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| Note: Thank you to Jill (Dobson) Pfaff for allowing me to use the following Working Standard for Harlequin Dutch Certificate of Devopement as of 1/26/99 By Jill Dobson final draft 1/21/99 Harlequin-- The color to be a banded or a barred pattern of black & orange, (definitions, a band is considered an unbroken circle of the marking color, a bar is a semi-circle of the marking color, running vertically on a side). The cheeks are to be equally divided, one side black, the other orange. One ear is to be black, the other orange (one solid color from tip to base). The black ear is to be on the orange side of the face and the orange ear is to be on the black side of the face. The pattern over the back and belly may be banded, barred or a combination of both without preference. Clean lines are to be stressed, with alternating black and orange color. The ideal body pattern is to consist of at least 4 or more alternations of bands and /or bars on each side, beginning at the saddle & undercut. The hindlegs & feet to continue alternation of black & orange to the white stop markings. The top & underside of tail to show alternation of orange & black. Eyes- Dark Brown. Faults-- Head & Ears having incomplete demarcation, ears the same color, ears which fail to alternate with cheek color pattern. Body excessive brindling of pattern, lacking distinct bars or bands. Poor balance of sides due to plain unmarked side. Disqualification-- An absence of two colors (black & orange) on each section: the head & ears, the body, the belly, the feet & legs and the tail. Note: The body type of the Harlequin Dutch should be consistant with the current Standard of Perfection. All markings and general disqualifications apply. |
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