• Black variety
Base colour
Solid colour black, to include black with tan points
- The black should be jet
- black and white, red and white (the red may range from lightest cream to darkest red), brown and white, and roans, to include any such colour combination with tan points.
- Roans are classified as Parti-Colours and may be of any of the usual roaning patterns.
- In the case of tan points in the Black or ASCOB variety, the markings shall be located as follows: 1) A clear tan spot over each eye
- 2) On the sides of the muzzle and on the cheeks
- 3) On the underside of the ears
- 4) On all feet and/or legs
- 5) Under the tail
- 6) On the chest, optional: presence or absence shall not be penalized.
- Tan markings which are not readily visible, or which amount only to traces, shall be penalized.
- Tan on the muzzle which extends upward, over and joins shall also be penalized.
Preferred
- It that the tan markings be located in the same pattern as for the tan points in the Black and ASCOB varieties
Permissible
- A small amount of white on the chest and/or throat
- The colour shall be of a uniform shade, but lighter colour of the feathering
- A small amount of white on the chest and/or throat
Undesirable
- Shadings of brown or liver in the coat
Disqualifying
- white in any other location shall disqualify. • Any Solid Colour Other Than Black (ASCOB): Any solid colour other than black, ranging from the lightest cream to darkest red, including brown and brown with tan points.
- white in any other location shall disqualify. • Parti-Colour variety: Two or more solid, well broken colours, one of which must be white
- Primary colour which is ninety percent (90%) or more shall disqualify. • Tan points: The colour of the tan may be from the lightest cream to the darkest red and is restricted to ten percent (10%) or less of the colour of the specimen
- tan markings in excess of that amount shall disqualify.
- The absence of tan markings in the Black or ASCOB variety in any of the specified locations in any otherwise tan-pointed dog shall disqualify