Chalk Adult
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This colour should be a white colour but when compared to white is
rather a chalky white in colour. Nose pigment to be Black or Rose.
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Chalk
Puppy
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Cream Adult
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This colour should be a creamy colouring sometimes with apricot/gold
tinting, all shades of cream are acceptable. Nose pigment to be
Black or Rose.
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Cream
Puppy
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Gold
Adult |
This colour has also been referred to, as "apricot" should be the
colour of the inside of a ripe apricot to varying shades of rich
Gold in colour. A true Gold should not have a lighter root than the
outer coat and preferable have an even colouration over the entire
body. This colour may fade as the dog grows older. Nose pigment to
be Black in colour.
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Gold Puppy
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Caramel
Adult |
This colour ranges from a rich gold through to a deep red the
preferred colour is very much the same colour as its namesake "caramel"
with even colouration over the entire body. Nose pigment to be Rose
in colour.
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Caramel Puppy
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Red Adult
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This colour should be a solid even rich red in colour. A true red
should not be lighter at the root than the outer coat. Reds can
fade as the dog grows older. Nose pigment to be Black.
[Rare colour group]
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Red Puppy
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Black
Adult |
This colour should be a solid black in colour and should not have
sprinkling of any other colour through the coat. Nose pigment to be
Black.
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Black
Puppy
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Blue
Adult |
This colour should be a dark to medium smoky blue in colour. Blues
are born Black but will have a Blue/Grey skin pigment. The blue coat
colour will develop over time (1-3yrs) but as a developed adult
should have an even coat colour. Nose pigment to be Blue/Grey
[matching the skin pigmentation]. [Rare colour
group] |
Blue Puppy
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Silver
Adult |
This colour can range in shades from
very light pewter in colour to a dark charcoal in colour, it is
preferred to see an even colour through the coat but acceptable to
see uneven layering of colour in the coat. Silvers are born Black
with the coat colour developing over time (1-3 yrs). Nose pigment to
be Black.
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Silver
Puppy
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Chocolate
Adult |
This colour should be a dark rich chocolate in colour. True
chocolates are born almost black in colour and maintain the rich
dark colour throughout their lifetime. Colour should be even. Nose
pigment to be Rose in colour [matching the coat colour].
[Rare colour group]
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Chocolate
Puppy
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Cafe
Adult |
This colour ranges from a milk chocolate to silver-beige in colour
and will develop over time (1-3yrs). Nose pigment to be Rose in
colour [matching the coat colour].
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Cafe Puppy
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Lavender Adult
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This colour has a definite smoky lavender chocolate colour giving an
almost pink to lilac appearance. Lavender dogs are born chocolate
and will develop over time (1-3yrs). Nose pigment to be Rose in
colour [matching the coat colour]. [Rare
colour group]
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Lavender
Puppy
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Parchment
Adult
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This colour is a creamy beige chocolate colour reminiscent of
a cup of coffee with a generous addition of milk. Parchment dogs are
born milk chocolate and will develop over time (1-3yrs). From a
distance adult dogs can be mistaken for a dark or smoky cream. Nose
pigment to be Rose in colour. [Rare colour
group]
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Parchment Puppy
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Parti
Adult |
Parti-coloured: At least fifty percent white, with spots or patches
of any other acceptable solid colour. The head can be of a solid
colour but white muzzle, blaze, or white muzzle/blaze combination
(preferably symmetrical) are equally acceptable. Full or partial
saddles are acceptable, as long as they do not exceed the colour
proportion, but are not preferred. Ticking in the white of the coat
is acceptable but not preferred. Any colour nose pigment acceptable
but preferable to follow pigment requirements of the patch colour
colour. [Rare colour group]
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Parti
Puppy
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Phantom
Adult
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Phantom: Solid base colour with sharply defined markings of a second
colour appearing above each eye, on the sides of the muzzle, on the
throat and forechest, or in a chin and forechest bowtie pattern as
well as on all four legs and feet, and below the tail. A phantom
without clearly defined face markings or one that presents with its
whole face coloured in the second colour is acceptable, as long as
it maintains all the other specified body markings. Any combination
of acceptable colours is allowed. Nose pigment to follow pigment
requirements of the Solid base colour. [Rare
colour group] |
Phantom
Puppy
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Abstract Adult
Photo Unavailable |
Abstract: Less than fifty percent white, with
the remaining percent any other acceptable solid colour. Nose
pigment to follow pigment requirements of the Solid base colour.
[Rare
colour group] |
Abstract Puppy
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Sable Adult
Photo Unavailable |
Sable: A coat represented by black-tipped hairs on a background of
any solid colour, with no particular pattern/location designated for
such hairs. Nose pigment to follow pigment
requirements of the Solid base colour.
[Rare
colour group]
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Sable Puppy
Photo Unavailable |
Brindle Adult |
Brindle: Should have an even and equal distribution of the composite
colours with layering of black hairs in regions of lighter colour
(usually, chalk/cream/gold/red, cafe/lavender/parchment, or silver)
producing a tiger-striped pattern. Nose
pigment to follow pigment requirements of the darker or base colour.
[Rare
colour group]
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Brindle Puppy
Photo Unavailable |
Multi-Pattern Adult |
Multi-Patterned: A dog that clearly
exhibits more than one of the acceptable colour patterns, such as; a
Parti with full or incomplete phantom markings (facial markings with
or without presentation of the diamond under the tail), or a Phantom
with additional abstract markings, etc. (photographed is a Silver
Brindle-Phantom with Abstract markings.) Nose
pigment to follow pigment requirements of the Solid base colour.
[Rare
colour group] |
Multi-Pattern Puppy
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melinda@sunsethills.biz
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