Agouti Design Guide

 
Edges

Hard | Soft | Blended

The entire undercoat of agouti is phaeomelanin. Trim is a lightening of the phaeomelanin base coat, and can appear as depicted in the above image, starting from the extreme edges of the hound (eg. snout, feet, tail tip). Trim is up to one entire shade lighter than the hound's phaeomelanin colour. Mixed trim is any shade between the dog's phaeomelanin base and the trim colour. Mixed trim may appear anywhere trim appears, as well as in the specially marked areas. Mixed trim must appear between the base phaeomelanin and the trim phaeomelanin. Trim phaeomelanin may never appear between mixed trim and phaeomelanin trim. Trim can be hard edged or completely blended out, or any combination.

Edges

 Grizzled

All agoutis have eumelanin tipping over their phaeomelanin coat. Tipping should always be depicted as hair-like strokes. Tipping comes in various concentrations. Tipping always spreads along the topline down.

The lightest tipping is just a bit of eumelanin hairs along the spine. Medium tipping features heavier tipping along the spine, ears and tail. Ears and tail tip can be solid eumelanin.

Medium tipping features heavier tipping along the spine, ears and tail. Ears and tail tip can be solid eumelanin.

Heaving tipping features dense to solid tipping along the entire topline, ears and tail. Tipping is most concentrated along the top of the hound and becomes less concentrated towards the bottom.