Quote Originally Posted by borzoimom
Well I looked at the akc registrations and long haired black and tan are pretty low on the scale- except of course for dapple. ( man those are pretty.)
I think the lady wanted to know why the poster contacted them.. Anyway- I have a friend that also has raised dachounds for a long time. Its hard to get a black and tan- all black - easy, all red- easy- not with proper tan markings ( ie eyebrows etc..)
After doing a bit of reading, I've learned that all black Doxies are pretty rare, as far as colouring goes. It seems to happen when people are breeding for black and tan but there is so little tan that the dog appears all black.