Me and my wife just purchased a blue and tan mini Doxie. After getting home and doing some research we found out a lot about this color combo that we didn't know. We had never seen or heard of this color. I have read a few things and have some concerns. First and foremost I have read that they don't live as long as the standard color doxies do. Is there any truth to this? We read about the hair and possible skin issues. What are other known problems for these dilutes I guess is the proper word. The puppy is a male and is 12 weeks and was the last one to be bought and is the runt. My wife fell in love with him. His dad is Isabella and the mom is dapple. The breeder we bought it from has been breeding doxies for 23 years. This is not our first Doxie we have a male chocolate that is 13 years old and we had a5 year old black and silver dapple that we lost last year do to health problems and the specialist decided it was in the dogs best interest to put him down. This was the hardest thing me and my wife had to do and we have been heart broke ever since. We told are selves we wouldn't buy other one and when our oldest Doxie dies then we would not have anymore because of the heartbreak of losing them. Well I guess that plan didn't stick. When the wife seen this blue and tan puppy she was as happy as could be and had to have it. I hope we are not setting ourselves up for failure. Not much I can do now but hope and pray that he will live a healthy and full life. We are taking him to the vet today to have him checked out. We are a little worried as yesterday when we were playing with him in the yard it seemed like he had a short seizure (he was shaking and drooling) but we quickly picked him up and Petted him gently and he spoke soft to him and he quit. However he was really tired acting the rest of the day and sleep on and off for the most part. So needless to say we are a little on pins and needles at the moment. I know this might not have been the best color doxie to purchase and knowing what I know now I probably would have walked away but now he has touched our hearts and we are hoping to give him the best life possible. Sorry for the long post just a little worried