COLOUR AND COAT BREEDING EXPECTATIONS
Information below taken from the book THE DACHSHUND
| Colours Mated | Offspring | Remarks |
| red x red | all red | Red is dominant to black and tan in Dachshunds |
| red x black and tan | all red (carrying black and tan) | |
| red (carrying blk/tan) x blk/tan | 50% red (carrying blk/tan), 50% blk/tan | |
| red (carrying blk/tan) x red (carrying blk/tan) | 25% red, 50% red (carrying blk/tan), 25% blk/tan | |
| blk/tan x blk/tan | all blk/tan | |
| chocolate x chocolate | all chocolate | |
| chocolate x blk/tan | all blk/tan (carrying chocolate) | black and tan is dominant to chocolate |
| chocolate x blk/tan (carrying chocolate) | 50% blk/tan (carrying chocolate), 50% chocolate | |
| blk/tan (carrying chocolate) x blk/tan (carrying chocolate) | 25% blk/tan, 50% blk/tan (carrying chocolate), 25% chocolate | |
| chocolate x red | all red (carrying chocolate) | red is dominant to chocolate |
| chocolate x red (carrying blk/tan) | 50% red (carrying chocolate), 50% blk/tan (carrying chocolate) | red and blk/tan are both dominate to chocolate |
| blk/tan (carrying chocolate) x red (carrying blk/tan) | 25% red (carrying blk/tan), 25% red (carrying chocolate), 25% blk/tan (carrying chocolate), 25% blk/tan | |
| blk/tan (carrying chocolate) x red (carrying chocolate) | 25% red (carrying blk/tan), 25% red (carrying chocolate), 25% blk/tan (carrying chocolate), 25% chocolate | |
| red (carrying chocolate) x chocolate | 50% red (carrying chocolate), 50% chocolate | |
| EXPECTATIONS IN | INTER-BREEDING | DIFFERENT HAIR COATS |
| Coat Crosses | Offspring | Remarks |
| Smooth x long hair | all smooth (carrying long hair) | smooth is dominant to long hair coat |
| smooth (carrying long) x long hair | 50% smooth (carrying long), 50% long | |
| smooth (carrying long) x smooth (carrying long) | 25% smooth, 50% smooth (carrying long), 25% long | – |
| wire x smooth | all wire (carrying smooth) | wire hair is dominant to smooth coat |
| wire x wire (carrying smooth) | 50% wire, 50% wire (carrying smooth) | |
| wire (carrying smooth) x wire (carrying smooth) | 25% wire, 50% wire (carrying smooth), 25% smooth | |
| wire x longhair | all wire (carrying long) | wire hair is dominant to long haired coat |
| wire (carrying long) x wire (carrying long) | 25% wire, 50% wire (carrying long), 25% long |
| wire (carrying long) x long | 50% wire (carrying long), 50% long | |
| This section below was added by | Gloria LaTour | |
| Pattern Mated | ||
| Piebald x Piebald | 100% piebald litter | |
| Piebald x Solid (not a piebald carrier) | 100% solids all carry piebald | |
| Piebald x Solid (carries piebald) | part will be piebald and part will be solids that carry piebald | I have had litters that had more than half piebald and I have seen litters that only had one piebald from this type breeding |
| Dapple X Solid | solids and or dapples | The dapple is NOT a gene that can be carried. You have to have one immediate parent that is a dapple to produce dapples. |
| Dapple x Dapple | solids, dapples and double dapples | |
| Double Dapple x Solid | all dapples |
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