Garter
Garter is a marking that adds a lighter or darker colored, hard-edged blanket on top of the beast.
This blanket may not have any holes or be broken up into multiple pieces and show only on the head and the rump for example! If the majority of it shows in different, far away places on the beast, there needs to be some sort of connection between them.
Optionally there is the possibility to add a stripe on top of the blanket. The stripe is equally lighter or darker than the base coat color and does not have to be relative to the blanket. Neither is there any rule concerning whether the blanket is darker and the stripe lighter or vise versa.
However, the stripe has to stay within the blankets’ area and may not follow the bottom edge, which only Badger may do, nor the back to avoid it imitating Dun.
Relevant to: Base
Value: Lighter or Darker
Edge: Hard
Breaks: No
Holes: No
Fading: No
Can be white: No
Layering: Designer’s choice
Hides other genes: No
Colors
Garter is relevant to and will always be lighter or darker than the base coat color of the beast.
Edges
Garter must have a hard edge.
Design Notes
The Garter stripe
Generally, the Garter stripe is optional and does not have to be added!
It has the same hard edge as the blanket and will always have a lighter or darker color relevant to the base coat color too.
If it is added to the design, be careful where to place it. It cannot follow the lower edge of the Garter blanket as this is only allowed for Badger nor can it follow the back as it would imitate Dun. However, if the stripe touches the back only in a few places and does not follow it like Dun would, it is passable again.
Combinations with other markings
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Ranges
Maximum Range
Minimum Range
Garter has no distinct minimum range, but must be present in a noticeable way on the beast.
Good examples:
Feel free to search for this marking in our CaveSpeaker gallery to get some inspiration or a better grasp of the marking.
However, be careful of old designs as they might be illegal by now due to previous rule changes!
Please do not just copy existing designs either, as those are the property of their designer!