⇦ coats, colors, & patterns   welcome eridox index   the sausage link message board   goodies for your woofer   wellness & nutrition consultations   breeding consultations   eridox about me   my hot dogs hotdog stats adults my bratwursts bratwurst stats puppies   frankfurter fotos hunt pics   general info history of wieners   teckel terms   coats, colors, & patterns   genetic disorders   of interest current genetics studies   genetic & phenotypic testing   unrelated book research      other resources dachsie links   site references   contact me   If any terms on this page are foreign or otherwise confusing to you, read the intro genetics page like you were supposed to've.  Little genetic research has been done on coat types, and only one coat series, the s-series, has been discovered; the w-series and l-series have not yet been discovered.  There are surely a number of coat modifier series as well.  For instance, the extra factors in coat type, including thickness, length, curl, feathering/fanning, and other texturing, have not been genetically determined. coats wirehair (genetically WW or Ww) Correct wirehairs have double coats and ideally have a beard on the chin and bushy eyebrows. - Wirehair (W) is dominant or incompletely dominant to shorthair and longhair.  This means that only one parent has to be wirehair (WW or Ww) in order to produce a wirehair (Ww). Wirehairs can be further classified into sub-types: - A harsh wirehair (WW SS or Ww SS, or perhaps WW Ss or Ww Ss) has a double coat with long, coarse/harsh coverhair and a soft, wooly undercoat.  It is the ideal wirehair subtype for a hunting dachshund.  Harsh wirehair has also been called stockhair. - A pin wire (WW SS or Ww SS, or perhaps WW Ss or Ww Ss) has a single coat of shorter, coarse/harsh hair. - An insulating wire has a single coat of long, coarse/harsh hair that is thinner next to the body and thicker at the tips. - An inverse wirehair has a double coat with long, soft, wooly coverhair and a short, coarse/harsh undercoat. - A silky wirehair (WW ss or Ww ss) has a single coat of long, soft, wooly hair.  This coat type is difficult to maintain as well as is totally unusable/unmanageable for a working dachshund.  Silky wirehair is also called soft wirehair. shorthair (genetically ww SS or ww Ss) Shorthairs have short hair. - Shorthair (S) is dominant to longhair (s) and recessive to wirehair (W).  This means that if one parent is shorthair (SS or Ss), it can produce a shorthair puppy only when mated to another shorthair (S*), to a longhair (ss), or to a wirehair carrying for shorthair or longhair (W* S*). Shorthairs can be further classified into sub-types (not strict subtypes, but more along a continuum): - A crisp shorthair (ww SS or ww Ss) has short, straight/crisp, smooth hair. - A soft shorthair (ww SS or ww Ss) has short, soft, smooth hair. - A velvet shorthair (ww SS or ww Ss) has short, extremely soft (offers very little if any resistance), velvety smooth hair. longhair (genetically ww ss) Quality longhairs have hair that is fairly think and almost all long. - Longhair (ss) is receissive to both shorthair (S) and wirehair (W).  This means that both parents have to either be longhair (ww ss) or carry for longhair (W* Ss or ww Ss) in order to produce a longhair (ss).  Two longhairs (ww ss) can only produce longhair (ww ss). Longhairs can probably be further classified into sub-types. Unless otherwise noted: All text, images, & audio, unless noted, are copyright by Lisa J. Emerson & may not be used or reproduced without express permission. All TSL posts are copyright by their respective authors and may not be used or reproduced without their express permission. All pictures are copyright by their respective authors and may not be used or reproduced without their express permission.