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| DOUBLE DAPPLE ARTICLE |
| What is a Double Dapple? DOUBLE DAPPLE - Double Dapple is the color of a dog that is a result of breeding two dapple dachshunds, sometimes referred to as single dapple, or two double dapple dachshunds or a single dapple and a double dapple breeding. When you breed two single dapple dachshunds, the color possibilities are solid, single dapple, and double dapple. When you breed two double dapples, you can only produce double dapples. When you breed a single dapple to a double dapple, you can produce single dapples and double dapples. The reason for these possibilities is that the single dapple is a heterozygous dapple and the double dapple is a homozygous dapple. The heterozygous dapple can pass a solid gene or a dapple gene for any given puppy. The homozygous dapple can only pass a dapple gene. Double dapple puppies will always have white markings, many in the same pattern that you would associate with a collie type dog (white band around the neck, white on paws, white blaze down nose and white tip on tail) The white may be more or less extensive. The double dapple dachshund usually has blue eyes but may have one or both dark eyes. SO IS IT A DOUBLE DAPPLE OR DAPPLE PIEBALD? Mistaking double dapples for piebalds is very common... Be careful when purchasing one. Without getting into the genetics behind a piebald, I will tell you that a piebald is a normal color Dachshund with varying amounts of white. A Piebald is normally marked symmetrically...meaning that if one ear is black, the other ear is black. If one paw is white, the other paw is white. If one side of the face is white, black. If one paw is white, the other paw is white. If one side of the face is white, see one leg normal colored and the other leg totally white. One side of the face can the other side is equally white. A double dapple is not symmetrical. You will often be white and the other side dappled. These are the easiest way to tell if a dog is double dappled or piebald. But when a Dapple that carries Piebald is bred to a Piebald there is then the possibility of Dapple Piebalds which can be even more confusing to tell the difference... Please buy from a responsible breeder, and if you aren't sure if your dog is double dapple or piebald or even a dapple piebald, look at the pedigree and ask to see the parents pedigrees before you purchase! A double dapple will always have a dappled dam and a dappled sire. A piebald can come from any color, but you will normally see piebald in the background. Since piebald is recessive, it is possible to have two plain black & tans produce a piebald. However ONLY TWO DAPPLES can produce a double dapple. The ultimate test of a double dapple is to breed it to a plain colored dog (as long as it is healthy with no defects, we don't support experiments) and if the puppies are dapple, your dog is a double dapple! |
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| DOUBLE DAPPLE DEFECTS There are lethal genes commonly associated with double dapple. Not all double dapples have these problems and it is believed by some to be more of a problem in some lines than in others. The problems associated with lethal genes in double dapples are as follows; varying degrees of vision and hearing loss, including reduced or absent eyes. If you decide that you want a double dapple puppy, be prepared for these possible problems and be aware that they may not be diagnosed at a young age. Please note; when breeding a blind or deaf double dapple to a normal dog, the lethal traits are not passed on to the offspring, however most of the puppies of the double dapple breeding will be dapple. Remember that single dapple dachshunds do not have the lethal gene problems and if a single dapple is bred to a solid (non-dapple) there are no problems associated with single dapple dachshunds. |
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| So, What's Wrong with a Double Dapple? For reasons unknown, the combination of two dapple genes hitting the same area of the dog can be lethal. I have seen double dapple puppies born with no eyes, and/or no ears, and missing limbs. Blindness and/or deafness is also caused by the double dapple gene. On the other hand, a double dapple can be born with no deformities at all. There are no facts or figures available (that I have found) that tells us how many dogs like this dog have been whelped. The double dapple pattern is an acceptable pattern that is recognized by AKC. In my opinion, if AKC continues to allow this pattern (which can only be achieved by breeding two dapples together, so it is totally preventable) to be recognized, then serious studies should be done to look at the damage being done to the dogs. I, for one, feel that even one dog like this is not worth the risk of a million healthy dogs. |