Griffons come in 2 coat varieties,
rough coated and smooth coated
Griffons come in 3 different allowable colours:
Red, Black, Black and Tan, in some countries a fourth colour "Belge" is registerable.
mostly, you can't tell if a baby will be rough or smooth until the puppies are about 4 weeks old, when they are born,
they all look the same coat wise.
Even the adorable black masks many red rough babies have, mostly disappear as the puppy reaches maturity.
The red smooth puppy with a black mask,
will keep his black mask well into his middle age, where sometimes a little grey 'frosting' may appear on his lips. This is normal
and acceptable in the show ring.
coloured griffon may be born - and even more seldom, a blue and tan occurs -
but as these colours are not allowable in any country, these are not to be shown or bred from.
All griffons should have black pigment,
ie, their rims of their eyes, lips and nose pad, plus toenails and feet pads, ought to be black.
Chocolate griffons have chocolate pigment and a lighter eye colour - this too is unacceptable in the show ring.
Blue griffons have grey/blue pigment.
Both these 2 odd coloured dogs were born overseas - we have not seen these colours so far here.
The "Belge" is not separately registerable in Australia, but occasionally may appear in litters.
