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Dapple meaning
A mottled marking, usually in clusters. | An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
Example sentences (6)
The DCA excluded the wording "double-dapple" from the standard in 2007 and now strictly use the wording "dapple" as the double dapple gene is commonly responsible for blindness and deafness.
If a dachshund has one single spot of dapple, it is a dapple.
They can also have eyes of two different colors; however, this is only found in dapple and double dapple dachshunds. citation Dachshunds can have a blue and a brown eye.
Double-dapple dachshunds, which are prone to eye disease, blindness, or hearing problems, are generally believed to have been introduced to the United States between 1879 and 1885.
Piebald-patterned dachshunds will never have blue in their eyes, unless the dapple pattern is present.
The Dachshund Club of America (DCA) and the American Kennel Club (AKC) consider both the piebald pattern and the double dapple (double merle) pattern to be nonstandard.