COBBERDOG COLORS
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There are variations in Cobberdog coat colors known under the same name just as there are for humans. For instance not everyone with "brown" hair will have the same shade of brown. An infant's hair color can change its shade as an adult. Puppies can too. Dalmations are born with no spots. Golden Sable Collies (Lassie dogs) are born grey with white. German Shepherd dogs are not born with their glorious black saddle markings on shades of rusty brown but are born mostly black.
Cobberdog puppies also can vary from puppy to adult. Coat colour is not connected to coat type nor gender nor size. In these descriptions, "pigment" refers to nose, lip rims, eye rims and paw pads. |
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Sun / water kissing or weathering of the long tips of the coat, can happen in any color to make it look different than it is genetically. Weathering makes a dog appear to be a lighter color than it really is. It is critically important that show judges do NOT penalize weathered coats. If they do, the Australian Cobberdog will join the ranks of other long coated show dogs by being kept indoors, with their gorgeous locks wrapped in plastic or Chux wipes & rubber bands to preserve their "show coat" and denied the enjoyment of a normal doggie life. This would in my view be a tragedy. Coats must be judged only on their cleanliness, grooming, fleecy texture and non shedding status.
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CREAM
APRICOT
RED
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There are other colors in the Australian Cobberdog breed, such as Phantom, (carriers of Parti, but not Parti themselves), Blue - (rare) which looks like black other than for their blue skin, and the Merles.
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