Dachshund Colors & Pattern Explained

Dachshund Colors and Patterns can be confusing and Dachshunds has the most colors and patterns I believe of any breed

And some here I haven't even named.

Here you can click the link below to AKC colors and Markings Breed Standard.

Here is the link

Once you click the link please click the Dachshund Bred and it will show you color and markings for the Dachshund breed.

Colors Dachshund Come In

(Some of these colors are bred standard and some are not included in the Breed Standard but can happen)

Red

standard breed color

Color comes in Smooth, Wire, and Long Hair

Red Sable

standard breed color

(Color only comes in long Hair)

Sorry But very hard to find a Red Sable

Red Sable is a Red Long hair dachshund with black tips on the top part

of the hair shaft of the dachshund but will display what looks to be like tan marks like a black/tan

It will look like a black/tan long hair from afar.

Wheaton

standard breed color

(Color comes in Wire only)

Soft Coat Wheaton Wire Hair

Picture Courtesy of Dachshunds By Kay And Robin

Wildboar

standard breed color

(Color comes in Wire  and Smooth only)

The Color Looks like a  wild boar pig. The hair shaft is red and black

Comes in Wire and Smooth

(Same basic color of hair shaft of a Red Sable but considered Wildboar in smooth and wire)

Black/Tan

standard breed color

Color comes in Smooth, Wire, and Long Hair

Isabella (fawn)/Tan

standard breed color

Color comes in Smooth, Wire, and Long Hair

Blue/Tan

standard breed color

Color comes in Smooth, Wire, and Long Hair

Shaded Cream

standard breed color is Cream

Color comes in  Long Hair but can occur in smooth and wire

Picture of Lolly Courtesy of Dream-A-Dream

Cream

standard breed color is Cream

Color comes in  Long Hair but can occur in smooth and wire

Picture of Chester Courtesy of Dream-A-Dream

Black/Cream

standard breed color

Color comes in  Long Hair but can occur in smooth and wire

Chocolate/Cream

Not a standard breed color

(Color comes in  Long Hair but can occur in smooth and wire)

Pictures of Sabrina Courtesy of Casablanca Kennels

Cream Dapple

standard breed color

Picture Courtesy of Country Garden Doxies

Pattern's Dachshund Come In

(Some of these patterns are  Breed Standard and some are not but Can Happen)

Solid

standard breed pattern

Occurs in all coat types and Colors

Piebald

standard breed pattern

Occurs in all coat types and Colors

Dapple

standard breed pattern

(Dappling on the Red and Cream dapples can fade and can be mistaken a solid color)

Occurs in all coat types and Colors

Hidden Dapple

Still a dapple just hidden and hard to see by Naked Eye

(There is a test to test your doxie to see if it is a hidden dapple)

(Dappling on the Red and Cream dapples can fade and can be mistaken a solid color)

Occurs in all coat types and Colors

Little Bit is also a Sold Black which makes her a

Solid Black Dapple

Picture of Little Bit Courtesy of Dream-A-Dream

Dapple Piebald

A Dapple Piebald is two patterns on One Doxie

Where as a Double Dapple is one Pattern Not Two

Not a standard breed pattern

Occurs in all coat types and Colors

Brindle

standard breed pattern

Tiger like stripes all over the body or In the Tan Marks

Occurs in all coat types and colors but can be seen better on a Red brindle  or  Cream Brindle

(Here you can see it on a blue/tan brindle)

RED BRINDLE

Red Brindle

Picture Courtesy of Dachshunds By Kay And Robin

Brindle Piebald

standard breed pattern

Occurs in all coat types and colors

See the brindle stripes on the Red

Red Brindle Piebald

Picture Courtesy of Dachshunds By Kay And Robin

Double Dapple

standard breed pattern

Occurs in all coat types and colors

Brindle Dapple

Not a standard breed pattern

Occurs in all coat types and colors

Pictures Courtesy of Country Garden Doxies

Coat types of the Dachshund

Here you can click the link below to see the AKC  Breed Standard and can see even the coat types accepted.

Here is the link

Some of these coat types are  Breed Standard and some are not but Can Happen)

Smooth/Short Hair

 standard breed coat type

Long Hair

standard breed coat type

Notice there is no Beard on the face

People have confused long hair and wire hair

Wire Hair

standard breed coat type

(ALL WIRE HAIR'S HAVE A BEARD LIKE A OLD MAN)

 Grooming once or twice a year and non- shedding

Hair should be Stripped not Cut

Soft wire

Not a standard breed coat type

Combination of wire and long hair gene Softer coat then a regular wire

But still wire cause of the beard. Easy to Grooming non- shedding

Hair can be cut and not stripped

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