What Danish data tell us about IVDD X-ray screening and Dachshund breeding
This could be one of the most important recent IVDD research papers to support our X-ray screening programme.
Dachshund spinal health (IVDD) by coat and size type
A 2026 paper in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine looked at 4,295 Dachshunds from the UK, Norway, and Denmark to ask a practical question many breeders and owners care about: Does spinal health risk differ by coat type (smooth/long/wire) and by size (standard vs small)? The headline finding: smooth coats had worse spinal health metrics Across all three countries, smooth-coated Dachshunds were consistently associated with worse spinal health metrics compared with lon
Genetic Diversity Reports for UK Dachshunds
What every breeder and owner needs to know about genetic diversity in the UK population of Dachshunds.
