Irish Red and White Setter
FCI-Standard N° 330 / 15. 06. 2005 / GB ORIGIN: Ireland. DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD: 19.04.2005. UTILIZATION: Most acceptable companion and friend in the homes and the fields. The Irish Red & White Setter is bred primarily for the field. The standard as set out hereunder must be interpreted chiefly from this point of view and all Judges at bench shows must judge the exhibits chiefly from the working standpoint. CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.: Group 7 Pointing Dogs Section 2 British and Irish Pointers and Setters. With Working Trial. |
Issue of nose color:
a) IRWS color appearing on the noses: These are just examples of color appearing on the noses in the litters. Examples of adult dogs. This illustration is just to show everyone that this is normal that sometimes can born puppy like this. In our standard there is no word about which of them are acceptable/prefered. There is not a single word about the fact that the nose has to be black. It is the only one breed in setters where they can be spotted noses without full black pigmentation so called "butterfly noses". The nose can be whole black, black with pink nostrils or butterfly. b) Stages of puppies nose colouring (1,2,3,4) : Puppies are born with pink noses and gradually the pigmentation cells reproduce and start to fill in the nose in a few weeks. Some dogs take a few weeks for pigmentation to completely fill their noses, like 6-8 weeks, some take many months or a year. Some do not have complete pigmentation and are spotted. Those dogs frequently have lots of white markings, like tri, Irish, or homozygous merle. Comparison breeds standards FCI - Issue of nose color in setter breeds: - irish red and white setter: color is undetermined - irish setter: color dark mahogany, dark walnut or black - gordon setter: color black - english setter: color black or liver according to the color of the coat |