Staffordshire Bull Terrier Colours
As
you may know, tradition colour of Staffies - the tigrine colour
of different nuances (red, fawn, mahogany, tiger and others) -
is vanishing. I think some time later the red colours will be
vanishing too.
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White
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I visited an SBT breed show and saw only one red Staffy the in
male and female categories (there were over 25 dogs in each
class). Most awards were taken by dogs of tigrine colour, this
becomes a regular practice at many shows. But the same dogs are
deprived of its certificates too.
So my question is, why
do dark tigrine Staffordshire bull terriers take the winning
places at the showring, why not the traditional tigrine show
colour, which seems to have vanished at all? And do the red dogs
actually loose their popularity?
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I
discussed this with different people and we decided as
follows:
1. The owners of dark-red and
black-tigrine dogs, who never bred red Staffies, can understand
and appreciate only these colours and consider them more
spectacular;
2. Find the red dogs' exterior not good enough;
3. And the tigrine dogs'
exterior - excellent!
If the
first two assumptions are true, I can only regret it and draw
the sad conclusion, that the breed is experiencing serious
trouble!
The red Staffies
owners feel deceived for showing their dogs and paying a show
fee and then loosing again and again, only because the experts
didn't pay attention at their red pets.
Every dog deserves equal
attention and it must be absolutely clear for all that the dogs
must be evaluated independently of their colour, the judges cannot
ignore a certain colour only because they prefer another.
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Red Tigrine Dog Wearing Our Sport
Harness
I have no doubt that such judges
actually exist, but I don't understand why they have so much
influence.
I can't deny there are many very
good dark and black tigrine Staffies at shows, but as we saw,
sometimes the quality of red dogs was much better, still the
dark dogs win.
I can't believe that there is some confusion according to the
quality and can't ignore the fact that so many dark and black
tigrine Staffies are bred. It is very difficult to find a mate
for a red female, which proves my point. Also, there are people
ready to wait for monthes only to get a red-colored pup.
We can endlessly
discuss the reasons, but if the situation doesn't change, the
breed will develop with huge colour problems.
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Blue Staffy in Our Leather Dog
Harness
If the breeders
use only dark and black tigrine colour, they will dominate
over the red colour and will vanish in 20 years. All SBT will
be only dark. The black tigrine is indeed a very attractive
colour and we have plenty of it meanwhile.
