Brindle Reverse Blue Brindle Cane Corso Colors
The akc standard states.
Brindle reverse blue brindle cane corso colors. The ckc only lists the following colors for the cane corso breed standard. Black lead grey slate light fawn yellowish stag red brindle and i ve never heard of a cc being described as blue white tan. Black black brindle fawn blue blue brindle and formentino. Since corso color descriptions are a bit particular a sidebar explanation is in order.
Purebred corso puppies 4male 3female all black and 2 brindle. Brindle cane corso characteristics. Corsos appear in two basic coat colors. Nov 2 2016 explore san rocco cane corso s board blue brindle cane corsos followed by 406 people on pinterest.
The cane corso should never have a red or violet colored nose. One of the more interesting color patterns that the cane corso occurs in is blue fawn. Regular brindle which seems to be a blackish brownish colored body with heavier fawn striping and reverse. Dam is fawn and sire is reverse blue brindle.
Brindling of varying intensity is common on both basic coat colors as well creating tigrato full brindle black brindle and blue brindle. Here is a blue brindle cane corso he has some tigrato qualities and is referred to in italian as a tiger color. In italy this color pattern is referred to as formentino slang for the color of fermented wheat. In the cane corso there are six basic coat colors that are accepted.
This is further modified by genetic pigment dilution to create blue from black and formentino from fawn colors. Brindle cane corso is very social as it needs to be part of the family s. There are varying shades of many of these and varying levels of bridling from more black blue to more read showing. This is essentially a washed out or carbon colored fawn that has a blue nose and mask.
Colloquially breeders often describe the varying intensity of the brindle pattern as either black brindle which appears to have a black body with relatively faint fawn stripes. I have some photos at http sanroccocaneco.