Gordon Setter Colors
Different shades of brown may appear on the dogs coat which may appear orange in color when heavily ticked and blended with the white coat.
Gordon setter colors. A true belton is born solid white. When two colors combine with white the color is called tri color. Gordon setters also known as black and tans have a coal black coat with distinctive markings of a rich chestnut or mahogany colour on their paws and lower legs vents throat and muzzles.
Many confuse the term belton incorrectly with the term ticking. The gordon setter is a good sized sturdily built black and tan dog well muscled with plenty of bone and substance but active upstanding and stylish appearing capable of doing a full days. In june of 1859 at the first official dog show a black and tan setter by the name of dandie took first prize for setters who could trace his pedigree back to the kennels of the duke of gordon.
One spot above each eye. It has been my understanding that the vivid black and tan coloring of the gordon setter may have been written into the standard as the preferred color because of its contrast to the gold tan and red foliage of the fall hunting season the black dog contrasting standing out against the fall foliage making it far easier for the hunter to follow the dog while he worked the field. Gordon setters tend to be larger than the other setter breeds.
A large male might be 27 inches at the shoulder and roughly 65 pounds. A large male might be 24 inches at the shoulder and roughly 45 pounds. As the cute fuzzy puppy coat of a llewellin setter pup sheds they will soon develop small colored spots called ticking which is indicated as ticked abbreviated tkd.
The ticking will be the same color as the major patches such as black tan orange or chestnut all over their body. They will be registered as tri color tri belton tri chestnut or as tri chestnut belton. This is a more common color seen in the english setter.
The llewellin setter puppy is dominantly white at birth. 10 to 14 years. It has been my understanding that the vivid black and tan coloring of the gordon setter may have been written into the standard as the preferred color because of its contrast to the gold tan and red foliage of the fall hunting season the black dog contrasting standing out against the fall foliage making it far easier for the hunter to follow the dog while he worked the field.
Colors can be different shades of light tanbrown orange and white. A small amount of white is allowed on the chest. Black with tan tips sometimes with a little white.
And two spots on their chest. Eye pigment and nose with be brown in color.