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Piebald dachshund also brindle and sable patterned dachshunds

Piebald

The piebald dachshund is one of several patterns that appear in the breed such as dapple, double dapple sable and brindle, there are also a variety of other coat colors.Pictured is a cute black and cream piebald puppy from Carder's Doxies

black and cream piebald dachdhund

The piebald consists of areas of colour over a white base coat, most have a white tipped tail, sometimes they have small spots of colour on the white this is called ticking.Pictured below is Blaze a blue and tan piebald,with ticking, from Bama Blue Doxies

blue and tan piebald dachshund

This pattern is bred in all three coat varieties smooth, wire haired and long haired.There are no health issues as far as we know with this coat pattern.

To breed a piebald both parents must carry the piebald gene.Pictured is a smart piebald smooth dachshund from Cedarhurst Ranch Minnesota,USA.

piebald dachshund

Sable

The sable pattern is difficult to describe – a red sable will have red hair on the body with black tips and plain red hair on the face and feet. This pattern appears in the long haired and smooth haired dachshunds. Pictured below on the left is Dakota a long haired red sable doxie and on the right Peaches a long haired cream sable from Judy Kay's Dachshunds Texas,USA.

red sable longhaired dachshund cream sable longhaired dachshund

Brindle

Brindles have irregular usually black or chocolate stripes over their main coat color. Brindles come from at least one brindle parent. Brindle dachshunds appear in all coat varieties smooth haired, wire haired and long haired, both miniature and standard sizes. Brindle pattern can sometimes appear simultaneously with the piebald pattern, to make an interesting marked dog.

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