Poke A Dot Rattery -- San Diego, California

Markings
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Self Photo Needed Info	Entire body is the same uniform color.
Berkshire Photo Needed Info	Colored top with a completely white stomach, feet, and tail. A small spot on the head is acceptable. There should be a clean line between the color and the white with no fading between the two.
Essex Photo Needed Info	The darkest area is along the spine, becoming less intense down the sides of the animal. The gradual fading of color continues onto the belly which is off white, with no spotting of darker color. When viewed from above, the fading effect should be symmetrical, having no clear demarcation. The fading effect also to be seen on the legs so that the feet are also off white. There should be no obvious patches of contrasting color. Pied tails not to be penalized. A head spot is essential; this must be well defined, centrally placed on the forehead and symmetrical.
Irish Photo Needed Info	A moderately sized, symmetric, oval of white, located on the stomach, not to extend onto the legs, sides, or chest. The feet should be white only up to the space were the foot ends and the leg begins.
English Photo Needed Info	(Also known as an English Irish) An equilateral triangle of white located on the chest and not extending onto the legs or onto the stomach. The feet should be white only up to the space were the foot ends and the leg begins
Hooded Photo Needed Info	A ‘hood’ should cover from the tip of the nose to the shoulders without break and a one inch stripe should extend from the center of the back of the hood all the way to the tip of the tail. The sides, legs, and feet should be pure white and free from any spotting.
Verigated Photo Needed Info	A ‘hood’ should cover from the tip of the nose to the shoulders without break except a small white oval on the forehead. Splotches of color should cover the rest of the body (including the tail) as symmetrically as possible.
Barebacked Photo Needed Info	A ‘hood’ should cover from the tip of the nose to the shoulders without break.
Capped Photo Needed Info	A colored face, minus the throat area, commonly with a notch of white between the ears. The rest of the body should be pure white.
Masked Photo Needed Info	A colored face, minus the throat area, commonly with a notch of white between the ears. The rest of the body should be pure white.
Dalmatian Photo Needed Info	The entire body should be covered with splotches of color on a white body colors. The splotches should be as raged and numerous as possible without running together.
Blaze Photo Needed Info	A wedge of white that runs from the tip of the nose to the ears, including the whisker beds but not the eyes. Only in Berkshire, Essex, and Variegated
Down Under Photo Needed Info	A colored belly stripe that should be a solid, continuous stripe of color extending from the chest down to and covering the genitals. The demarcation between the white sides and the belly color should be as symmetrical and clean cut as possible. The belly color should not extend around to the sides and should not contain any white spotting or brindling. Only in Hooded and Berkshire

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