In a message dated 10/2/98 9:36:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< I saw that BC color up close and personal.  If the dog was a cocker,
 it would be called a roan.  Not sure what its called in herding
 dogs... >>

This the same color as in Australian Cattle Dogs -- very heavy ticking or
roaning, although in Cattle Dogs they just call it "blue" (or "red" in the
red-ticked dogs).

Linda R.