Tegernsee: Shown in oat loden with a green check on a black and tan smooth Dachshund, a hunting lodge porch on an autumn morning. Forest loden, for red, dapple and brindle coats. Dresden: Shown in black with burgundy velvet on a long-haired chocolate and tan Dachshund, the stone steps of an opera house at dusk, in lamplight. Navy with burgundy velvet, for red coats. Midnight green with burgundy velvet, for black and tan. Kitzbühel: Shown in forest with red on a young red miniature Dachshund, an alpine village lane at blue hour. Cream with forest, for black and tan and chocolate and tan coats. Isar: Shown in mustard on a smooth dapple Dachshund, a stone riverside path in light rain, a bridge in the distance. Navy, for red and chocolate and tan coats. Linden: Shown in cream on a senior smooth red Dachshund, a wooden cabin by the window. Sage, for chocolate and tan. Oxblood, for dapple and brindle. Wandern: Shown in green herringbone on a wire-haired Dachshund in wild boar coloring, an alpine meadow trail in summer. Heather gray, for black and tan and chocolate and tan coats. The pattern is redrawn for your dog's shape.

Designed for the Dachshund

The Dachshund collection

Six pieces drawn for a long, low body. Bavarian country dressing with a wink: loden and herringbone, lake mornings, alpine villages. Every piece is cut to one dog from three measurements.

See it on your dog

Couture

Ensembles of three and four pieces, layered and styled.

Tegernsee

Couture · Oat loden · €430

A fitted loden coat with a velvet collar, a cable-knit lining that shows at the sleeves, a small check fold at the chest and a Trachten strap.

Fitted to the top of the croup and closed along the side, with the cable knit sewn in as its lining, so it dresses as one piece.

Fitted loden coat ending at the top of the croup, carved staghorn buttons down the side, a narrow green velvet collar lying flat on the shoulders
Cream cable-knit lining, showing only as short cap sleeves at the top of the forelegs
Small red and cream check fold, stitched flat to the side of the chest
Tan leather Trachten chest strap with staghorn buttons and a small flat pouch stitched to the strap

Dresden

Couture · Double-faced cashmere · €420

A fitted cashmere coat with a burgundy velvet collar and cuffs, an ivory silk-knit edge, a half belt and a patent chest strap.

Fitted to the top of the croup, with a wide flat velvet collar and a half belt at the back, so the line stays clean down the long back.

Fitted double-faced cashmere coat ending at the top of the croup, fine burgundy piping along the front edge and the hem, a half belt at the back with two small gilt buttons
Wide, flat burgundy silk velvet collar, with turned-back velvet cuffs on sleeves ending at the elbow
Fine ivory silk-knit edge showing inside the collar
Slim black patent leather chest strap with a small gilt buckle, across the chest below the collar

Kitzbühel

Couture · Forest quilt · €430

A channel-quilted coat with a shearling collar, over a Fair Isle knit, with a red leather harness and a shearling pouch.

Quilted to the full length of the back, with the harness worn over the coat rather than threaded through it.

Forest channel-quilted coat, cream shearling collar lying flat on the shoulders and open at the front, red grosgrain trim
Fair Isle knit lining in red, cream and green, showing as a low, soft roll at the base of the neck and short cap sleeves at the top of the forelegs
Red leather harness with a brass buckle, worn over the coat
Small cream shearling pouch, lying flat on the harness

Essentials

Single pieces, the ones worn most days.

Isar

Essentials · Waxed cotton · €250

A waxed-cotton cape that flares from the shoulders, over a fitted belly panel, with reflective piping at the hem.

A Dachshund meets the wet from below first, so the cape carries a fitted belly panel.

Waxed-cotton cape, no sleeves, an open swinging hem
Fitted waxed-cotton belly panel, cut back for males
Reflective piping at the hem, a flat bound neckline

Linden

Essentials · Merino rib · €220

A fine merino rib sweater with a low, soft roll neck and short sleeves, opening along the back.

Shaped over the breastbone and knitted three-quarters of the way down the long back, so it lies close from collar to loin.

Fine merino rib, ending three-quarters of the way down the back
Soft roll neck folded low, short sleeves to the elbow
Shaped over the breastbone, flat snaps along the back

Wandern

Essentials · Herringbone tweed · €240

A walking vest in herringbone tweed, bound in leather, with a leather tab on the back.

The everyday layer: cut away at the shoulders, ending mid-back, and fastened at the side so it goes on without lifting a leg.

Green herringbone tweed vest, cut away at the shoulders
Leather binding, a leather tab with a brass ring on the back
Side fastening behind the foreleg

Why it fits a Dachshund

The cut

Drawn for the Dachshund's own shape, and cut to three measurements you take at home with a sheet of paper. You approve them before anything is cut.

The length: The breed standard puts a Dachshund's body at about 1.7 to 1.8 times its height at the withers. A coat graded from an ordinary dog runs out halfway down that back. Ours is cut to the full length, to the base of the tail.
The ground clearance: A Dachshund's belly rides about a third of its height off the ground, so rain and snow reach it first. The pieces meant for weather carry a belly panel, cut back for males.
The breastbone: The standard describes a breastbone so prominent that slight hollows show on either side of it. A flat chest panel gapes there, so ours is shaped over it.
On and off: Nothing goes over the head and no leg is threaded through a narrow opening. Every piece wraps under the chest and fastens at the side or on top.
Three coats: Smooth, wire and long. For the long coat, each piece is cut one weight lighter, with room for the fur.

Neck: Around the base of the neck, where a collar sits.
Chest: Around the deepest part of the chest, just behind the front legs. The breed standard sizes Dachshunds by this number: standard, miniature and rabbit.
Back: From the base of the neck to the base of the tail. On a Dachshund, this is the number a graded coat gets wrong.

The breed facts are from the FCI Dachshund standard.

Made to be worn

Every piece goes on without lifting a leg.

Colors for the coat

Red: Loden and bottle green, navy, slate, cream
Black and tan: Camel, oat, cream, mustard, heather gray
Chocolate and tan: Cream, sky, sage, navy
Dapple or brindle: Solid deep colors: navy, bottle green, oxblood

A piece in the same tone as the fur disappears into it. Every look is cut in more than one color, chosen by this rule.

Red: Disappears in camel, cognac, rust, oat
Black and tan: Disappears in black, charcoal, deep navy
Chocolate and tan: Disappears in brown, cognac, tobacco
Dapple or brindle: Disappears in busy patterns such as tartan and houndstooth

How it is fitted

It is cut to three measurements: neck, chest and back. You approve all three before anything is cut. After you commission, you take them at home with a sheet of paper, and we show you the numbers. How it is measured

The promise

If a finished measurement is more than 2 cm off the numbers you approved, or the piece gapes or pulls, we remake it once, free, and you send nothing back. Because it is cut to one dog, it cannot be returned.

How it goes on

Every piece goes on without lifting a leg. It wraps under the chest and fastens at the side or along the top, so nothing goes over the head. Nothing sits at the throat: collars lie flat on the shoulders, and a bow or a neckerchief is set low on the chest. Sleeves stop at the elbow, and the legs and tail stay free. For a long coat, each piece is cut one weight lighter.

Shown on

Tegernsee: Shown in oat loden with a green check on a black and tan smooth Dachshund, a hunting lodge porch on an autumn morning. Forest loden, for red, dapple and brindle coats.
Dresden: Shown in black with burgundy velvet on a long-haired chocolate and tan Dachshund, the stone steps of an opera house at dusk, in lamplight. Navy with burgundy velvet, for red coats. Midnight green with burgundy velvet, for black and tan.
Kitzbühel: Shown in forest with red on a young red miniature Dachshund, an alpine village lane at blue hour. Cream with forest, for black and tan and chocolate and tan coats.
Isar: Shown in mustard on a smooth dapple Dachshund, a stone riverside path in light rain, a bridge in the distance. Navy, for red and chocolate and tan coats.
Linden: Shown in cream on a senior smooth red Dachshund, a wooden cabin by the window. Sage, for chocolate and tan. Oxblood, for dapple and brindle.
Wandern: Shown in green herringbone on a wire-haired Dachshund in wild boar coloring, an alpine meadow trail in summer. Heather gray, for black and tan and chocolate and tan coats.

The pattern is redrawn for your dog's shape.