Dachshund Colors
BLACK- (can appear in all coats): 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 appear to breed
dominant over the black/tan. The black is simply the 'B' gene lacking the tan point gene.

RED- (can appear in all coats): The most familiar and common of dachshund colors. A red
dachshund can be any shade of red from blonde to a deep dark mahogany -- all of which is
just red not cream or wheaten or mahogany. You can have a clear red which means no
dark hairs anywhere in the coat or you can have black hairs interspersed --either and it is
still just red. It should have a black eyes, black nose, and black nails unless it is a
'liver-nose red' which means its nose and nails would be the same color as the chocolate
and tan. For a red to produce black/tans it must carry the tan point gene. A red that does
not carry the tan point gene cannot ever produce anything but red puppies.          

CHOCOLATE/TAN- (can appear in all coats): A chocolate and tan will be from milk
chocolate brown to a dark chocolate brown with tan points (tan on feet, over eyes, on face
around muzzle, on chest, under tail). It will have a brown to light brown nose and nails. A
true chocolate/tan will NEVER have a black nose. It will have brown to light brown eyes and
on occasion green to hazel eyes. This is a recessive color it must be showing or carried in
both parents to appear.          

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

ISABELLA/TAN- (fawn/TAN) (can appear in all coats): A ISABELLA AND TAN CAN NOT
HAVE ANY CHOCOLATE ON IT. An Isabella and tan is a diluted chocolate and tan. It will
appear to be a washed out chocolate and tan. Its 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
must be showing or carried in both parents to appear. They have a tendency to have color
mutant alopecia.          

BLUE/TAN- (can appear in all coats): A BLUE AND TAN CAN NOT HAVE ANY BLACK ON IT.
A blue and tan is close to gray in color. It will be a gunmetal blue color with tan points. Its
color should resemble a blue Doberman. It will have a gray eyes, gray nose, and gray nails.
This is a recessive color it must be showing or carried in both parents to appear. They have
a tendency to have color mutant alopecia.          

WILDBOAR- (Can appear only in Wire & Smooth 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 and 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 pup reaches 6 months of age.
Many pups labeled sable/wildboar lose black overlay and become simply red with no
pattern.          

CREAM- (can appear only in Smooth & Long Hair) The color of the oily yellowish part of
non-homogenized milk. The lighter the better and should have the darkest eyes, nose, and
nails. Colors range from a dingy looking white to a butter color. Can have black overlay
(known as sable.)          

BLACK/TAN- (can appear in all coats): The second most familiar dachshund color. A black
and tan dachshund will be black all over with tan points (tan on feet, over eyes, on face
around muzzle, on chest, under tail). It will have black eyes, black nose, and black nails.
Black/tan is recessive which means a black/tan bred to a black/tan will produce all black/tan
unless they both carry the chinchilla factor, which will create a recessive red puppy.          

WHEATEN- (can appear only in Wire Hair) The color of the oily yellowish part of
non-homogenized milk. The lighter the better and should have the darkest eyes, nose, and
nails. Colors range from a dingy looking white to a butter color.          

BLACK/CREAM- (can appear only in Smooth & Long hair): A black and cream dachshund
will be black all over with cream points (cream on feet, over eyes, on face around muzzle, on
chest, under tail). It will have black eyes, black nose, and black nails.

PIEBALD-  (can appear in all coats)  Different piebald colors are: Red Piebald, Crème
Piebald, Black/Tan Piebald, Chocolate/Tan Piebald, Blue/Tan Piebald, and Isabella/Tan
Piebald.  PIEBALD means White spotting.  Piebalds are really great looking dachshunds
and tend to be a bit more pricey.  At one time they were considered rare in color but not so
much anymore.  They generally have a lot of white color, and appear to be a white dog with
spots.  But this is not really the case.  The color of the spots is the Doxies base color, and
the white is just a spotting pattern.  These dogs are prone to freckling also called points.  
True PIEBALD dachshunds always have white on the tip of their tails and NEVER have  blue
or specks of blue in their eyes.  Those pups with mostly white around the head and ears,
may be deaf.