English Cream Dachshunds were first bred in England and can trace their ancestry to just a few kennels in the UK. English cream is a term that covers several colorings, from shaded cream, to pale/ee cream, cream brindles, cream piebalds, cream dapples, blue and creams and black and creams. We breed mostly only shaded and pale creams.
Shaded creams are born almost black, and over time lose their dark shading but retain some of it on the tips of their ears and tails. Look for the black noses and a distinct dark ‘eyeliner’ around their eyes and mouth as they get older. Check out this shaded cream boys color progression and pictures below!
Blackbeard was born 3/13/13 and is 2 days old in this picture! 
Here he is at 6 weeks! (a very handsome little guy indeed) 
Blackbeard one year later and full grown! (special thanks to his new mom for the pictures) 
Here he is again, pictured with his friend Shammy.
The exception to this are English creams born with an additional recessive e gene (also known as a clear cream, ee cream, pale cream, or chinchilla variation) that prevents any dark colored hairs from showing through on their coat. The puppy is born a light cream color and remains that way. The picture below is of our former stud Percy, at a couple months old. He was born with no shading.
Pale creams stay a similar color to when they were born or get slightly darker as they age. We are able to tell at birth if a puppy is a shaded cream or a pale cream. Here is Percy all grown up.
Feel free to check out our Instagram for more photos of our shaded cream and pale cream puppies and adults! @crowndachshunds