Their appearance is radically different.
Show dog:
That's my Shelley's dad, Dozer.
Field dog:
My Ruby the Egregious.
My Shelley -- she is an odd bird because her father is a show dog and her mother is a field dog. She is kind of a half-and-halfer -- she has the square shape and short back of a conformation dog, but she's very skinny and has a more pointed face. My Ruby's bloodline gets the show component from a very unusual kennel - that breeds in the English fashion for dogs that can both hunt and show. The only conformation thing about her is her head -- which is far more correct from a show standpoint than Shelley's.
Re: the Bolo pads. Shelley only has them on her front paws, but she also is starting to whiten up with age and she has a lot of white hairs generally on her back feet. No spots though.
