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    Puppy Meltdown. Just a Stage?

    I sometimes work long hours but no more than 4 days a week and usually have long breaks between shifts, the rest of the time I work from home. When I got my first doxie (now 16 months old), I used to work the overnight, weekend shift and would take her to work with me, but when she was 4 months...
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    Are Merle colored dachshunds sicker?

    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...
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    Are Merle colored dachshunds sicker?

    I really do hope they aren't Double Dapple, but either way I will love them just the same:) I am actually looking into adopting a little Double Dapple girl from the Canadian Dachshund Rescue now (after doing all of this research and learning so much already). She is 3 months old and was born...
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    Are Merle colored dachshunds sicker?

    Are my dogs Double Dapple? Thank you for getting back to me! Well neither of them have issues seeing and they definitely aren't deaf!! They hear when I put the car alarm on from across the yard and are waiting at the front door everytime I come home, lol. So far the only issue I've had health...
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    Are Merle colored dachshunds sicker?

    Are my dogs Double Dapple?? I'm not sure how it is possible because I saw both parents and the Mom is a dapple and the Dad is a black and tan, but the more I read about dapples, the more I am nervous that they could be double dapples. Neither one of them have any health issues other than a...
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