Re: [pyrnet] eye color

["Ian Spencer-Brown" <ian@startrax.enta.net>]

> From: "Robyn Allwright" <ziffanyrobyn@earthlink.net>
>
> I have always been told the lighter eyes was a sign of poor breeding, and
> should be judged as a fault. >>
>
> "Light" is sometimes in the eye of the beholder.  The standard says "Rich
> dark brown".  However, the French (FCI) standard says "The rather small
> eyes, of intelligent and thoughtful expression, are of amber brown color."
> I once had Guy Mansecal fault a bitch of mine for having eyes that were
too
> dark.  Until that moment it hadn't occured to me that eyes could actually
be
> too dark.  But, of course, as in nearly everything, he was right :-))
What
> he said was that they were so dark that no light shone out of them.  She
had
> an almost "flat" expression.
>
> This is in no way to defend the almost yellow eye.  That is a very
different
> issue than amber.  Light eyes are surely a fault, but I have seen more
that
> one dog who was of excellent breeding and loaded with virtures who had
> slightly light eyes.  Faulting is always a balancing act.
>
>  I do want to say to Sherry that Pyr's eyes should *not* be "piercing".
All
> standards make reference in one way or another to the soft and often
dreamy
> Pyr expression.
>
> Linda
>
>
Just for the record:, the widow of M.Legrange has in her possesion a box of
coloured glass eyes which show all the colours and which is more correct.
Ian