Melanistic mask
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A melanistic mask is a dog coat pattern that gives the appearance of a mask on the dog's face. The hairs on the muzzle, and sometimes entire face or ears, are colored by eumelanin instead of pheomelan
Pug with black melanistic mask
German Shepherd dog with black mask
Longhaired whippet with black mask
Red dogue de Bordeaux with liver mask
Kerry Blue Terrier
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The Kerry Blue Terrier or Irish Blue Terrier is an Irish breed of dog of terrier type. It was originally bred to control vermin including rats, rabbits, badgers, ferrets, foxes, otters, hares, deer an
Melanistic mask
…Shepherd dog with black mask Longhaired whippet with black mask Red dogue de Bordeaux with liver mask St. Bernard with black mask and white markings Kerry Blue Terrier with black mask. Although the coat on the body has lightened in color in a process known as "clearing" or "greying", the mask has retained its original…
A Kerry Blue Terrier
Philip Doyle with his dog, "Terri", at the Killarney Show, 1916.
On the left, a 14-year-old