One-coloured
Color de base
Red
- Permissible: Interspersed black hairs
- Preferred: A clean dark colour
- Permissible: A small white spot (up to 3 cm diameter) on the chest
- Undesirable: Reddish-brown
Nariz · uñas · almohadillas
Black
About the Dachshund
Origin: Germany
- Typical life span
- 12-16 years
- Size
- Medium — from its typical weight
- Weight
- 7-14.5 kg
- Height
- 20-23 cm
- FCI status
- Reconocida por la FCI
- FCI groupFCI divides this breed into varieties, and our sources don’t record which one a breeder works. Ask them which variety their line is.
- Dachshunds
- Origin
- Germany
- Also called
- Teckel
- Known hereditary risks
- 4 documented conditions, with the test for each
About
What is a Dachshund?
Long-bodied, short-legged hound with distinctive elongated build, available in three coat types (smooth, wirehaired, and longhaired). Originally bred for hunting badgers in burrows, this bold and lively scent hound is known for its courageous, intelligent, and playful personality.
Dachshund history and origins
Developed in Germany over 300 years ago (records date to 15th century) specifically for hunting badgers in their burrows. The name 'Dachshund' translates to 'badger dog' in German. Wirehaired varieties were developed by crossing with terriers for work in thorny terrain, while longhaired varieties were created using spaniels for colder climates.
Dachshund appearance and size
Typically 7-14.5 kg and 20-23 cm at the shoulder — published as one range rather than separately for males and females.
Lo que dice el estándar de la raza
- Criado para
- Hunting dog, above and below ground
- Comportamiento y temperamento
“Friendly by nature, neither fearful nor aggressive, with even temperament. Passionate, persistent and fast hunting dog with an excellent nose”
Quoted from FCI standard n°148. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.
Características
- Tamaño
- Medium
- Necesidad de ejercicioLeída a partir de aquello para lo que se crió la raza, en las propias palabras del registro: “Hunting dog, above and below ground” Eso es una función de trabajo, no una necesidad de ejercicio medida — las necesidades de un perro concreto dependen de su edad, su salud y su hogar.
- 4 of 5
- Facilidad de adiestramiento
- —
- Caída de pelo
- 3 of 5
- Cuidados del pelo
- 3 of 5
- Convivencia con niños
- —
- Coste de mantenimiento
- —
- Tolera quedarse solo
- —
- Inteligencia
- —
- Salud de la raza
- 4 conditions documented
Smooth-haired3 of 5
Wire-haired3 of 5
Long-haired4 of 5
Pros & cons
Pros y contras de la raza Dachshund
Lo que obtienes con la raza Dachshund
- Función declarada en el estándar: «Hunting dog, above and below ground»
- El estándar describe la raza así: «Friendly by nature, neither fearful nor aggressive, with even temperament»
Lo que asumes
- Están documentadas 3 enfermedades hereditarias graves, sobre todo en huesos y articulaciones y cerebro y nervios. La pestaña de la guía de salud tiene la prueba que hay que pedir en cada una.
Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI; UFAW / Dachshund: Intervertebral Disc Disease. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.
Characteristics
Estándar de la FCI · Dachshund
Pelo y color
La FCI publica 3 variedades de pelo para la raza Dachshund, cada una admitiendo 4 patrones de color. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar, etiquetada con preferred, permissible, undesirable y disqualifying.
Coat
Not showing any bald patches anywhere.
- Short
- Dense
- Shiny
- Smooth fitting
- Tight and harsh
Notes
- Tail: fine, fully but not too profusely coated.
- Somewhat longer guard hair on underside is not a fault
Patrones de color
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.
Two-coloured
- Preferred: Deep black or brown, each with tan markings (the darker, the better and as clean as possible)
- Over eyes
- On sides of muzzle and of the lower lip
- On inner edge of ears
- On forechest
- On inside and rear side of legs
- On the feet
- Around the anus and from there reaching to about one third or one half of the underside of the tail
- Permissible: A small white spot (up to 3 cm diameter) on the chest
- Undesirable: Too wide spread, as well as insufficient tan markings
Nariz · uñas · almohadillas
Black in dogs with black base colour, brown, in dogs with brown base colour
Colour pattern Dapple (Merle)
- The base colour is always the dark colour (black or brown).
- Exception: red dapples (red with dark spots).
- Irregular grey but also beige spots (large patches not desired)
- Neither the dark nor the light colour is predominant.
- For nose, nails and pads see under a) and b).
Colour pattern Brindle
- The colour of a brindle Dachshund is red with dark brindle.
- Disqualifying: All previously not mentioned colours and colour patterns
- Undesirable: Lack of pigmentation
Nariz · uñas · almohadillas
Black
Disponibilidad de colores por variedad
Los 4 patrones se aceptan en todas las 3 variedades.
| Patrón de color | Smooth-haired | Wire-haired | Long-haired |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-coloured | Aceptado | Aceptado | Aceptado |
| Two-coloured / Multi-coloured | Aceptado | Aceptado | Aceptado |
| Colour pattern Dapple (Merle) | Aceptado | Aceptado | Aceptado |
| Colour pattern Brindle | Aceptado | Aceptado | Aceptado |
La FCI da la letra b) a este patrón en todas las variedades, pero lo llama Two-coloured y Multi-coloured.
Variedades de la FCI
La FCI lista 3 variedades de Dachshund — Standard, Miniature, Rabbit Dachshund — y reconoce cada una de ellas en todos los 3 pelos: Long-haired, Smooth-haired, Wire-haired.
Medido a los 15+ meses · Chest circumference (cm)
Clasificación de tamaño
Chest circumference measured when at least 15 months old, from highest point of the withers to the lowest point of the chest (with little tense tape measure).
253035404550
- Standard37–47 Male, over 37 cm – up to 47 cm35–45 Female, over 35 cm – up to 45 cm
- Miniature32–37 Male, over 32 cm – up to 37 cm30–35 Female, over 30 up – to 35 cm
- Rabbit27–32 Male, 27 cm – up to 32 cm25–30 Female, 25 cm – up to 30 cm
- Male
- Female
Chest circumference in cm. Transcribed from FCI standard n°148, read 2026-08-31.
Resumido de FCI standard n°148 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.
Lo que el estándar penaliza
Aquello por lo que un juez resta puntos a la raza Dachshund, y lo que la deja fuera del ring, en las palabras del propio registro. Esto describe el estándar de la raza — no es una lista de comprobación para el animal que tienes delante, y un animal de compañía con un defecto descalificante es un perro que no puede ir a exposición, no un perro enfermo.
Defectos graves
Cuentan mucho en contra de un ejemplar en el ring.
- Weak, long-legged or body trailing on ground.
- Other tooth faults than those described among «faults» or «disqualifying faults».
- Wall eye in any colour other than dapple.
- Pointed, very folded ears.
- Body sagging between shoulders.
- Hollow back, roach back.
- Weak loins.
- Markedly higher in the rear (croup higher than withers).
- Chest too weak.
- Flanks with lyre shape tuck up.
- Poorly angulated fore- and hindquarters.
- Narrow hindquarters with poor muscle tone.
- Cow hocks or bowlegs.
- Feet turning markedly inwards or outwards.
- Splayed toes.
- Heavy, clumsy, waddling movement
Defectos descalificantes
Dejan al animal fuera del ring por completo.
- Untypical specimen.
- Undershot or overshot mouth, wry mouth.
- Faulty positioning of the lower canines.
- Missing of one or more canines or one or more incisors.
- Missing of other premolars or molars. Exceptions: The two PM1 or one PM2 without consideration of the M3, as mentioned under “Faults”.
- Chest: sternum cut off.
- Any faults of the tail.
- Very loose shoulders.
- Knuckling over in the wrist.
- Black or brown colour without tan markings; white colour with or without tan markings.
- Colours and colour patterns other than those listed under “Colour and Colour Patterns”
Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Dachshund en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.
Health guide
Health & screening guide for the Dachshund
Riesgos hereditarios conocidos en la raza Dachshund, y la documentación concreta que hay que pedir a cualquier criador antes de pagar una señal. Un criador responsable tiene esta documentación a mano; esquivar la pregunta es mala señal.
4 enfermedades documentadasEsto es literatura a nivel de raza, no asesoramiento veterinario sobre un animal concreto — tu veterinario conoce al animal.
Health checklist (PDF)Bones & joints
Chondrodystrophy-linked intervertebral disc disease (IVDD)
SeriousInherente a la raza
Premature, early-onset degeneration and calcification of the intervertebral discs, which can herniate and cause severe pain, paralysis, or death; around one in four Dachshunds develops clinical signs in its lifetime. Present breed-wide (allele frequency around 92% in one large testing-lab sample) but clinical prevalence differs by variety: a 2016 owner survey found it highest in Standard Smooth-Haired dogs (24.4%) and lowest in Standard Wire-Haired dogs (7.1%).
Qué pedir
A CDDY/IVDD-risk DNA test on both parents, or a radiographic disc-calcification score taken between 2 and 4 years of age
4 sources
- UFAW / Dachshund: Intervertebral Disc Disease
- UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory / Chondrodystrophy (CDDY and IVDD) and Chondrodysplasia (CDPA)
- PNAS / FGF4 retrogene on CFA12 is responsible for chondrodystrophy and intervertebral disc disease in dogs
- PMC / DachsLife 2015: lifestyle associations with the risk of IVDD in Dachshunds
Brain & nerves
Lafora disease
Serious
A late-onset, severe form of epilepsy causing myoclonic jerking and seizures from around age five, progressing to neurodegeneration; affected dogs are frequently euthanised within a few years of diagnosis. Specific to the MINIATURE WIRE-HAIRED variety.
Qué pedir
A DNA test for the NHLRC1 repeat-expansion mutation on both parents
Eyes
Progressive retinal atrophy, cone-rod dystrophy (cord1/CRD4)
Monitor
A degeneration of both rod and cone cells in the retina causing progressive vision loss, usually apparent by around three years of age; penetrance is incomplete, so not every dog carrying two copies goes blind. OFA states this variant causes a real risk of clinical disease specifically in the MINIATURE LONG-HAIRED Dachshund (and in English Springer Spaniels); in other Dachshund varieties the risk of clinical disease from the same variant is described as low.
Qué pedir
A PRA-CRD4/CORD1 (RPGRIP1) DNA test on both parents
Kidneys & urinary
Cystinuria
Serious
A defect in kidney amino-acid transport that lets cystine crystallise in urine, forming bladder or urethral stones that can cause a life-threatening obstruction, especially in males. Best documented in Miniature Smooth-haired lines, and reported breed-wide.
Qué pedir
A cystinuria (SLC3A1) DNA test on both parents
Cuánto vive la raza Dachshund, en los registros
Dachshund
Supervivencia mediana de 13,2 años
Intervalo de confianza al 95% de 13,0–13,5 años, a partir de 926 muertes registradas entre 2325 perros
Riesgo de mortalidad de 0.77 (0.72, 0.83) respecto a perros mestizos, cuya mediana es de 12,0 años.
Medido en el Reino Unido a partir de 584.734 perros. La supervivencia mediana no es una predicción para un perro concreto.
McMillan, K.M., Bielby, J., Williams, C.L., Upjohn, M.M., Casey, R.A. & Christley, R.M. (2024) Longevity of companion dog breeds: those at risk from early death. Scientific Reports 14, 531.
Miniature Dachshund
Supervivencia mediana de 14,0 años
Intervalo de confianza al 95% de 13,7–14,2 años, a partir de 1655 muertes registradas entre 7271 perros
Riesgo de mortalidad de 0.65 (0.62, 0.69) respecto a perros mestizos, cuya mediana es de 12,0 años.
Medido en el Reino Unido a partir de 584.734 perros. La supervivencia mediana no es una predicción para un perro concreto.
McMillan, K.M., Bielby, J., Williams, C.L., Upjohn, M.M., Casey, R.A. & Christley, R.M. (2024) Longevity of companion dog breeds: those at risk from early death. Scientific Reports 14, 531.
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