CREAM, ANYONE? (DACHSHUND, THAT IS!)

I've been featuring different dachshund coats in my series of blog posts: thus far, I've featured longhaired dachshunds and red smooth coat dachshunds--both are beautiful. I've seen owners' personal photos of their beloved pets, and I have enjoyed seeing them A LOT. We doxie lovers LOVE to talk about our fur babies, often pulling out photos even faster than proud grandparents pull out photos of the grandchildren! When we decided to get a doxie years ago, we ALMOST picked out a cream puppy--that litter was so beautiful. But Duke, our beloved black-and-tan doxie was the one for us when we saw him. Although there is no longer a doxie in our home, we do have our feisty granddawg, Sunny--and I don't mind talking about her endlessly, either!

Today, we're featuring the relatively new English cream dachshunds, and it seems fitting to post something about their history, which I have included below:

A Cream Dachshund: The “Bond Girl” of the Dachshund Breed

"Cream dachshunds are very elegant and classy, quite possibly one of the most beautiful dogs ever produced. A cream dachshund generally has long flowing, lovely blond hair. It almost always feels like satin, or a bunny’s fur. Anyone that has ever spent any time with a cream dachshund will tell you that looks are not the only thing special about them. A cream dachshund has an amazingly sweet personality. They are generally calmer and more regal acting than even the best of the longhaired dachshunds. They have an air about them--something that sets them apart: royal with stunning beauty. For years, the price of an English cream dachshund was astronomical. Even the price of having one of these rare beauties imported from some of the most superior dachshund kennels of Europe would require something akin to a second mortgage.  Slowly, through time and rise of popularity amongst the better dachshund breeders in the UK, the English creams are now a little more available to people wanting them for house pets. There are two very different dogs that are both referred to as creams: the English cream dachshund and what breeders have come to call the American cream dachshund. 

 English Cream Dachshund

"As the name would apply, most true English cream dachshunds can be traced back within five generations to a dog of English descent.  They generally range in color from a light pale gold, to a strawberry blond.  They are typically born dark brown and lighten with age. Clear cream dachshunds are born pale cream, almost white. This is a cream dachshund that has no black hairs and cannot have black tips that you so often see on English cream dachshunds.  They call those shaded English cream.  

"The English dachshund breeders played a major hand in 'creating' this type of dachshund by identifying a gene referred to as the chinchilla factor.  Simply put, it’s a close cousin to the dilute gene we use to create blue or Isabella dachshunds. 

"It’s NOT just the color that separates an English cream dachshund from an American cream dachshund.  English creams almost always have bunches of champions and imported dogs in their pedigree, making them very well bred to say the least! Their body structure and head structure are elegant and close to perfection.  Most English cream dachshunds might weigh a pound or two more than our typical American dachshund.  

"The term 'cream dachshund' really refers to two completely different gene pools. I believe that the English cream is produced using the red chinchilla gene and the dilute dachshund is created using the blue chinchilla gene. Let's just say that it took A LOT to be able to produce the amazing English cream dachshund!

American Cream Dachshund

"The American cream is an entirely different matter, with a similar appearance. I would loosely say that this color is more a lighter version of red dachshunds than it is a specific gene. You can put one of them beside an English cream and they are both the same color and have the same black body parts. Most of the smooth creams that you see have piebald in their pedigree, but not all of them." 
--http://ponderosapups.com/cream-dachshund/

 Below are more of these beauties--note the varying shades of cream in them:

There are, of course, other varieties of the cream coat with colors, but I chose to show mostly the cream variety today. In my research for this post, it was extremely difficult to stop adding photos of these beautiful doxies! I hope you have enjoyed viewing them as much as I have enjoyed posting them.

As always, if you have a cream doxie, please feel free to post a photo in the comments below. We'd love to share them with other doxie lovers.

Dachshunds . . . you gotta love 'em!