Belgian Tervuren

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It is one of the four Belgian Sheepdogs. The differences being :

Coat
The outer coat should be long, straight and abundant. It should not be silky or wiry; the texture should be of medium harshness. The under-coat should be extremely dense The hair should be shorter on the head, the outside of the ears and the lower part of the legs. The opening of the ear should be protected by hair. The hair should be especially long and abundant around the neck, like a ruff, particularly in the male. There should be a fringe of long hair down the back of the forearm, and long and abundant hair evident on the hindquarters and the tall. The male should be longer coated than the female.

Colour
All shades of red, fawn and grey with black overlay. The coat should be characteristically doublepigmented, wherein the tip of each lioht-coloured hair is blackened. On mature males this blackening should be especially pronounced on the shoulders, back and rib section. The face should have a black mask, not extending above the line of the eyes, and the ears should be mostly black. The tail should tYPically have a darker or black tip. A small to moderate white patch or strip IS permitted on the chest, between the pads of the feet and on the tips of the hind toes. Frosting (white or grey) on the muzzle. Beyond the age of 18 months, a washed-out colour or a colour too black should be considered a fault.

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