DOG LOVERS! Please, please do NOT buy a "blue," "silver," "Isabella" or "hairless" dachshund. These are not "rare" coats, these are dogs suffering from a disease called color dilution alopecia. It leads to hair loss and painful skin rashes, lesions, and sores. There's no cure.
Reputable breeders will not breed a dog with cda. Sadly, this is becoming a new, trendy "designer" dog because people think the blue-coated puppies are cute and unique. You can find these puppies for sale online for hundreds of dollars more than a dachshund with a standard coat.
Please spread the word! No puppies should be bred to suffer just for a trend.
You can read more about it here.
There are actually Tumblr pages dedicated to selling Isabella puppies! 😡 As I said, they label them as "rare" rather than explaining that it's a medical condition. If you buy one, be prepared to spend time and money constantly treating cda. Here are some images of how those "cute" pups will suffer as they grow:
Please click on the link in my original post for more info! They have more photos that show even worse symptoms, but those images are copyright protected. I had a red dachshund named Scout who passed away at age 15 and now have a Jack Weenie who is almost 3, so this is really pissing me off!