piebald -- Rosie and the Turchettas

pie·bald (pbôld) adj. Spotted or patched, especially in black and white: a piebald horse. n. A piebald animal, especially a horse. [pie + bald.]

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The Turchetta's Burnese Mountain dog Rosie is not piebald, probably because she is the size of a bear and does not need to camouflage herself from the ravenous deer that frequent their yard.