THE COLORS OF SCOTTIES

Due to the media,
most people think that
Scotties are all black.
They don't realize that
AKC recognizes 6 different colors.
The colors they recognize are
BLACK, RED BRINDLE, SILVER BRINDLE,
BLACK BRINDLE, BRINDLE, AND WHEATEN.
According to Dr. T. Allen Kirk in his book,
This is the Scottish Terrier,
he states there are 10 distinct colors.


Lilly is what Scottie breeders
refer to as black
or blue/black.
The only place that white is allowed
is on the chest and chin.
There may be a few stray
white or other colored hairs
throughout the coat.
Ebony is blue/black.

So is Maggie

And from their pictures,
Just John's Scotties,
Monty, Maggie and Brody,
appear to be blue/black.

We couldn't find an example
of a red brindle among the bloggers
so we got this picture
from the
Scottsh Terrier Club of America website.

This silver-brindle Scottie
has gone to the Rainbow Bridge.
He belonged to D. A Sweigart,
one of Mom's favorite Scottie artist.

This silver brindle girl
was a kennel mate of Carrleighs.
She now lives at
Shady Nook Scottie Farm.

Mom thinks that brindle and black brindle
are probably the same colors
(or really very close.)
It's hard to differentiate on
the color of brindles -
even the STCA pictures one
brindle at different stages of life/grooming
that appear to be a different color
of brindle - could be the lighting or grooming.
This handsome black brindle boy
is Obie,
the son of Lilly and Piper.
In this picture he appears red,
but in reality he is very golden.

And this beautiful black brindle girl
is our friend,
Snazzi Jazzi.

And you recognize
this lovely Wheaten Scottie
as
Impish Carrleigh Kilbride
of
Rocky Creek Farm.
Carrleigh is a very light
translucent color.

Our boy, Piper,
is a very red Wheaten
and it shows up more on his back
than on his chest.

Bonnie looks to be about the
same color as Carrleigh,
maybe a bit blonder.

And little Miss Fiona
is just a Wheaten cutie.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java