Silver Fox silvering question

[CheleBelle75]

I would like to know how much silvering is too much or not enough

 

[Alaska Satin]

I would like to know how much silvering is too much or not enough

I'd call it a medium amount, kind of salt-and-pepper, evenly distributed over the body. It shouldn't be heavily silvered like a Champagne D'Argent, which looks silvery blue-gray from a distance. Nor should it be so lightly silvered that it looks like it just has stray white hairs.

Below is the Silver Fox featured on the ARBA webpage, which doesn't actually show an animal with very good type (SF should not lean toward mandolin shape), but the fur and silvering are representative:

https://arba.net/silver-fox/

The Silver Fox section of the ARBA Standard of Perfection (SOP) has a series of three diagrams that illustrates light, heavy, and ideal SF silvering. If you don't have a copy of the SOP, I'd recommend getting one.

https://arba.net/product/standard-of-perfection/

 

[CheleBelle75]

I'd call it a medium amount, kind of salt-and-pepper, evenly distributed over the body. It shouldn't be heavily silvered like a Champagne D'Argent, which looks silvery blue-gray from a distance. Nor should it be so lightly silvered that it looks like it just has stray white hairs.

Below is the Silver Fox featured on the ARBA webpage, which doesn't actually show an animal with very good type (SF should not lean toward mandolin shape), but the fur and silvering are representative:
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https://arba.net/silver-fox/

The Silver Fox section of the ARBA Standard of Perfection (SOP) has a series of three diagrams that illustrates light, heavy, and ideal SF silvering. If you don't have a copy of the SOP, I'd recommend getting one.

https://arba.net/product/standard-of-perfection/

Thank you so much

 

[RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN]

I would like to know how much silvering is too much or not enough

The first two images would be an ideal silvering. the third image has too much silvering, and the last image has too little silvering. As Alaska Satin said you want almost a salt-and-pepper look evenly distributed among the body. It gets easier to tell the more experience you have.

 

[CheleBelle75]

Thank you so much @RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN