Thanks Nell.
Well we got Coco in the space of a couple of weeks, as we had been um-ing and ah-ing bout getting a daxie for a while but we were a bit worried about how our cat would react as we rescued her as a stray when we lived in London. She was very independent but due to her past we didn't want her to feel like we were pushing her out! Unfortunatley she passed away earlier this year, and me and my wife were very upset as she was only young and we have no idea what happened to her just found her down the end of our garden!
We went a couple of weeks but we couldn't stand not having an animal in the house so we decided to go for it and get a pup! My wife found an advert on pets4homes website and she fell in love with Coco, he was in a litter of 5 : 2-Choc Dapples 3-Choc and Tan.
I rang up and before I got a chance to say much the breeder Sarah told me that Coco was the only one available, which I said thats great as its the one my wife had her eye on! We went and visited and shock we fell in love with him, we saw him with who we were told was his Mum a red girl called minstrel and she showed us pics of the dad who was a stud. This was only a 1.5 weeks before we could collect coco, so we were only able to visit once. The reason Coco was still available was that she was going to keep him herself but she was 9 months pregnant and her other half had convinced her it wasn't a good idea with a baby on the way!
Mum...
Dad...
Pups...
Since we've had Coco, I've been in touch with 2 of his siblings owners, Millie the other Dapple and Ronnie one of the Choc and tans. Millie we met at our local Daxie meet in Brighton and her owner had been visiting the pups from second week so had seen them much more than we had! After talking to her she said that Minstrel(pic above) was not the mum and that it was a choc and tan girl called Harlow(who apparently is where the longer legs come from) she showed me a pic as well, and she didn't understand why we had been told minstrel was the mum! She had met minstrel and apparently Harlow wasn't letting her near the pups, as would be expected.
I've tried texting the breeder to shed some light on the matter, but she seems to be avoiding me. I also spoke the other owner I'm in contact with and she's in the same boat as us thinking the mum was Minstrel, and she apparently had a denial and then no contact since!
Also since doing more reading about daxie genetics, think I'm right that its probably highly unlikely the 2 parents above would have a complete choc/tan and Choc/dapple litter! (Not 100% sure about that though)
It is a bit of a worry but Jo, Millies owner, has assured us the Mum she saw was healthy and lovely, and Millie is her forth daxie so very experienced owner! They are PRA clear and healthy as can be according to the vet.
Sorry about the essay length reply, just a bit complicated! Not sure what your thoughts are? As long as Coco is happy and healthy that all we care about really!