Question for the Dachshund breeders

I'm going to make a wild guess and say that she's not a purebred Dachshund.  She looks like a Beagle crossed with a long-haired Dachshund.  I've never heard of or seen a tricolour Dachshund and I know that that much white is an extreme fault in the show ring.  Her muzzle is definately on the short side and maybe a bit thick, reminicent of a Beagle.  She's cute though, even if she's not a purebred Dachshund.

I'm going to also say your sis doen't have a pure Dachshound. They can be tri-colored but almost never white. She also looks a bit spanel, would explain the shorter muzzle and thoes ears and forhead, could be part beagal too. Do you have a side view of her? Even if the white is a throwback in the breed the breeder would not have been a very good breeder to allow such a falt to be passed on from the parents. It could be possiable the mother dog was breed acedently with something else and the breeder knowing sold the pups off as pur-breed and only said the thing about the white trate only to make shure they sell. Did your sis ever meet the breeder or the parent dogs?

She is a cute dog and looks very loved. No matter what her background is, it's glad to know she's loved.

Here is what the AKC standers are for coat and color:http://www.akc.org/breeds/dachshund/index.cfm

Coat--Short, smooth and shining. Should be neither too long nor too thick. Ears not leathery. Tail--Gradually tapered to a point, well but not too richly haired. Long sleek bristles on the underside are considered a patch of strong-growing hair, not a fault. A brush tail is a fault, as is also a partly or wholly hairless tail.

Color of Hair--Although base color is immaterial, certain patterns and basic colors predominate. One-colored Dachshunds include red (with or without a shading of interspersed dark hairs or sable) and cream. A small amount of white on the chest is acceptable, but not desirable. Nose and nails--black.

Two-colored Dachshunds include black, chocolate, wild boar, gray (blue) and fawn (Isabella), each with tan markings over the eyes, on the sides of the jaw and underlip, on the inner edge of the ear, front, breast, inside and behind the front legs, on the paws and around the anus, and from there to about one-third to one-half of the length of the tail on the underside. Undue prominence or extreme lightness of tan markings is undesirable. A small amount of white on the chest is acceptable but not desirable. Nose and nails--in the case of black dogs, black; for chocolate and all other colors, dark brown, but self-colored is acceptable.

It would be easier if there were a better picture of her, but having white on her does not mean she is not purebred. Piebald Dachshunds can have more white on them than the other colours, and a colour that isn't accepted does not necessarily mean it is unhealthy or mixed.


This is a piebald red/white longhair.

And this is a black and tan piebald. The colouration is much like that of a Beagle.

ORIGINAL: hasfurkids

a colour that isn't accepted does not necessarily mean it is unhealthy or mixed.

Yes that is true. However, a dog that is breed without meeting the standards is less likely to have been health tested before the breeding. Certain falts in the breeds were bread out for a reason, weather they were not liked just for the color or the color could indicate a certain health problem prone to that color in the breed. Breeding outside of the standers is almost no different then breeding a mix that appeals to only some people. Kinda like the doodle trend, yes they can be healthy dogs but many will argue that they are just mutts/mixed breeds. Not that there is anything wrong with owning a dog of mixed origin but breeding it just adds falts to a healthy breed. Meeting the standards means that the breeder is striving harder to create healther dogs who define their breed, not meeting it just opens up questions if this dog was not properly breed. True breeders do not breed for the money, they spend most of what they make perfecting and health testing there dogs. Only breed the dogs who pass the test of showing to champions and exibit good qualities or like in the hearding group dogs who show good hearding trates that should be passed on, really only breed with a purpos in mind that betters the breed.

I have seen extremely reputable breeders come out with odd colours, even after testing.

It's more difficult to see if a dog carries a gene for a certain colour than it is to see their offspring. And because it's so uncommon for certain colours to come about, most people don't even think about it. I know a Dalmatian breeder who did every check on her dogs, and she had a deaf Dalmatian with abnormal colouration and a lemon Dalmatian in the same litter.

Thank you all for replying
Hasfurkids that is what she looked like as a puppy,like the black and white puppy
Here are some pictures of her from awhile ago, they are not that good but give more of an idea of what she looks like.
 
This is a head shot

 
Sorry about her having a coat on the kids were playing with her, these pictures are ones they have taken them selves but it does give more of an idea of what she looks like.
 

 
 
The only thing that has been medicaly wrong with her is that she has no ear drum in one year and that gives her problems, I am not sure how old she is I think about 10 years old.
 
Danielle
 
 

the fast that she is missing an ear drum kinda leans towards not good breeding practices, that happens from breeding double dapples

My sister paid $100.00 for her at the time I thought it was to much especially when she was white with patches, my thoughts were she has been riped of, but she has turned out to be a lovely dog, the girls odore her, but there have been many espensive trips to the vet to get the ear problems sorted out.
 
Danielle
 

[]That coat is just the cutest little thing I ever did see.
Her shape isn't very Dachshund, but I've seen that before from purebreds as well.

She's an interesting looking dog but I don't think she's purebreed as well. She looks mixed with a Beagle.

ORIGINAL: LAYTEY

My sister paid $100.00 for her at the time I thought it was to much especially when she was white with patches, my thoughts were she has been riped of, but she has turned out to be a lovely dog, the girls odore her, but there have been many espensive trips to the vet to get the ear problems sorted out.

Danielle

 
$100 dollars is not bad at all for the price of any puppy, most foster programs charge around $100 for the adoption fee.  I'm going to be paying well over $1,000 for my new pup which for the breed is about average with the background it's going to have.  Of corse most people who don't know a thing about dogs say I'm crazy to pay that.  Usally breeder like to know that if the owner is willing to pay that amount then they can aford to keep the dog.
 
I see a large lump on her belly?  Is there anything wrong with that or am I just seeing a he instead of a she?  I'm still going to say she's not full breed.  A responsiable breeder would have a health guerentee signed so that if any heath issues come up they would be covered by the breeder or the dog would be replaced with anouther dog by the breeder, no charge.
 
Reguardless of her background she is a very cute little dog.  It's great to know you put so much care and love into her.

She's cute.  I don't think she is a full dachshund, but not because of the color.  She doesn't look very long or have the full shape.  [linkhttp://www.dachsie.org]www.dachsie.org[/link] is a dachshund forum you may find more info.  I tend to think she may be double dapple which would have white and other colors and would also likely have hearing and/or eyes problem.    However, I think those that think she is mixed with beagle may be right, especially at that price.  My friend has a dachsie beagle mix and the body is similar.

These pictures are old, yes there was a lump, it has since been removed, she had tumors that were benine, she is also not usually that fat the little bugger had been going down and eating the sheep poo. I always thought her nose was to short and thick. She also was clipped at the time of pictures, there were grass seeds in the back yard and the were getting stuck in her coat.
Any way she still is a very good childs dog regardless of what she is and thanks all for your coments.
 
Danielle

Oh and thanks smilee for the daschie site. We had a dachshound cross when we were growing up and she was just the greatest dog, she was a black and tan with the floppy ears and the smooth coat of the dachshound but the legs of a kelpie,me and mum cried at the dinner table everynight for week after she died, we were so used to being there and missed her so much.
 
Danielle