The UK Dachshund Breed Council
EXTRACT FROM CURRENT BREED STANDARD AS PER THE ROYAL KENNEL CLUB 1ST APRIL 2025 OUR COUNTRY OF PATRONAGE
Colour
The following colours are permitted in all six varieties:
- Red – which may be interspersed with black hairs.
- Black or Chocolate – each with tan markings (as clear as possible) over eyes, on sides of muzzle, under jaw and down chest, on lower part of legs and feet, below the tail and about one third of underside of tail.
- Dapple pattern – (lighter coloured areas on a darker base, where neither the light nor the dark colour should predominate) is permitted in any of the colours listed as acceptable, with the exception of brindle.
The following colours are acceptable only in the varieties specified:
Miniature Smooth-haired and Miniature Long-haired:
- Cream (fawn), interspersed black hairs are permissible.
- Black/chocolate and cream – where the cream is as clear as possible and is distributed in the same locations as the tan marking listed above.
Smooth-haired, Miniature Smooth-haired and Miniature Long-haired:
- Brindle – black hairs forming stripes on any of the colours listed above.
Wire-haired and Miniature Wire-haired:
- Wild Boar of any shade, or Chocolate Wild Boar with tan markings as clear as possible in the same locations as the tan markings listed above
Nose and nails black in all colours except chocolate/tan and chocolate dapple where they are brown.
In all colours no white permissible, save for a small patch on chest which is permitted but not desirable.
Double dapple (where varying amounts of white occur all over the body in addition to the dapple pattern), Isabella, blue and all other colours or patterns including piebald and tricolour are unacceptable.