Traits

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The most common coloration of a Waterdog/cat! 

Can be any color, but does not include any unnatural glowing, iridescent, and/or metallic markings/effects in the sand.

The most common coloration of a Waterdog/cat! 

Can be any color/combination of colors, excluding rainbow.

Eye colors match one OR more colors of the water.

The sclera of the eye is white, off-white, or pale-yellow in color.
Saturated yellow/orange-colored scleras may fall under colored sclera if they are too unnatural looking.

Ears that are upright in position. (Inner ear must be water.)

Ears that are completely rounded. The default ear shape for a big cat. (Inner ear must be water)

Legs are made completely out of water and have no sand socks/toes.

Any amount of sand present on a characters legs, excluding sand shirt / sand sweater and sand pants / sand shorts.  
If a dog has a sand shirt / sand sweater, or sand pants / sand shorts but doesn't have sand on the opposite legs, it wouldn't have this trait.

A tail shape that is considered normal for a default dog/cat/big cat. 

A tail made completely of water. Sometimes this can be portrayed as looking like a ‘wave’ or ‘waterfall’.

Tufts of sand on the top of the head resembling bits of hair or overgrown fur.
They cannot be fully connected to the head- as otherwise that would be sand hair.

The absence of ‘hair tufts’ on top of the head! No tufts or anything.

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An animal friend that is physically on your Waterdog/cats masterlist! Can be any animal (not humanoid), and cannot be another Waterdog/Watercat OR other ‘OCs’ like your non-waterdog sona.