONGHAIR.
SMOOTH IS RECESSIVE TO WIREHAIR, BUT DOMINANT TO LONGHAIR.
LONGHAIR IS RECESSIVE TO SMOOTH AND WIREHAIR.
 
 
 
Color's And Pattern's
~ SOLIDS ~
  This is a solid colored dog, with NO other color on it. They can be in any coat type.
 
RED - (can appear in all coat's): It is your basic red, brown to a mahogany red. Reds DO NOT have any tan markings. A small amount of white on the chest is acceptable but not desired. Nose and nails must be black. (Exception would be the wheaten & liver nose red better known as the dilute red). Any pattern is acceptable.  
BLACK - (can appear in all coat's): A black dachshund will be black all over without any tan points. It will have black eyes, black nose and black nails. This is not the result of continuous breeding of black/tan to black/tan. Black breeds true and appears to breed dominant over the black/tan. The black is simply the 'B' gene lacking the tan point gene. 
CREAM - (can appear only in smooth and long hair): The color of the oily yellowish part of non-homogenized milk. The lighter the better and should have the darkest eyes, dark nose and dark nails. Colors range from a dingy looking white to a butter looking color. They can also have black overlay (known as sable). 
BLUE - (can appear in all coat's): A BLUE WILL NOT HAVE ANY BLACK HAIRS ON IT, AT ALL! The Blue is close to a gray in color. It will be a gunmetal gray color. The color should resemble a blue Doberman. It could have gray, hazel or green eyes. The nose will be gray and the nails gray, as well. This is a recessive color, so it must be showing or carried in both parents to appear. They have a tendency to have color mutant alopecia.

Courtesy of Brandy & Glen!

This Puppy Is The Daughter Of Quicki & Indi!

  

ISABELLA - (fawn)-(can appear in all coat's): A ISABELLA CAN NOT HAVE ANY CHOCOLATE ON IT! The Isabella is a diluted chocolate. It will appear to have a washed out chocolate look. This color should have a Weimaraner look. They will have gray eyes, gray nose and gray nails. This is a recessive color, it must be showing or carried by both parents to appear. They have a tendency to have mutant alopecia.

 
 

CHOCOLATE - (can appear in all coat's): A chocolate will be a dark chocolate all over without any tan points. It will have brown to light brown eyes, a chocolate nose and nails. These is a recessive color , it must be showing or carried by both parents to appear, but breeds dominant to chocolate & tan.

 
 
~ SOLIDS with POINT'S ~
 
BLACK & TAN - (can appear in all coat's): The second most familiar dachshund color. A black/tan dachshund will be black all over with tan points (tan on feet, over eyes, on the face around muzzle, on chest and under the tail). It will also have black eyes, a black nose and black nails. Black/tan is recessive to red. Which means a black/tan bred to a black/tan, will produce all black/tans, unless they both carry the chinchilla factor, which will crate a red recessive red puppy.  
BLACK & CREAM - (can appear only in smooth and long hair): A black/cream dachshund will be black all over with cream points (cream on feet, over the eyes, on the face around the muzzle, on the chest and under the tail). It will also have black eyes, black nose and black nails. 

Dixi

A Blue & Tan Smooth

  

BLUE & TAN - (can appear in all coat's): A BLUE & TAN, WILL NOT HAVE ANY BLACK HAIRS ON IT, AT ALL! The Blue & Tan, is close to a gray in color. It will be a gunmetal gray color with tan point's. The color should resemble a blue Doberman. It could have gray, hazel or green eyes. The nose will be gray and the nails gray, as well. This is a recessive color, so it must be showing or carried in both parents to appear. They have a tendency to have color mutant alopecia.

 

Blue & Tan - Long Hair

Thank You!

(Down Home Dachshunds)

ISABELLA & TAN - (fawn/tan)-(can appear in all coat's): A ISABELLA & TAN CAN NOT HAVE ANY CHOCOLATE ON IT. An Isabella & Tan is a diluted chocolate & tan. It will appear to have a washed out chocolate & tan look to it. It's color should resemble a Weimaraner but with tan points. It will have gray eyes, gray nose and gray nails. This is a recessive color, it should be showing or carried by both parents. They have a tendency to have a color mutant alopecia.   

(Courtesy of Diamond Doxies!)

 

 

(Thank You! Lisa)

 CHOCOLATE & TAN - (can appear in all coat's): A chocolate & tan will be from a milk chocolate brown to a dark chocolate with tan points (tan on the feet, over the eyes, on the face around the muzzle, on the chest and under the tail). It will have a brown to light brown eyes and nails A true chocolate & tan will NEVER have a black nose. On occasions it could have green to hazel eyes. this is a recessive color and must be showing or carried by both parents to appear.
CHOCOLATE & CREAM - (can appear in all coat's): A chocolate & cream will be from a milk chocolate brown to a dark chocolate with cream points (Cream on the feet, over the eyes, on the face around the muzzle, on the chest and under the tail) instead of Tan. It will have a brown to light brown eyes and nails A true chocolate & Cream will NEVER have a black nose. On occasions it could have green to hazel eyes. This is a recessive color and must be showing or carried by both parents to appear.

(Courtesy of Bell's Doxies)

 
 
~ DAPPLE ~ 
Spots where some of the color is lighter.  This can occur in all colors. The Dapple color is usually lighter, than the base color. The dapple, can occur in the eyes as well, the eyes can have blue specks in them or the eyes can be solid blue.

Dapples can be in all coat types.

 

~ Cocoa ~

Choc. & Tan ~ Dapple ~ Smooth

~ Shimmer ~

Black & Tan ~ Dapple ~ Smooth

~ Fanci ~

Red ~ Dapple ~ Smooth

See her Blue Eye. That is where some of the Dappling Hit!

 

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Blue & Tan - Dapple

Isabella & Tan - Dapple

(Courtesy of Keystone Kennels)

~ Shadi ~

Black & Tan ~ Dapple ~ Long Hair

 

     
 
~ DOUBLE DAPPLES ~
This only occurs, when BOTH parents are dapples. This does not mean the whole litter will be dapples or double dapples. You could have a few solids in the litter as well. This can occur in all coat types.
 

Red Double Dapple

( Courtesy of Distinctive Dachshunds)

 

Black & Tan Double Dapple

(Courtesy of Distinctive Dachshunds)

  
     
When breeding two DAPPLE together, please be very careful. You are dealing with a LETHAL GENE. The puppies could all be ok, BUT you could have some with NO EYE'S, SMALL EYE'S, COULD HAVE EYE'S BUT BE BLIND OR COULD NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR! So PLEASE be very careful!
~ SABLE ~
( can only appear in long hair ) These terms (especially sable) are often mistakenly used to refer to an interspersion of black hairs and neck over red color. A true sable/wildboar will appear to be Black & Tan from a distance. The undercoat beneath being red. Sable/Wildboar is a very heavy layer of black over the base coat color. This is an uncommon pattern. This is a pattern that can not be truly labeled until the pup is about 6 months of age. Many pups labeled sable/wildboar lose the black overlay and become simply red with no pattern.
 
~ BRINDLE ~
Stripes all over, looks kind of like a Tiger. most often seen in the Reds. However, it can show up in the Tan points, Cream points and in the Piebalds. This can occur in all coat types.
 

~ Scrappi ~

Black & Cream, Brindle in Cream points

 

~ Tricksi ~

Red, Brindle Piebald

~ Miss Lili ~

Red, Brindle

A Cream Brindle

(Courtesy of Bell's Doxies)

A Cream - Hidden Brindle

Pooh, Is One Of Our Girls!

Click Here To Find Out Why, We Say She Is A Hidden Brindle!		  
 
~ PIEBALD ~
NOTE: The AKC does not give an explanation of the piebald color in the standards however, it is listed on the registration papers. Piebald only occur, when both parents are piebald or carry for piebald. Areas of full color on a white background, example: Fox Terrier. They may also have ticking (small spots of color in the white field, example; English Setter). Which could be a few spots on the toes and muzzle or have heavy ticking all over. This can occur in all coat types.
 

~ Freckles ~

Black & Tan - Piebald - with Ticking

 

~ Rubi ~

Red - Piebald - with Ticking

~ Chip ~

Chocolate & Tan - Piebald - with Ticking

~ Patchis ~

Red - Piebald - With NO Ticking

 

~ Tricksi ~

Red - Brindle - Piebald - with NO Ticking

Blue & Tan, Brindle Piebald

(Courtesy Of Diamond Doxies)

 

 

This is a Blue & Tan, Brindle Piebald

(Courtesy of Diamond Doxies)

 

 

This is a Blue & Tan, Brindle Piebald

(Courtesy of Diamond Doxies)

  

Isabella & Tan - Piebald

This Is Ziggi, One Of Our Boy's!

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Cream - Piebald 

Black - Piebald - NO Tan Points

(Courtesy of Down Home Dachshunds)

 
~ DAPPLED PIEBALD ~
NOTE: The AKC does not give an explanation of the dappled piebald color. AKC does NOT recognize, this either. This comes from breeding a dapple carrying for piebald to a piebald, or a solid carrying for piebald. The dog will be white and have the colored spots on it, but in the solid color of the spots, it will have dappling. AKC, wants you to label them as a DOUBLE DAPPLE. Some breeders are labeling them as a PIEBALD. Just be very careful. If you were to take this dog and breed it back to a dapple, you would be dealing with the LETHAL GENE. Some clubs will let you label them correct, it should be a Dappled Piebald. The dapple should come first
 

~ Lover ~

A Black & Tan - Dappled Piebald

    
     
 
   
 
 
Color's
WHEATEN - (only in the wire hair): The color of the oily yellowish part of non-homogenized milk. The lighter the better and should have the darkest eyes, dark nose and dark nails. Colors range from a dingy looking white to a butter looking color. ONLY IN THE WIRE'S ?
? WILDBOAR - (can appear only in smooth and wire hair): Technically a color but in essence a pattern. These terms (especially sable) are often mistakenly used to refer to an interspersion of black hairs on back and neck over red color. A true red sable/wildboar will appear to be black & tan from a distance. The undercoat beneath black being red. Sable/wildboar is a very heavy layer of black over the base coat color. This is an uncommon pattern. This is a pattern that cannot be truly labeled until the pup reaches 6 months of age. Many pup's labeled sable/wildboar lose the black overlay and become simply red with no pattern.  
 
   
 
 
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