There are three
dachshund coat types, smooth haired, long haired and wire haired, each has their own unique traits that set them apart.
Not exact matches
(1) AKC uses
coat type to divide Collies into smooth and rough -
coated varieties, Chihuahuas into smooth and long -
coated varieties, and
Dachshunds into smooth, long, and wire
coated varieties.
Because the
Dachshund breed comes in so many shapes, sizes and
coat types, there is a
Dachshund for everyone of us.
This
coat type originated by breeding
dachshunds with terriers or German wire - haired pinscher.
Early in the 17th century, the name
Dachshund, meaning «badger - dog,» became the title of the breed
type with long - haired and smooth
coats.
The
dachshund breed has three main
coat types: long - haired, wire - haired and smooth -
coat.
We rescue
Dachshunds of all
types, from purebred to mixes, smooth
coats, short haired, long haired, wired hair and puppies to seniors.
The
coats of
Dachshunds are varied as they come in three
types of
coat and with several possible
coat color variations.
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) recognizes nine and the UK Kennel Club (KC) Breed Standard defines six
types of
Dachshunds: three sizes - Rabbit (FCI only), Standard and Miniature and each of these comes in three
coat types - smooth, long and wirehaired.
While a
dachshund of any
coat type can in theory inherit the recessive gene needed to produce a beard from both parents, it is in the wirehaired
dachshund line that beards pop up like clockwork.
After careful consideration, the Kennel Club Board approved a recommendation from their Dog Health Group that the progeny of any
Dachshund from two Miniature Wirehaired
Dachshund parents, registered as a different
coat type to their parents, must have a
coat -
type DNA test as a condition of registration, and will be endorsed by the Kennel Club (progeny not eligible for registration).