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lemon dalmation
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The KC breed standard (by which all dogs are judged in this country) says that 'patches, tricolours and lemon spots highly undesirable'. This does not mean that you cannot show them, as we do not have 'disqualifying' faults in this country; judges are told to consider any faults on their merit, i.e. if a dog was of a very poor temperament or unsound, the colour would be the least important consideration. However, you should not expect to be placed higher than a dog of a correct colour (i.e. black or liver spotted) if that dog was of equal merit to yours in other ways. Realistically though I doubt any judge worth their salt would want to place a lemon spotted. Even if you were the only one in the class they can withhold the prizes if the dog 'lacks sufficient merit'.
If you wanted to show your dog, why did you not go for one of the accepted colours?
You could always try your luck at a Companion Dog Show, where although the pedigree classes have to be judged to the KC breed standards, there are usually lots of other classes such as dog in best condition, handsomest dog, waggiest tail etc.
On reflection, I feel that people who are breeding/advertising dogs of non standard colours are only out to make money out of people who think they are getting something 'special' when in fact all they are getting is sub-standard dogs.
The same goes for breeders who sell so-called 'designer dogs' such as Puggles (Pug x Beagle) and charge anything up to �1,500 for what is in effect a mongrel.
Still, more fool those who pay the prices!
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