What are the proper colors?
The Dogo Canario (Presa Canario) comes in only 2 acceptable colors…..fawn and brindle. Fawn may range from a very light blonde, sometimes referred to as grey fawn to a deep rich sand fawn, called golden or red fawn. Brindles come in the same fawn shades with black striping of more or less intensity. From the very heavily brindles, often called black brindles or “reverse brindled” to dogs of almost entirely fawn coats with very minimal striping, sometimes called “tiger brindles”. The dogs MUST have a black mask, no matter what the coat color. The mask should reach to just below the eyes, but not extend over them. The eyes should also have black pigmentation around them, but that should be clearly separate from the mask on the muzzle. Most specimens have white markings. They can appear on the chest, base of the neck, back feet and toes but these should be kept to a minimum. Black was an acceptable color in the breed in the past. It was never really favored and few perpetuated this colo
The DOGO Canario comes in only 2 acceptable colorsfawn and brindle. Fawn may range from a very light blonde, sometimes referred to as a silver fawn to a deep rich sand fawn, called golden or red fawn. Brindles come in the same fawn shades with black striping of more or less intensity. From the very heavily brindles, often called black brindles or ” reverse brindle ” to dogs of almost entirely fawn coats with very minimal striping, sometimes called ” tiger brindles “. The dogs MUST have a black mask, no matter what the coat color. The mask should reach to just below the eyes, but should be extend over them. The eyes should also have black pigmentation around them, but should be clearly separate from the mask on the muzzle. Most specimens have white markings. They appear on the chest, base of the neck, back of the feet and toes but these should be kept to a minimum. Black was an acceptable color in the breed in the past. It was never really favored and few perpetuated this color.
The Dogo Canario comes in only 2 acceptable colors…..fawn and brindle. Fawn may range from a very light blonde, sometimes referred to as grey fawn to a deep rich sand fawn, called golden or red fawn. Brindles come in the same fawn shades with black striping of more or less intensity. From the very heavily brindles, often called black brindles or “reverse brindled” to dogs of almost entirely fawn coats with very minimal striping, sometimes called “tiger brindles”. The dogs MUST have a black mask, no matter what the coat color. The mask should reach to just below the eyes, but not extend over them. The eyes should also have black pigmentation around them, but that should be clearly separate from the mask on the muzzle. Most specimens have white markings. They can appear on the chest, base of the neck, back feet and toes but these should be kept to a minimum. Black was an acceptable color in the breed in the past. It was never really favored and few perpetuated this color. While black d
