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The Swedish Vallhund Colour

The colour description of the Swedish Vallhund in the breed standard is as follows: Grey (originally called Steel grey), greyish/yellow, greyish/brown, reddish/brown, reddish/yellow with darker guard hairs on back, neck and sides of body, lighter hair same shade of colour as mentioned above is desirable on muzzle, throat, chest, belly, buttocks, feet and hocks. Instead of these lighter shades, white markings are acceptable, but never in excess of one-third of total colour. Eye colour: Very dark brown. Nose Colour: Black

The Swedish Vallhund is one of the breeds of dog with unusually pronounced agouti hair; with most colour descriptions denoted in the breed standard being agouti.

Breed Colour Examples

Grey
Grey
Grey
Grey
Grey Yellow
Grey Yellow
Grey Yellow
Grey Yellow
Grey Brown
Grey Brown
Grey Brown
Red Brown
Red Brown
Red Brown
Red Brown
Red Yellow
Red Yellow
Red Yellow
Red Yellow
Dark Mask
Dark Mask
White Grey Mismark
Blue
Isabella
Apricot
White/Extreme Dilute
Blue Eye

 

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