Show purebred dogs are not necessarily one color people often do not realize that purebred ds s come in more than one colonl coloria A collie to most people means a brown rown 3 yellow or tan dog with more or less white on his hi neck and chest A cocker spaniel is a little black or red dog depending on what section of the country it comes from scotties are black ard aid so forth ad infinitum yet the stand ards of many breeds perhaps most breeds specify several colors states a writer in m the washington star collies although most often en countered in the above ment boned sable and white sable in dogs being brown not black comes also in white tricolor tn color black body wit with more or less white and tan mark ings and blue merle black spotted gray with white and tan markings cocker spaniels may be black red buff black and white red and white blue roan similar to the blue merle or coll es but without the white and tan tricolor tri color or liver scotties may be one of numerals nume rois rOLS shades of brindle or a light straw color called wheaten as well as black A great dane may be black fawn colored brindle in several shades blue merle or harlequin white with black or blue patches and sometimes even chocolate some sonie breeds are limited to one or two colors notably the irish setter which must be red schnauzers must be gray or sandy english bull terriers must be white the colored brethren being counted as a distinct breed do berman pinschers come in red and black and tan and the black and tans must conform to a certain pat tern there are some breeds which vary not only in coat color but in kind of coat best known probably are the fox terriers which come with smooth coats and wire hair coats although to the casual eye they look dissimilar similar di they really are the same breed dachshunds are d vid ed by coat smooth ion long and wire hair color red black and tan chocolate blue and weight mm min a ture mediums and above a tarn tain weight |