Are Merle colored dachshunds sicker?

[michebai]

Thanks for getting back to me! I don't have any pictures of the Mom and Dad, but one was a dapple (dark with silver spots, the opposite of mine) with no white at all, and the other was a black and tan. In Martini's litter (the girl with the 3/4 blue 1/4 brown eye), all of the puppies looked like their mom except one who looked like the dad, Martini was the only one with white. I only saw one other dapple puppy from Rossi's litter and it was a chocolate dapple with no white at all - I have a picture of that puppy I can post, and there was a black and tan from his litter too I believe. However, I am thinking now that she actually does have more than one breeding pair because a friend of mine said one of her horse boarders got a puppy from a woman with the same name and when I described where she lived, she said she was positive it was the same place - that puppy was only a few weeks difference in age from Rossi....so there must be at least 2 Moms, and now I'm wondering if it was the dad that was dapple and I only saw one of the Moms and possibly the other mom is dapple as well. Who knows

I'm glad to hear they won't develop issues later on! They are definitely completely happy and healthy now, lol.

Yes I applied to adopt Poppy! I don't know though, I do work odd hours so chances are I won't be approved (even though I have 2 who are spoiled rotten and taken extremely well care of). I just hope she does go to someone who will take excellent care of her I just looked at Darby, and I'm going to send an email about her too

Thanks again!
Michebai

 

[Wyominiwiener]

Well my 13 year old sheltie has gone deaf, he can hear somethings whistle, hand clap. We keep a close eye on him when he is out. but mostly he just lays on the porch.

Is there a site where it shows the Doxie colors to go with the name?

Tim