More Color in Kerries

Very rarely, Kerries are born with an abnormal color. Here are some pictures of purebred Kerrries with interesting colors.

The Foundation thanks these couragous breeders for sharing these rare photos.

This purebred Kerry bitch whelped one wheaten-colored Kerry (a male, shown here at approximately 1 year old) in an otherwise normally marked litter.

Information and photos provided by Barbara Thompson:

These three puppies were born in Ireland. The bitch was a Hallsblue /Louisburgh cross (won Devon BOW) and the sire was a KBTCC specialty winner of Louisburgh.

The breeder claims that the puppies grew up to have normal Kerry-colored coats.

Information provided by Riikka Heinonen, Finland
<riikka.heinonen@kolumbus.fi>

On June 8, 2004 I had a litter of Kerries with two "Black & Tan" puppies. The pictures below show how the color changes over time.

Siiri at 7 days

Siiri at 4 weeks

Siiri at 5 weeks

Siiri at 7 weeks

Siiri at 3 months

One other puppy in the litter has some tan color also. The rest of the litter was normal.

at 10 days

at 4 weeks

at 5 weeks

at 8 weeks

at 3 months

at 5 months

The Basics of Coat Color Genetics for the Kerry Blue and the Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers, by Neil O'Sullivan

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