Dachshund - Smooth

Coat

Short, smooth and shining. Should be neither too long nor too thick. Ears not leathery.

Tail

Gradually tapered to a point, well but not too richly haired. Long sleek bristles on the underside are considered a patch of strong-growing hair, not a fault. A brush tail is a fault, as is also a partly or wholly hairless tail.

Color of Hair

Although base color is immaterial, certain patterns and basic colors predominate.

Single color

Single color – (with or without a shading of interspersed dark hairs or sable) red, golden red, golden with or without mixture of black hairs. A small amount of white on the chest is acceptable, but not desirable.

Nose and nails: black

Two-colored Dachshunds include black, chocolate, wild boar, gray (blue)and fawn (Isabella), each with tan markings over the eyes, on the sides of the jaw and under lip, on the inner edge of the ear, front, breast, inside and behind the front legs, on the paws and around the anus, and from thereto about one-third to one-half of the length of the tail on the underside. Undue prominence or extreme lightness of tan markings is undesirable. A small amount of white on the chest is acceptable but not desirable. Nose and nails--in the case of black dogs, black; for chocolate and all other colors, dark brown, but self-colored is acceptable.