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Fawn | Sable (Coat colour A-Locus Dog)

The dog is sand-coloured or light brown with black hair tips all over the body. This colouration is caused by the Ay allele of the Agouti locus.

Appearance

Eurasier, example of the fawn sable coat colour

Fawn/Sable

The dog is sand coloured or light brown with black hair tips all over the body. The hairs are bicoloured, but this is only visible in a longer coat.

The colour occurs, for example, in the breeds Eurasier, Leonberger, Pug, Icelandic dog, and Collies (Border/Sheltie etc.).