COLORS
DACHSHUNDS COME IN A VARIETY  OF COLORS RED, BLACK AND TAN,
CHOCOLATE AND TAN, ISABELLA AND TAN, BLUE AND TAN AND CREAM.
    ISABELLA AND BLUE WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    COLOR DILUTION ALOPECIA (CDA)
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TWO FACTORS DETERMINE COATS,COLORS AND PATTERNS.
DOMINANT- ONE GENE HAS TO BE PRESENT TO PRODUCE COLOR, COAT ,OR
PATTERN .
RECESSIVE- TWO OF THESE GENES MUST BE PRESENT, ONE FROM EACH
PARENT FOR THE COLOR COAT AND PATTERN TO SHOW.
TWO RECESSIVE GENES OF CHOCOLATE AND TAN ALONG WITH TWO
RECESSIVE GENES OF BLUE AND TAN CREATES ISABELLA AND TAN (FAWN)
A RECESSIVE GENE WILL TURN  ALL OF THE BLACK COLORING ON A DOG TO
BROWN  CREATING CHOCOLATE AND TAN

A RECESSIVE GENE WILL CHANGE  ALL THE COLOR ON A DOG TO A LIGHTER
SHADE INCLUDING NAILS, NOSE , EYES AND TAN POINTS  AND BODY COLOR  
CREATING  BLUE AND TAN
A RECESSIVE GENE IN THE RED WILL THE COLOR TO CREAM. IT CAN ALSO
CHANGE THE TAN TO CREAM
WHEN TWO RECESSIVE GENES ARE PRESENT IN A RED DOG FOR CHOCOLATE
OR BLUE A DILUTE RED IS PRODUCED. THERE COLOR IS  A LIGHTER SHADE
OF RED, THERE EYES ARE LIGHTER,NO TAN POINTS , THERE NOSE AND NAILS
ARE BROWN. THIS IS UNDESIRABLE TRAITS ACCORDING TO AKC.
A DOMINANT GENE CAN REMOVE TAN POINTS CREATING SOLID BLACK AND
CHOCOLATE DOGS.

DAPPLE- A DOMINANT PATTERN. A DAPPLE DOG CARRIES ONE DAPPLE GENE.
DOUBLE DAPPLE-A DOG CARRIES TWO DAPPLE GENES. THIS CAN CAUSE
BIRTH DEFECTS IN BREEDING
                     DAPPLE ON DAPPLE.
BRINDLE- A DOMINANT PATTERN. A DOG SHOWING BRINDLE CARRIES ONE
BRINDLE GENE AND IF THE                     DOG CARRIES HEAVY BRINDLE
MARKINGS IT HAS TWO BRINDLE GENES.
PIEBALD- A RECESSIVE PATTERN. TWO GENES MUST BE PRESENT TO CARRY
THE PIEBALD PATTERN.
        TICKING- A DOMINANT TRAIT. THIS IS SPOTS IN THE WHITE AREAS.
SABLE- A RECESSIVE GENE. A DOG MUST HAVE TWO SABLE GENES TO SHOW
THE SABLE PATTERN. SABLE IS  PRODUCED IN THE LONGHAIRS.
                          IT IS POSSIBLE TO CREATE MULTIPLE PATTERNS
COATS      
WIRE COAT IS DOMINANT OVER SMOOTH AND LONG COATS.
SMOOTH IS DOMINANT  OVER LONG COATS
BASIC COLORS ARE RED AND BLACK AND TAN . ALL OTHER COLORS ARE
PRODUCED FROM THESES COLORS .
RED IS THE DOMINANT COLOR
BLACK AND TAN IS THE RECESSIVE COLOR
MODIFIED GENES PRODUCE THE DILUTE COLORS- CHOC. & TN, ISABELLA &
TN, BLUE & TAN AND CREAM .