COLORS:
  • Black
  • Chocolate
  • Blue
  • Red
  • Apricot
  • Lemon
  • Pearl
PATTERNS:
  • Solid
  • Bi
  • Piebald
  • Tri
  • Tuxedo
  • Calico
  • Merle

 

 

Pattern: Description:
Solid: Solid body color with no tan markings
Bi-color: Base color with white but no tan markings
Piebald: White Base coat with colored spots. Piebald is used in place of "WHITE"
Tri-color: SOLID Base color with minimium white markings and tan points
Calico head: Head is a solid color of fawn/tan/red/brown
Tuxedo: Body is solid color with a white chest
Merle: Base color with lighter areas of same color

 

BLACK/WHITE or BLACK BI
is either predominately white with black or predominately black with white with NO other markings.
Black/whites have black noses and nails.
BLACK/TAN BI
is a black bodied dog with tan markings.

We might want to note that they are not breed standard and it is a disqualifing color.
Black/tan have black noses and nails.
BLACK/TAN PIEBALD
has a white base coat with black spots and TAN markings.
BLACK/TAN TRI
is SOLID black with TAN markings but must have a small amount of white on chest and toes to be breed standard.
Black/tans have black noses and nails.
BLACK/TAN TUXEDO
is black bodied with white on chest with tan markings.
Black/Tan Tux has black noses and nails.
BLACK/TAN MERLE
has a black base coat with grey/silver lighter spots.
Black/Tan Merles have black noses and nails.
CHOCOLATE
Chocolate with NO tan markings and no other colors.
CHOCOLATE/TAN PIEBALD
is Chocolate with white spots and Tan markings.
Chocolates MUST have chocolate/liver noses and nails.
CHOCOLATE/TAN TRI
Chocolate bodied with minimium white patches and Tan markings.
Chocolates MUST have chocolate/liver noses and nails.
CHOCOLATE/TAN TUXEDO
Chocolate bodied with tan markings with white on chest.
Chocolates MUST have chocolate/liver noses and nails.
CHOCOLATE TUXEDO
Chocolate without tan markings with white on chest.
Chocolates MUST have chocolate/liver noses and nails.
CHOCOLATE/TAN MERLE
Chocolate base coat with lighter chocolate/fawn spots.
Chocolates MUST have chocolate/liver noses and nails.
BLUE/TAN BI or BLUE/TAN
Solid body Smokey grey/blue with no white and Tan Markings.
Blues have self colored Grey/blue noses and nails.

Usually registered as a simple BLUE/TAN
BLUE/TAN PIEBALD
White base coat with Smokey grey/blue spots and Tan Markings.
Blues have self colored Grey/blue noses and nails.
BLUE/TAN TRI
Solid body smokey grey/blue with minimium white and Tan Markings.
Blues have self colored Grey/blue noses and nails.
BLUE TUXEDO
Solid body smokey grey/blue with NO tan markings and white on chest.
Blues have self colored Grey/blue noses and nails.
BLUE/TAN TUXEDO
Solid body smokey grey/blue with tan markings and white on chest.
Blues have self colored Grey/blue noses and nails.
BLUE MERLE
Solid body smokey grey/blue with lighter blue spots
with or without tan markings
with or without white on body
Blues have self colored Grey/blue noses and nails.
RED
can be a multitude of shades. It can be a SOLID BODY crimson red to a light cream color with NO white.
They have no tan markings.
Reds nose pads and nails SHOULD be black but can be liver.
RED BI
can be a multitude of shades. It can be a crimson red to a light cream color with minimium white patches.
They have no tan markings.
Reds nose pads and nails SHOULD be black but can be liver.
RED PIEBALD
can be a multitude of shades. It can be a crimson red to a light cream color with white base coat.
They have no tan markings.
Reds nose pads and nails SHOULD be black but can be liver.
RED TRI
Does not exist.
Reds have no tan markings.
RED TUXEDO
can be a multitude of shades. It can be a crimson red to a light cream color with white on chest.
They have no tan markings.
Reds nose pads and nails SHOULD be black but can be liver.
RED MERLE
can be a multitude of shades. It can be a crimson red to a light cream color with lighter red/cream spots.
They have no tan markings.
Reds nose pads and nails SHOULD be black but can be liver.
RED HEADED CALICO
A very distinctive look where the head of the dog is a different color than the body. The head is a red/tan/fawn color where the body would be black or blue spotted with a white base coat.
APRICOT
Solid body tinted red lemon with no tan markings and no white on body.
Nose pads and nails should be black.
APRICOT BI
Solid body tinted red lemon with no tan marking and minimium white on body.
Nose pads and nails should be black.
APRICOT PIEBALD
is a red tinted lemon color with a white base coat.
Nose pads and nails should be black.
APRICOT TUXEDO
is a red tinted lemon color with white on chest.
Nose pads and nails should be black.
APRICOT MERLE
is a red tinted lemon color with lighter cream/lemon colored spots
with or without white patches intermingled

Nose pads and nails should be black.
LEMON
A lemon color with no white on body.
These pups are usually born white and start showing their lemon between the 2nd and 4th week.
Nose pads and nail are a liver color.
LEMON BI
A lemon color with minimium white patches.
These pups are usually born white and start showing their lemon between the 2nd and 4th week.
Nose pads and nail are a liver color.
LEMON PIEBALD
A white base coat with lemon spots.
These pups are usually born white and start showing their lemon between the 2nd and 4th week.
Nose pads and nail are a liver color.
LEMON TUXEDO
A lemon color with white on chest.
These pups are usually born white and start showing their lemon between the 2nd and 4th week.
Nose pads and nail are a liver color.
LEMON MERLE
A base lemon color with white/cream spots.
These pups are usually born white and start showing their lemon between the 2nd and 4th week.
Nose pads and nail are a liver color.
PEARL
is a solid body silvery taupe color with tan mingled in and no white.

Nose and nails are MAUVE/ROSE
PEARL BI
is a solid body silvery taupe color with tan mingled in and minimium white patches.
NO tan markings

Nose and nails are MAUVE/ROSE
PEARL PIEBALD
is a base coat of white with spots of silvery taupe color with tan mingled in.
MUST have TAN markings

Nose and nails are MAUVE/ROSE
PEARL/TAN PIEBALD
White base coat with silvery taupe colored spots with tan mingled
Has TAN markings

Nose and nails are MAUVE/ROSE
PEARL TRI or PEARL/TAN TRI
is a solid body silvery taupe color with tan mingled in and minimium white patches.

Nose and nails are MAUVE/ROSE
PEARL TUXEDO
is a solid body silvery taupe color with tan mingled in with white on chest.

Nose and nails are MAUVE/ROSE

              

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