Color Question for ADGA Registration

movebyfaith · #1 03/18/12, 01:42 PM

So I was considering registering my doe as an Alpine Grade. I recently shaved her and was dumbfounded to find her coloration looks quite different. Now I'm not sure what to register her as. Which coloration do you use pre-shave/post-shave? What color would you call the post-shave? Any input is appreciated as I am completely lost here. Here are the pictures.

SpiderLegs · #2 03/18/12, 01:51 PM

Her shaved color is her actual color. Things like shedding out winter coat or copper deficiency cause the coat to look brown or dull.

LoneStrChic23 · #3 03/18/12, 01:57 PM

Before, and after, she is chamoisee with white facial stripes.

Pretty girl

LoneStrChic23 · #4 03/18/12, 02:00 PM

Oh, and her kids (I think they're hers?) are beautiful!

If I'm seeing correctly, the back half of the kids is slightly darker than the front, then they are considered two-tone chamosiee

movebyfaith · #5 03/18/12, 04:32 PM

Thanks! That helps a lot. They are her babies and I had no idea what the kids would be.

Manchamom · #6 03/18/12, 10:59 PM

She can't be chamoisee without black leg markings. The body color can vary but, the markings can't.

LoneStrChic23 · #7 03/18/12, 11:35 PM

She does have black leg markings, they just don't go all the way to her toes.... Look at the picture of her with her kids, you can see the black markings that go past her knees in the front and you can also see black going down the front of her hind leg too, though it doesn't extend far...

If you want you could call her a chamoisee with white markings? White stockings? White legs? Either way, her color pattern still meets the criteria for chamoisee.

Manchamom · #8 03/19/12, 12:16 AM

Oh, I see what you're seeing.
Broken Chaoisee would cover all the radom white places. Broken is just that, a base color with white markings.

**mygoat** · #9 03/19/12, 06:53 AM

Actually, chamoise does not necessarily have to have black markings. They can have white legs/face markings. I've had a couple that were 'chamoise with white legs/facial stripes' on ADGA paperwork. I WOULD NOT call that doe broken unless she has a splash on her side that I'm not seeing.

movebyfaith · #10 03/19/12, 11:13 AM

There is no splash of color. She brown with the black dorsal and belly plus black and white markings on her face and legs with a white rump area.