While not all double dapple puppies will be afflicted with health problems related to their coat patterning and the genes responsible for it, the incidence rate of associated problems is high enough that both The Kennel Club and the Dachshund Breed Council stipulate that two dapple Dachshunds should not be crossed with each other. Consciously breeding double dapples involves taking a risk which simply isn’t worth the potential pain and abuse which is passed on to the litter.
Spinal problems like intervertebral disk disease are common in Dachshunds thanks to their long body yet short rib cage.These health problems can be exacerbated in double dapples. The dapple gene is a dominant gene, and when two dogs with this dominant gene are bred, they effectively cancel each other out to produce a recessive gene for white coloring, which commonly leads to problems with the eyes and ears too.Ĭrossing two dapple dogs to produce double dapple puppies can result in a lethal gene, causing following health problems within the subsequent litter:Īnother problem with double dapple breeds is that Dachshunds are already susceptible to certain health problems. While not all dogs with the double dapple pattern will automatically be afflicted with problems, the gene responsible for the double dapple color is known to significantly increase the risk of conformation issues and other health problems too. However, the two copies of the dapple gene pass on more than just the double dapple color they also pass on a range of hereditary health problems to the subsequent puppies too, which we will now examine in more detail. The double dapple pattern is generally considered to look attractive and be desirable in and of itself, which leads some dachshund breeders to attempt to achieve this look within their own litters.
However, if both of the parent dogs are dappled, they will both pass on the dapple gene, and the puppies will receive two copies of it this is what produces puppies with the double dapple, and where the two dapples overlap on the coat, this produces a double dapple pattern. If one parent dog is dappled in the pattern, some of the puppies are also likely to present with a dappled pattern, and when just one parent passes on the dappled color, this is not a problem but is beautiful.
Genetics account for the dappling pattern on the dog, but the results can vary quite widely, even within pups of the same litter, and regardless of the coat patterning of the two-parent dogs.
Have you ever stumbled across a picture of an all-white Dachshund, or a significant amount of white on the puppy, or a Dachshund with extremely unique markings that is labeled as “amazing” or “rare”? Chances are this puppy is a double dappleĭouble dapple is a coat pattern rather than a color in its own right, and in order to fully understand what a double dapple is, first of all, it is important to understand what a simple or single dapple is!ĭappling is a type of coat pattern, which is also sometimes referred to as merle in breeds other than dachshunds, and causes the coat’s pattern to be multi-colored and patched or spotty in terms of the color distribution, and can cause an almost mystical looking pattern on a dogs coat.
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