Is silver fox a "breed type" or just a color?

[skysthelimit]

This is a very big ongoing problem in ANY colour... as in if a large rabbit is albino it is automatically called a NZW or if something has himi markings its automatically called a Californian.. a small dwarf rabbit is always called a netherland.. and on and on..

I constantly have to explain that the Cal Rex are not Cal/Rex crosses, but Rex actually come in the color Californian, what other breeds call Pointed white, because Cal__ anything does get confusing. I think colors that denote a specific breed should not be used as color only identifiers in other breeds, but of course that's not up to me...

 

[Zass]

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[Cattle Cait]

Try explaining that you raise Silvers. No ma'am, I don't mean Silver Fox. Nope, not a Silver Marten. Just a Silver. It's not a silver anything, he's a Silver! What color? Oh, a black Silver. No, he's still silver. He's a silvered black Silver. NO HE'S NOT A SILVER FOX.