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Patterns
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Bi-Color
Two colors. One being White. |
.Tri-Color
Three colors. One being White |
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Piebald
Is the most common of Rat Terrier patterns, but a strange-sounding term
to newcomers. A piebald dog has irregular but
well defined patches of
color on a white background. The term is adapted from horse terminology
and synonymous
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Tuxedo
Is known as Black and Tan in many breeds. It is also called Irish
Spotting White or Tan Point in other breeds. Since the
Rat Terrier comes in many colors the term tuxedo covers them all,
describing the dog with a solid body color which extends
down the legs,
leaving the feet either tan, tan and white, or white only. Tuxedos must
have white somewhere on the body and
it is usually seen as a patch of
white on the chest. |
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| chocolate tuxedo youth |
black tuxedo |
blue tuxedo |
tan sable tuxedo youth |
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Sable
Or Sabling is a layer of darker colored hairs or dark tipped
hairs seen around the muzzle, eyes, ears, spine and tail. While
sabling
is most commonly seen as black hairs on tan, there are also blue
sabling and dark chocolate sabling on tan dogs.
Sabling is dense at
birth and lessens as the dog matures. Some sabled puppies mature with
no visible sabling but will
carry it genetically and may throw sabled
offspring. |
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| heavy sabled puppy may
appear to be black mask |
heavily sabled piebald
adult |
chocolate sable |
heavily sabled adult
appears wolf-like |
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Ticking
Is flecks of color on a white background and is common in hound breeds.
Ticking increases with maturity, and may be light
or heavy or absent. A
tri colored dog may have 2 colors of ticking on white. ROAN is
not mentioned in the Rat Terrier Breed
Standard (currently under
review), but commonly seen in heavily ticked hound breeds and typically
appears as white
spots on darker background.
For more information go to:
TICKING AND ROAN |
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Saddleback / Blanket
Back
Are piebald dogs with saddle or blanket-sized color patches on their
backs. These are general descriptive terms just to help
create a mental
picture of the dog's appearance. |
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Calico
Is a tri color dog whose tan color is found
in irregular patches
anywhere on the dog. Typically, a puppy's point markings
spread until
they create a mask appearance or completely cover the face and head.
Calicos may be black, chocolate or blue.
It may take months to
determine if the dog is becoming a calico so this is not usually
included on registration papers. The
term Red Headed Calico is
commonly used to describe the dog whose tan or reddish-tan color has
spread to the top of his
head. |
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progression of calico |
blue calico |
chocolate calico |
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