PLEASE READ AND RESEARCH BEFORE PURCHASING A DOUBLE DAPPLE

This does not mean you shouldn't purchase one there are not always problems with the doubles, If there is a sight or hearing problems it occurs at birth, if you should happen to have doubles we try to the best of our knowledge to make sure the puppy is in good health when it leaves to go to its new home. We do not knowingly sell defective puppies. We do not intend to breed double dapples on a regular basis but if we do purchasers will be aware of the potential problems that may occur. Many many doubles are born with out defects and are as healthy and happy as any other dog or puppy and make great pets as well as show dogs. Double Dapples are a very important staple to the Dachshund breed. If a puppy is found to have a defect in its eyesight or hearing it will be adopted through the appropriate organization depending on the severity.  Below are some links and info about double dapples. There are many more out there.

Thank you. 

Double dapple: Only occurs when both parents are dapples but does not mean the entire litter is dapple or double dapple, there can be solid colors produced. Must have areas of white on the body for it to be a double dapple.

CH Treasuredox Mardi Gras MLDD
(CH Emmdox Splish Splash ML x CH Calabel's Mega Dittos MLD)

Owner/Breeder: Janice Moseley- Treasuredox

• MYTH:  Dapples and Double Dapples are a recent pattern in the breed
   

• FACT: Dapples and Double Dapples have been discussed in literature dating from the 1700's.  In the old British and German stud books from the late 1800's many registered Dachshunds were listed as spotted dogs. Dapples and all the colors and patterns were favored by early British show breeders. In discussing British show dachshunds in the early 1900's, Hubbard (1954) states that "Unser Fritz was a successful Dapple; he was imported and mated with the British-bred Dapple Tiger Tessie producing Double Dapples."

• MYTH: Double Dapples should be removed from the Standard because they ALL have defects.
  
• FACT: Not all double Dapples have hearing or sight defects. For many years show breeders interested in Double Dapples have worked hard to eliminate breeding stock that produces those defects. One Dachshund parent has to be a Dapple (merle) in order to produce Dapple puppies; the Double Dapple gene is not carried as a recessive that can pop up unexpectedly several generations later. The use of a Double Dapple in a breeding program provides the serious show breeder the ability to produce an entire litter of single Dapples, thereby providing a greater choice for the show ring.
   

• FACT: More serious health problems exist in the Dachshund breed that we as breeders should be concerned about other than color or pattern. (PRA, Seizure Disorders, Luxating Patella, etc.). We all know that breeding dogs are not for the faint of heart. Ethical show breeders strive first for health, temperament, and conformation; color and pattern are icing on the cake. Why leave color breeding to the commercial puppy producers and backyard breeders whose only motivation is profit?

 References:

Herbert Sanborn, The Dachshund or Teckel, 1949.
Clifford Hubbard, The Dachshund Handbook, 1954.
Grayce Greenburg, The Dachshund, 1950.
Milo G. Denlinger, The Complete Dachshund, 1961.
Leonore L. Adler, This is the Dachshund, 1966 & 1975.
Elizabeth Heesom, Dachshunds- An Owner's Companion, 1991.

LINKS

http://www.doubledapple.com/

http://www.dachshund.org/article_double_dapple.html

http://www.texasdelites.com/dachshund_coats&colors.htm