Daschunds: The Lovable Sausage Dogs

Dachshunds come in two sizes recognized by most kennel clubs in English speaking countries and all of them in North America, the standard and the miniature.[1] However, many non-English speaking countries recognize a third size which is smaller than the miniature: the kaninchen (which means "rabbit"). The Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI), or World Canine Federation, is an international kennel club based in Belgium which has 84 member countries all over the world, which include nations from every one of the currently inhabited continents of the earth except one: North America. The FCI recognizes the kaninchen, or rabbit, dachshund classification.

A full-grown standard dachshund averages 16 lb to 28 lb, while the miniature variety normally weighs less than 11 lb. The kaninchen weighs 8 lb to 10 lb. Dachshunds exhibit three coat varieties. The most common and associated with the dachshund is the smooth-haired coat. The next most recognized is the long coat. The wire-haired dachshund is least common, and most recent coat to appear in breeding standards. Many people don't recognize wire-hairs as dachshunds and can be mistaken as other kinds of dogs.

Dachshunds have a wide variety of coloration and patterns. Dominant colors and patterns are red and cream. Two-colored dogs can be cream, blue, wild boar, chocolate brown, or fawn with "points", or markings over the eyes, ears, paws, and tail, of tan or cream. A two-colored dachshund would be called by its dominant color first followed by the point color, such as "black and tan" or "chocolate and cream." Other colors include piebald, in which the base color is white, and a lighter "boar" red. The reds range from coppers to deep rusts, with somewhat common black hairs peppered along the back, tail, face, and ear edges, lending much character and an almost burnished appearance; this is often desirable and is referred to among breeders and enthusiasts as a "stag" or an "overlay."

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