new here with Lizzie

[newmom48]

just adopted this 4 year old little girl

[Lisa]

Yaaaay, pictures on your first post! Bonus points for you. She is a beautiful dapple (double dapple?) girl.

Welcome to the DLC, very happy you joined our little family. Can't wait to hear more about you and Lizzie.

[newmom48]

well i'm not sure what a double dapple is, can you or anyone tell me about them?

[Red Haired Girl]

What a pretty girl! Welcome to our Dachshund crazy little world!

[Alex's Mom]

well i'm not sure what a double dapple is, can you or anyone tell me about them?

http://www.dachshund.org/article_double_dapple.html

http://www.anipaltimes.com/2011/06/d...ples-the-risk/

[lotsadox]

Welcome to DLC

I had a dapple dachshund out of double dapple breeding and got quite an education on dappled dogs. Can Lizzie hear out of both ears and see out of both eyes? When dogs have white on their faces it will often affect their sight and vision. Often (but not always) they will have impaired vision and hearing from the ear/eye that is white. This isn't just dachshunds, dalmations have the same affliction.

[newmom48]

yes she can see in both eyes and hear. Thank the Lord!

[oceangirls]

Welcome, newmom48!!!

What a pretty little girl she is!

I think she's a double dapple... she's got one blue eye and I see dappling on her back... also not symmetrical.

From the DORG article Paula linked -

Without getting into the genetics behind a piebald, I will tell you that a piebald is a normal color Doxie with varying amounts of white. A piebald does not have dapple. A piebald does not have blue eyes, or partial blue eyes. 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, the other side is equally white. A double dapple is not symmetrical. You will often see one leg normal colored and the other leg totally white. One side of the face can be white and the other side dappled. These are the easiest way to tell if a dog is double dappled or piebald.

It gets a little confusing because you can have mixed patterns. My Cassie is most likely a piebald dapple like her Daddy, although genetically she could be a pie/DD. She can see and hear just fine (okay, she can see and hear a cockroach in a sports car going 90 mph down a dirt road 3 states away - at age 12).

If she can see and hear, and is healthy, you should not need to worry about any problems

[Rae]

Welcome!!! We are glad you found us - a bunch of dachshund-obsessed friends can always find room for one more!

Lizzie is lovely.

[RustysMom]

Lizzie is beautiful. Welcome!


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