Cedar Hills Miniature Dachshunds

Colors:

  No color is 'rare'.  

Red

wire hair                                               smooth hair                                                      long hair

Black and tan

wire hair                                         smooth hair                                   long hair

Black and Cream

Chocolate and tan

wire hair                                                         smooth hair                               long hair

Wild boar--most commonly occurs in wire hairs

Wild boar smooth hair                                            wild boar wire hair

Black--no tan markings

Chocolate--all chocolate colored, no tan markings

Chocolate dapple--solid chocolate pictured above with dapple markings, no tan markings.

Isabella (Fawn)

    washed out chocolate in color, with or without tan markings.  Isabella's can be prone to coat problems

Blue--can have either tan or cream points

can also be prone to coat problems--steel gray similar to a weimaraner, has tan markings.

Wheaton--most common in wire hairs

  no picture--very pale yellow

Piebald: not to be confused with double dapples.  A true Piebalds will never have blue eyes.

black and tan piebald without ticking                                red piebald with ticking

Patterns: (markings)

Any pattern can appear on any color and if combinations are right, two patterns can appear on any color.  Only one pattern will be registered by AKC in most cases.  See current colors listed below.  These change from time to time.

Brindle

red brindle smooth hair                                                    red brindle long hair

can also be black and tan brindle with the brindle showing only in the tan points

Dapple

wild boar dapple smooth hair                                    Chocolate and tan dapple long hair             black and tan dapple smooth hair

Sable--most common in long hairs

very dark, looks like a black and tan from a distance.  

 Many colors with a black or dark overlay are called 'sables'. 

cream--predominately a long hair color, but starting to appear in smooth hairs

double dapple--breeding for this pattern is the result of breeding two dapples together and has the potential to produce small eyes, deafness, blindness or other abnormalities.  

Colors that can be currently registered with AKC: (2-15-08)

Black                                 

Black & cream

Black & tan

Black and silver dapple

Blue & cream

Blue & tan

Chocolate

Chocolate dapple

Chocolate & Tan

Cream

Fawn

Fawn (Isabella) & tan

Red

Wheaton

Wild Boar

Markings that can be registered with AKC in conjunction with any of the above colors:

Brindle

Brindle Piebald

Dapple

Double Dapple

Piebald

Sable

Cream markings