My honey got me a double dapple mini dachshund last night! He is so freaking cute! One blue eye and one brown eye! Pix soon to come
terryo said:You can't make a post like that without pictures!! Come on.....
Laura said:whats a Double Dapple?? I know dapple.. bt what makes it double?
Jacqui said:Laura said:whats a Double Dapple?? I know dapple.. bt what makes it double?
That's been my question. Keep thinking soon those pictures would appear, so I could see it for myself.
I can't wait to see pics, by this description I have a Double Dapple and didn't know it,She will be 3 next month, she has 2 blue eyes.I just told people that she is multi colored,her front has a lot of white with some dappling, and she is a Spoiled Little Princes. Lendoubletorts said:Jacqui said:Laura said:whats a Double Dapple?? I know dapple.. bt what makes it double?
That's been my question. Keep thinking soon those pictures would appear, so I could see it for myself.
A double dapple is when you breed two dapples together. It is not recommended because of health issues. "Double dapple is the result of both the mother and the father dog giving the pup a dapple gene. For example, the father dog gives the pup the gene first and dapples his back legs and tail, then the mother dog gives a dapple gene to the puppy’s entire body. Where the two dapple genes overlap results in solid white; the other areas that did not overlap genes result in spots which contain dappling. There are extreme risks in breeding dapples and a good breeder will not risk the health of their pups in this way."
Risks include: birth defects such as blind, deaf or both and microphthalmia (an abnormally small eye). Sometimes this overlapping dapple gene can even cause missing eyes and/or ears. However, a double dapple puppy can be born with no deformities at all.
Now I found all this out because we got a dapple dachshund and wanted to know what would happen if we got another and bred them.
doubletorts said:Jacqui said:Laura said:whats a Double Dapple?? I know dapple.. bt what makes it double?
That's been my question. Keep thinking soon those pictures would appear, so I could see it for myself.
A double dapple is when you breed two dapples together. It is not recommended because of health issues. "Double dapple is the result of both the mother and the father dog giving the pup a dapple gene. For example, the father dog gives the pup the gene first and dapples his back legs and tail, then the mother dog gives a dapple gene to the puppy’s entire body. Where the two dapple genes overlap results in solid white; the other areas that did not overlap genes result in spots which contain dappling. There are extreme risks in breeding dapples and a good breeder will not risk the health of their pups in this way."
Risks include: birth defects such as blind, deaf or both and microphthalmia (an abnormally small eye). Sometimes this overlapping dapple gene can even cause missing eyes and/or ears. However, a double dapple puppy can be born with no deformities at all.
Now I found all this out because we got a dapple dachshund and wanted to know what would happen if we got another and bred them.
MORTYtheTORTY said:I've never seen/heard of dapple before so still confused about the dapple but I get the idea...any pics??