Three coats, one breed, and underneath all of them the same stubborn, funny, tunnel obsessed little dog. I have lived with dachshunds long enough to know people rarely pick the wrong dog here. They pick the wrong coat for their…
I am Umar, and the double dapples I have met were never sad little dogs waiting for pity. They were busy, nosy dachshunds who happened to read the world with less sight, less hearing, or a bit of both. That…
I get sent the same photo again and again, a pale puppy with a sweet face and a price that makes people blink. I understand the appeal because a true cream stops you mid scroll, but I also understand the…
I get asked about piebald vs dapple dachshunds more than almost any other coat question. The two patterns look confusing at first glance, especially when a puppy has a lot of white on it. Once you know what made the…
People fall for the long-haired dachshund in a photograph, and I understand why. The flowing ears and plumed tail photograph beautifully. Living with the coat is a different thing from looking at it, and that gap is what this page…
How Dachshund Types Work People often ask me how many types of dachshunds there are, as if the answer is a long list of separate breeds. It is simpler than that. Every dachshund sits in one size group and wears…
The first dapple dachshund I ever met stopped me mid sentence. Her coat looked like sunlight through leaves, dark in one patch and pale silver in the next, with one blue eye watching me the whole time. That look is…
