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GALLERY 9 - Uncommon
Variations and
Patterns
Along with the myriad of colours and patterns already mentioned,
you will also find an intriguing assortment of beautiful and unique
colourations that are not so easily categorised or defined.
What is it?
Tricolour? Sable? Brindle? Black and Tan?
Maybe YES! And maybe NO !
While they do have
a coat of three
colours, they do
not quite fit in to
the Tricolour
definition. Sable? Or Brindle?
Again, not really. Black and Tan... tan yes, but black? So what are they?
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dogs don't quite fit
into a single colour
listing and so will be
registered many different ways depending on the registry and the breeder, as TriSable, Sable,
Brindle or Black and Tan.
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Aslan from Toy Fozzie's kennels in
Norway displays very unusual coat
colouring. Three colours; Brown ,Gold
and Silver. Genetically he may be a Sable/Tan but we don't have an answer for
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Maggie from Sineade Kennels in
Canada shows off a beautiful and
intriguing combination of
Chocolate , Gold and Silver. She may genetically be a Chocolate & Tan with extensive Tan
markings but that is just a guess till we have more answers on colour genetics.
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CHALLENGE - Below is a simple exercise to illustrate
how
colour designations can be
so confusing. If you only look at a puppy picture, some colours are relatively easy to
know what they will be as adults while others are a lot more challenging. Sometimes accurate,
and sometimes not, it's an educated guess and not necessarily
genetic fact. If you only look at an adult, you will only see the result of all the changes wrought
by colour and modifying genes. In many cases, its an even less
accurate guess of what a dog is genetically carrying for colour. Look below and see what "your"
guess is.
These four dogs are very similar in appearance colour wise as
adults. Looking at
them, what colour would you guess they are?
TIERRA |
 MORGAN |
 ACE |
 OREO |
Tierra was bred by Jabireus Havanese and is owned by Doris Furtado |
Morgan was bred by Jan Pipic & Nancy Mattern, and is owned by Bonnie and Gary
Davis
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Ace was bred by Kennel Havana
Canada |
Oreo was bred by the late Betty Couture of Couture Havanese |
Now take a peek at their puppy to adult composites and see if you were right.
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