Finnish Lapphund Coat Colours
The breed demonstrates a wide variety of colours and only three colour patterns are disallowed by the Finnish Breed Club:
Brindle (as see in Boxers, where the colours are striped),
Saddle (Like German shepherds, where the body in tan in main, but there is a black saddle pattern over the back and sides), and
Parti colour (ie a main colour and white as with German spitz) as a main colour must be present. This means white patterns like for border collies (Irish spotting are permitted), but broken colour as in parti colours are not. The main rule is that there must be one main dominant colour on the dog.
It can be very difficult to determine what a litter can produce as it can be a 'lottery' on what will be produced. For example cream lappies have been bred and not produced a single cream, where as black and tan parents have produced a litter with cream, browns etc. Breeders can assume a possibility but the final birth of a litter is the final confirmation.
The colour can change tremendously from birth and the following breed colour examples are by no way intended as a definitive list of the color patterns permitted - but show the diverse patterns and intensity of colours, also to show the way colour changes from birth to maturity.
Brindle (as see in Boxers, where the colours are striped),
Saddle (Like German shepherds, where the body in tan in main, but there is a black saddle pattern over the back and sides), and
Parti colour (ie a main colour and white as with German spitz) as a main colour must be present. This means white patterns like for border collies (Irish spotting are permitted), but broken colour as in parti colours are not. The main rule is that there must be one main dominant colour on the dog.
It can be very difficult to determine what a litter can produce as it can be a 'lottery' on what will be produced. For example cream lappies have been bred and not produced a single cream, where as black and tan parents have produced a litter with cream, browns etc. Breeders can assume a possibility but the final birth of a litter is the final confirmation.
The colour can change tremendously from birth and the following breed colour examples are by no way intended as a definitive list of the color patterns permitted - but show the diverse patterns and intensity of colours, also to show the way colour changes from birth to maturity.
Thank you to those who supplied me with these pictures of their dogs!
Black and Tan - with and without white markings
Wolf Sable - Black or Brown
Cream
Domino
Brown and Tan
Blue and Tan - with or without white markings
Solid Colour - Brown or Black
Spectacles
