The coat is required by the ADBA to be glossy, smooth, short, and stiff to the touch. Many colors, color patterns, and combinations of colors are acceptable to the ADBA, except that both the ADBA and UKC do not recognize merle coloring. At that time, all the bloodlines were closely inbred with each family clan. Since red is recessive to all colors but white, the strain was known as 'Irish Old Family Reds.' When the dogs began coming to America, they were already showing the red nose.
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