06/08/2024
Why is the colour Isabella (or blue/ grey) not recognised in the Dachshund breed standard? The reason is below.
“ As part of education - I am attaching photos of the danger of crossing dachshunds in a way that is not in accordance with the breed standard.
Here is an example of "Isabella / silver / blue / gray" or whatever they call it. People think, it's just about the color "what if it's not in accordance with the standard, if we will love it the same, and so beautiful etc." They think that we cling only because the color doesn't match our standard.
Ladies and Gentleman, it's not strictly about color, but what this color means. This particular gray color implies a genetic defect. This genetic defect is caused by 2 things - gray color of coat (which unfortunately many people like and encourage to buy a puppy unaware of their owners) AND many conditions for severe dermatological, ocular and circulatory conditions. These flaws do not reveal themselves most often when a dog is a puppy, so such a puppy looks lovely. They only reveal themselves as adults. Gray dachshunds suffer from baldness in adult ages (which causes lack of fur, sun burns and eventually skin cancer), skin cornea, rashes, burns and skin ailment, which usually results from swelling and falling off of ear fragments. They also suffer from many autoimmune conditions, including gastric diseases. In summary, once again - it's not that the color doesn't match the standard. The point is that this color is caused by something and that "SOMETHING" is a CDA gene, which besides color guarantees health problems in adult age. So be aware of what problems, what suffering and what treatment costs in the future you decide to get a dog, because you like the color.
The attached photos show flaws in puppy and adult gray dachshunds already revealed.
PS. Please believe me that some colors are banned not because some bureaucrat is sitting there thinking - no, I don't like that color, so we won't put it in the standard. These colors are forbidden for health reasons, so as not to cause animals suffering and not to reproduce them so that they can have sick offspring. Precisely in the case of dogs, it happens that it is easy to recognize genetic defects by the color of the coat, which is why critical comments about the color that does not match the standard appear when someone wants to buy or breed such a dog.”
Author: Kamil Holbert, Poland