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Join Date: Sep 2011
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Nova has a massive wavy bitch stripe!
It has calmed, but a few months ago her tail, back and the fur behind her legs was wavy and almost curly! how is this even possible? Her tail looked like it had zebra stripes! ![]() Does anyone know if this is something that is common in these lines? Her Dam: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=718216 Her Sire: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=438956 ( absolutely horrid picture of her sire when he was younger..he doesn't look that feminin in person!) Her parents as well as the siblings I have seen all have a bitch stripe (even the males) but shes the only one so far that is wavy. Pic 1 is Nova's back on one of it's less wavy days and picture 2 is of her brothers back (his stripe is like brown..not gray/silver like hers) |
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Dracut, MA
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it's the adult coat growing through the puppy coat. My plush coat boy had this too, he is almost 19 months and it's just about disappeared completely. Give it time.
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Very common. IMO it is more rare to see black/tan or black/red dogs that have a full solid black saddle than dogs with salt and pepper or bitch stripe. Nikon did until this summer, now he's got a tiny bit of salt and pepper behind his wither.
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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I know that the bitch stripe is very common, but what about the wavy fur? I've never seen/heard that before. Her tail a few months ago was so curly that the white underneath curled over the black on top and looked like a zebra.
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