![]() ![]() Noses were dark grey, and the skin was dark-never pink. In fact, eye colour was very distinctive, being almost exactly the same grey as the coat. ![]() They were neither very rough nor completely smooth-coated, and, unlike the merles, had no tan markings and no blue or silver eyes. Some were medium grey when adult, others were dark slate colour, almost black. These dogs were born pale grey, darkening with age. I have seen perhaps twenty adult greys in Ireland, about half being of my own breeding. Dogs and bitches which breed greys are as likely as not to be tri-colour or black and tan, with a greyish undercoat. However, a black and tan bitch regularly produced one or two grey pups by a brown (red) and white dog. I mated four bitches with Glen, and ony two bred a grey pup by him-one in each litter. I owned a grey dog called Glen, and his nearest grey ancestor was four generationsīack. Marjorie Quarton of County Tipperary, Ireland, in her article, "Grey, Blue or Gunmetal", in the Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1989, she talked about dogs of the color blue: (Sequenced by Barry Taylor, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.) You may also turn it off by clicking on the two parallel lines. You can hear " The Isle of Skye" by clicking the right arrow above. This page has music available that you may turn on. ![]()
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