Pie bald are any shade of brown and white. Black and white is not acceptable.
- Coat
The coat is sleek, short and dense
- Colour
All shades of fawn and brown or presented with a brindle overlay are accepted. A black mask is optional
- Patterns
Patterns of white or brindle overlay on the acceptable colours are allowed. White patterns should ideally be limited to the feet, chest and flashes on the head. White patterns may not exceed 33% of the total body surface (with a maximum of 10% total body area as an ideal). White patterns on the head may not influence the pigmentation of the eye surround, eyelid pigmentation or the nose leather. Brindle overlays on a very dark base colour is called ultra-brindle and is acceptable.
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- Disqualifying factors at appraisals:
The final authority on any appraisal result is the Board of the Society. Any appraisal found to be not in compliance with the Breed Standard may be amended or overturned by the Board. Any appraiser in consultation with a senior appraiser or senior appraiser may disqualify any dog or place a breeding or any other restriction, which shows any deviations and/or combinations of deviations from the Breed Standard that affect the dog*s presentation at the event and/or conformation and/or health and/or performance and/or mobility negatively.
In addition, a dog may be penalised, disqualified and/or a final decision referred to the Board and/or a utilisation and/or a breeding restriction and/or a certification restriction placed by a senior appraiser or by an appraiser in consultation with a senior appraiser, subject to recorded further examinations or tests (such as hip or elbow X-rays or a temperament test), for any reason deemed to be valid at the time.
The Society retains the right to disqualify and remove from the database of recognised Boerboels, any dog of which the presented documentation proves to be fraudulent or incorrect (including documentation related to the ancestry of such a dog) or which includes any dogs not acceptable according to the breed standard at the time.
Any dog will be disqualified for:
- Any combination of factors deemed by a senior appraiser to be of such an extent that disqualification will contribute to the retention of breed integrity.
- Any definite signs of another dog breed
- Temperament:
- Unacceptable aggression, uncontrolled behaviour or excessive shyness or fear. A temperament test may be required before acceptance
- Mobility
- Any visible impairment that seriously affect mobility
- Collapsed pasterns
- Club feet
- Sickle hocks
- Serious deviations from the prescribed paw structure
- Structural soundness tests may be required before acceptance
- Build and conformation
- Males lower than 60 cm and higher than 76 cm.
- Females lower than 55 cm and higher than 71 cm.
- Animals of exceptional merit outside the acceptable perimeters may be referred to the Board for a final resolution
- Colour:
- Base colours of black, white and solid blue and patterns of merle or ticking, tri colour and any colour in combination with black (resembling typical Rottweiler markings) are not acceptable
- Excessive or inappropriately positioned poorly pigmented skin area
- Head:
- Blue eyes or eyes lighter than the lightest shade of the coat.
- Blue, liver coloured, pink or white nose leather
- An under bite of such extent that the shape of the head is visibly affected
- Overbites (parrot mouth) or wry bite
- Body:
- Deformed spines, kinked, corkscrewed, deformed or tightly curling tails
- Long or curly hair
- Males without two natural and well developed testicles
- Females with signs of vaginal hyperplasia or prolapse or the correction thereof
