The Standard
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OtterColour black, blue , chocolate or lilac, uniform colour to cover back and sides. The under body or belly to be creamy white also under the chin and tail. A tan border to divide the white and colour and encircle nostril and under chin. A mixture of body colour and tan covers feet. Tan ticking to the chest, flanks and rump, extended ticking to be an added beauty not a fault. Tan eye circle and nape of neck. The ears to be as body colour bordered on outside with tan which covers inside of ears. Fault: a distinct lack of tan from proper parts. Marten Smoke Pearl
The saddle to extend from nape to tail, to be smoke colour, shading to pearl grey beige on flanks and chest. Head, ears feet and upper side of tail to match saddle as near as possible. Chest, flanks, rump and feet to be well ticked with longer white hairs, the light nape of the neck to be confined to the triangle behind the ears and to be as small as possible. The eye circles, inside the ears, line of jaw, inside nostrils, inside of legs and feet, belly and underside of tail and triangle to be white. The colour under white belly fur should be fawn. Medium Marten Sable
To be very rich sepia on back, ears face and outside legs, and upper side of tail, the saddle colour shading of to a paler colour on flanks, the dark face colour to blend with chest and flanks, all blending to be gradual avoiding any blotches or streaks and consisting of a soft and varied diffusion of sepia shadings, the dark colour on back to extend from nape of neck to tail, the chest, flanks, rump and feet to be well ticked with longer white hairs, white hairs or any extension of white ticking over sides and rump to be considered an added beauty and not a fault, but ears and saddle to be free of white hairs, the light nape of neck to be confined to 5 triangle behind the ears and to be as small as possible; eye circles, inside of ears, line of jaws, belly and underside of tail to be white. General under colour to match surface colour as closely as possible following the varied shadings throughout. Light Marten SableAs MEDIUM but colour to be rich sepia. Dark Marten SableAs MEDIUM but colour to be rich sepia |





