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What is the correct size?The standard size is 60-64 centimeters (23.5-25 inches) with a minimum weight of 50kg (110 lbs) for a male, and 55-60 centimeters (21.5-23.5 inches) with a minimum weight of 40kg (88 lbs) for a female. Allowances of up to 1 centimeter are acceptable. Weight must be in proportion to height. Larger sizes should be discarded as neither functional nor characteristic. We must not promote a very big animal. It must be functional for what is was created for, companion to the farmer, cattle dog, and excellent guardian. These tasks require an agile and very powerful dog of medium size. Larger sizes may look more impressive, but are not functional animals. The Dogo Canario was first and foremost a working dog and today's breeders must not forget that. What are the proper colors?The Dogo Canario comes in only 2 acceptable colors.....fawn and brindle. Fawn may range from a very light blonde, sometimes referred to as grey fawn to a deep rich sand fawn, called golden or red fawn. Brindles come in the same fawn shades with black striping of more or less intensity. From the very heavily brindles, often called black brindles or "reverse brindled" to dogs of almost entirely fawn coats with very minimal striping, sometimes called "tiger brindles". The dogs MUST have a black mask, no matter what the coat color. The mask should reach to just below the eyes, but not extend over them. The eyes should also have black pigmentation around them, but that should be clearly separate from the mask on the muzzle. Most specimens have white markings. They can appear on the chest, base of the neck, back feet and toes but these should be kept to a minimum. Black was an acceptable color in the breed in the past. It was never really favored and few perpetuated this color. While black dogs do still exist, their color is no longer allowed by the standard. Do not be lured into believing this is a "rare or exotic" color of the dog. It is only rare because it is not allowed, and few breeders strive to breed for disqualifications. The breed has NEVER come in the colors commonly referred to as 'blue" or 'blue brindle". This is not the same thing that grey refers to in the standard. Grey is a shade of fawn that is very light blonde, which is silver like in appearance. Blue refers to the steel grey color that is common (and acceptable) in such breeds as the Neapolitan Mastiff, Great Dane and American Staffordshire Terrier. A dog of this coloration is a mixed blood dog, probably of one of the aforementioned breeds. This coloration also lacks the required black mask and other black pigmentation of the eye rims, nose and mouth lining. People who breed with dogs of this color may tell you that it is a true color of the breed, just not "favored". This is false!!! It has never existed in the breed. |
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