What will be , will be where it comes to our new breed standard colour list . It may make a few waves in Europe though as sable has already been accepted in the FCI ....
Anyone can show a sable but if it's considered undesirable in the breed standard I guess judges will " take points away " for the colour when it comes to deciding which dogs are on the cards .
I think only sable minded enthusiastic judges will give sable a red rosette in a champ show if this all goes ahead and it's unlikely that there would ever be a UK sable show champion . The sable I bred became the 1st sable British bred Champion the moment he stepped on foreign soil ! he's now a champ in 2 countries and should go on to get his international champion title ,that says it all !
Red black and blue are generally the big winners and have donimated in the UK shows for years, liver seems to have been undesirable to most judges for years too , colours have never been very popular here and it's hard to change decades of opinion .
Its refreshing to go to a show abroad and see so many more colors being shown successfully . What really matters to me is the quality of the dog and as barely any conscientious exhibitors own sable there are few of show standard . The ones we see being bred mostly here are from pet homes or the new wave of hobby breeder who "show" once in a blue moon so they can say are exhibitors .
Let me say now
I am not knocking them here .... each to their own ! but they breed pets , few would be looking at which stud would improve confirmation , or which bitch may throw a more classic head ,they generally breed their puppy's to create the sable colour... period .This pet market won't be affected by what may happen in the KC and its breeders have no say in the decision unless they are breed club members . It's the show scene in the UK that will be affected and with so few involved with sable there are few who care .
I have a gorgeous black boy to show so its no big deal to me that I can't show sable but quite honestly I have no plan to exhibit him in the UK again anyway , I find the show scene on the whole a bit undesirable