How common is it for Vizsla's to have white spots?

Greetings, Jesse, and welcome to the forums!! The answer to the white spot question all depends on what you're planning to do with your dog. Here is a passage from "The Vizsla" by Bernard C. Boggs:

VIZSLA STANDARD -- "Color: Solid golden rust in different shadings. Solid dark mahogany, red and pale yellow are faulty. White on the forechest, preferably as small as possible, and white on the toes are permissible. Solid white extending above the toes or white anywhere else on the dog except the forechest is a disqualification. When viewing the dog from the front, white markings on the forechest must be confined to an area from the top of the sternum to a point between the elbows when the dog is standing naturally. White extending on the shoulders or neck is a disqualification. White due to aging shall not be faulted. Any noticeable area of black in the coat is a serious fault."

So there you go. I guess the question is, are you planning to enter your dog into any dog shows?? I guess if it were me, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Your decision, of course.

p.s. I'm sorry, but I don't know how common the white spots are.

http://redbirddog.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-biology-of-white-markings.html

http://redbirddog.blogspot.com/2010/06/white-markings-on-vizsla.html

http://redbirddog.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-hunt-or-less-white-what-would-you.html

Let me know if these three posts help.

Welcome to your Vizsla Addiction.

RBD

Ch Golden Totem, SH, VC, CGC
She was born the day after Christmas, 1986. I did not get to choose her. The (backyard) breeder told me I had to take the female with the white on her because she was the only female left. He thought she was flawed because of the white butterfly on her chest. But, little did he know that he had probably just picked the best dog in the litter. I put her in the crate in the back of my Subaru wagon and proceeded to drive home from Bowling Green, Kentucky. She stared out the back of the wagon and screamed. She was leaving her first home and the three brothers with whom she had been playing hard. I dreaded the next four-hour ride home with her. She got tired of screaming about the time we hit Louisville. All the way home, I wondered what I had gotten into with this dog.
Totem was named while I was reading the book, Clan of the Cave Bear. Since the dog appeared to be my totem, I named my dog Totem. I know she liked it. No other dog has had that name, according to a search of thousands of dog names.
For the rest of the story. Click to enter site, then click on Totems name.
http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=vizsla_dog;id=106;url=http://www.totemvizslas.com/

Hi Jesse!

I picked a pup with a little white on her chest purely due to her personality - had there been a pup with her personality with no white on or lots more white, that would have been fine with me too.

As far as I know white on the chest is undesirable in the show ring, as Vida said, but have never heard of a little white indicating any other problems.

In Nelly's litter of 11 pups there was one bitch with white (her) and one dog with white. Many V's we meet have a little flash of white on the chest, I really quite like it.

My Vizlsla has a white patch on his docked tail, but everywhere else is the rusty brown. Is it normal to have a little white on the tail?

Looks more like lighter shading of his color. That would be completely normal.

This is the lighter shading on the edge of the thigh and tail of one of mine.