Short-hair
Long-hair
Wire-hair
Within each of these coat types, there are officially only two sizes in the United States.
Miniature Dachshunds - under 11 pounds
Standard Dachshunds - over 11 pounds.
Unofficially however, it has been said that Standards are dogs that can weigh over 16 pounds; thus, the term Tweenie has become popular to describe those dogs that fall into the gray area between 11 and 16 pounds.
Most Dachshunds stand from 5 to 9 inches in height.
(Barbara
Moore and Jeannie Fazio)
Quoting from the breed standard:
Size. Proportion. Substance: Bred and shown in two sizes, standard and miniature, miniatures are not a separate classification but compete in a class division for "11 pounds and under at 12 months of age and older." Weight of the standard size is usually between 16 and 32 pounds. If you want to enter the SHOW CLASS DIVISION for miniatures, you must be 11 pounds and under at 12 months of age and older. However, reality is that miniatures are those dogs that result from miniature breeding, unless you have a TRUE genetic throw-back to Standard "roots". Dachshunds from Miniature breeding, even if those parents were 11 and 1/2 pounds, are going to result in Miniature puppies, even if those puppies mature at 12 pounds! It would be a horrible disservice to both Standards and Miniatures if we decided that a 12 pound Miniature would then only be bred to Standard mates because they were being considered Standards. IN MY OPINION (of which I may be all too happy to share :) ) weight for Miniatures AND for Standards should be considered in the same fashion as all other aspects of the Breed Standard, as an IDEAL. For example, the Breed Standard reads: "Chest: The breastbone is strongly prominent in front so that on either side a depression or dimple appears. When viewed from the front, the thorax appears oval and extends downward to the mid-point of the forearm." So if your Dachshund has no dimples on its chest, are you going to tell me it IS NOT a Dachshund?? Of course not. It varies from the IDEAL set forth in the Standard. We should use our heads and consider weight in the same fashion. The IDEAL Miniature is 11 pounds and under at 12 months of age and over, but a 12 pound dog from Miniature-bred parents does not a "Standard" Dachshund make. Cheri MINIDOXIES@aol.com
For a double dappled dachshund is it disqualifying to have a dog with one eye brown and the other blue. Also do all the nails have to be the same color or if 2 are whiteish/gray is that ok.
Referring to the Breed Standard:
"Dapple" Dachshunds:
The "single" dapple pattern is expressed as
lighter-colored areas contrasting with the darker base color, which may be
any acceptable color. Neither the light nor the dark color should
predominate. Nose and nails are the same as for one and two-colored
Dachshunds. Partial or wholly blue (wall) eyes are as acceptable as dark
eyes. A large area of white on the chest of a dapple is permissible. A
"double" dapple is one in which varying amounts of white coloring occur over
the body in addition to the dapple pattern. Nose and nails: as for one and
two-color Dachshunds; partial or wholly self-colored is permissible." Cheri MINIDOXIES@aol.com
A big thank you to our linked Dachshund models: Peanuts Sweeney (Keith's gorgeous long-hair), Paco (the dapper dapple) and PC (the smoothest smoothie out there) Fazio
