CREAMS
WHAT IS A "TRUE" CREAM?
A TRUE CREAM IS ONE OF THE RAREST DACHSHUND COLORS. USUALLY IMPORTED OR HAS IMPORTED BLOODLINES IN THE PEDIGREE. THEY ARE "TRUE" CREAMS AND HAVE WHAT IS CALLED THE CHINCHILLA GENE. THE NOSE IS BLACK AND THE TOENAILS ARE BLACK. AT BIRTH THEY ARE USUALLY DARK AND WILL LIGHTEN IN COLOR OVER TIME. A SOLID CREAM MAY HAVE BLACK HAIRS---THESE ARE "SHADED CREAMS" AND ACCEPTABLE AS WELL AS BLACK AND CREAM. WHEN 2 ENGLISH CREAMS ARE BRED TOGETHER YOU GET CREAM PUPS.
cream 
shaded cream
WHAT IS AN AMERICAN CREAM / CLEAR RED?
THIS COLOR IS A PRODUCT OF TRUE CREAMS BEING CROSSED WITH OTHER COLORS LIKE SOLID RED. THE PUPS MAY BE BORN SOLID WHITE BUT WILL TURN CREAM USUALLY BY A FEW WEEKS OF AGE AND SOMETIMES TURN RED BY 6 MONTHS OF AGE GENERALLY WITHOUT ANY BLACK ON THE RED FUR. THE DEGREE OF RED VARIES AND CAN STILL APPEAR TO BE A "TRUE" CREAM. HOWEVER, THEIR TOENAILS ARE USUALLY WHITE, THEIR WHISKERS MAY APPEAR PALE AND THE NOSE IS USUALLY REDDISH (NOT BLACK). AMERICAN CREAMS APPEAR CREAM WITH A RED TINT TO THERE FUR USUALLY AROUND THE EARS, TOES, OR TAIL. AN UNBROKEN LINE OF AMERICAN CREAMS CAN GET THE BLACK NOSE, NAILS, ETC.
**********this info is based on my observations with my creams, and the general genetics theory*********
