Beast color?

dogsnkiddos · 07-08-2010, 09:06 PM

Not sure I selected the right forum area...hopefully...

Frequently people ask me specifics about Beast when they realize he is a GSD. Often they say something like he looks so much like a GSD or what kind of a GSD is that. All our GSDs have always been easy- a richly colored black and tan blanket back, a buff and barely there saddle back, a black and cream saddle back, a white...and now Beast. He is, um, mottled? Messy? a blur? He has very rich pigment (though the photos are rather washed- he thinks the camera steals his soul so lighting is the last thing I get to worry about)..he has a nice red behind his ears....and what seems like a black overlay- I mean when I brush his fur it is all a nice deep, reddish tan in the brush. If you brush the fur against the grain it looks all tan....he has black backs of his legs and black down the front of his legs and on his toes...his tails is thick, brushy and black on the underside...he has a very black face. What color is he?

Face from the side:

above his back:

racing by:

running, from the front:

eating an apple:

from behind:

GSD MOM · 07-08-2010, 09:19 PM

Looks like a dark sable to me....

And a handsome one at that!!!!

**Castlemaid** · 07-08-2010, 09:29 PM

He is a gorgeous, well pigmented sable!

Stosh · 07-08-2010, 09:35 PM

Quite stunning! I agree- a dark sable

ChristenHolden · 07-08-2010, 09:38 PM

That's easy he's a sable. A very handsome boy at that.

dogsnkiddos · 07-08-2010, 09:47 PM

Thanks all- when I looked at pics of sables here he just looked different in life than the pics I was seeing...I just think of him as messy colored

Jax08 · 07-08-2010, 09:56 PM

He's a handsome sable!!

**Samba** · 07-08-2010, 10:02 PM

There many variations on sable, aren't there? I like the Beast's color!

dogsnkiddos · 07-09-2010, 04:01 PM

He is quite a Beast to behold- color and carriage. He is huge and dark and a force when thundering toward you

dogsnkiddos · 07-10-2010, 11:15 AM

SO....what makes a sable a sable? How does one KNOW the dog is sable?

07-08-2010, 09:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
dogsnkiddos Master Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 682	Beast color? Not sure I selected the right forum area...hopefully... Frequently people ask me specifics about Beast when they realize he is a GSD. Often they say something like he looks so much like a GSD or what kind of a GSD is that. All our GSDs have always been easy- a richly colored black and tan blanket back, a buff and barely there saddle back, a black and cream saddle back, a white...and now Beast. He is, um, mottled? Messy? a blur? He has very rich pigment (though the photos are rather washed- he thinks the camera steals his soul so lighting is the last thing I get to worry about)..he has a nice red behind his ears....and what seems like a black overlay- I mean when I brush his fur it is all a nice deep, reddish tan in the brush. If you brush the fur against the grain it looks all tan....he has black backs of his legs and black down the front of his legs and on his toes...his tails is thick, brushy and black on the underside...he has a very black face. What color is he? Face from the side: above his back: racing by: running, from the front: eating an apple: from behind: __________________ Join Beast on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...00000909655241

07-08-2010, 09:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
GSD MOM Master Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dayton Ohio Posts: 958	Looks like a dark sable to me.... And a handsome one at that!!!! __________________ -Jamie- No matter how bad my day has been.... coming home to them makes it all better. My Kids: Nellie -3 yr old GSD & Ace -2 yr old GSD

07-08-2010, 09:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Castlemaid Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Northern British Columbia Posts: 9,088	He is a gorgeous, well pigmented sable! __________________ Lucia Keeta BH, OB1, TR1, AD (HOT) Rottweiler/Hairy Dog mix?? Shelter rescue Gryffon Vom Wildhaus BH, OFA Good (HOT) "Bites Through the Sleeve" Cuddlebug, b: Mar 2009

07-08-2010, 09:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
ChristenHolden Elite Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Eastern, Oklahoma, USA Posts: 1,316	That's easy he's a sable. A very handsome boy at that. __________________ ~Christen BELLA~GSD BATISTA~SHAR PEI BANDIT~CHI/YORKIE GABE~RAT TERRIE/CORGIE ANGLE~RAT TERRIER/CORGIE PEPPER~RAT TERRIER HONEY~CHIHUHUHA RUSTY~PAPILLION OLIVER~MUTT CHEWIE~POM MIX Levi~PAP/CHI Champ~PAP/CHI 11 CATS 1 TURTLE~

07-08-2010, 09:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
dogsnkiddos Master Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 682	Thanks all- when I looked at pics of sables here he just looked different in life than the pics I was seeing...I just think of him as messy colored __________________ Join Beast on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...00000909655241

07-08-2010, 09:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Stosh Crowned Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: tyler texas Posts: 8,434	Quite stunning! I agree- a dark sable

07-08-2010, 09:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jax08 Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NNE PA Posts: 14,321	He's a handsome sable!!

07-08-2010, 10:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
Samba Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,447	There many variations on sable, aren't there? I like the Beast's color!

07-09-2010, 04:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
dogsnkiddos Master Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 682	He is quite a Beast to behold- color and carriage. He is huge and dark and a force when thundering toward you __________________ Join Beast on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...00000909655241

07-10-2010, 11:15 AM	#10 (permalink)
dogsnkiddos Master Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 682	SO....what makes a sable a sable? How does one KNOW the dog is sable? __________________ Join Beast on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...00000909655241

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