What color (pattern) is this?

Chicagocanine · 11-18-2010, 01:00 AM

Is this considered blanket back, or something else?
If it is blanket back is there a more accurate way to describe it, because there is more black than I see on a lot of blanket backs.

Konotashi · 11-18-2010, 01:05 AM

I'd say it's a bi color, but I'm no expert.

**Andaka** · 11-18-2010, 01:17 AM

He is a blanket backed dog.

I had one that was very dark also, but still not a bi-color.

**Castlemaid** · 11-18-2010, 01:19 AM

If it were a bi-colour, the dog would have pencil toes and tar-heels, and the belly area would be solid black also. I see neither of those indicators in this picture.

I would say a melanistic black and tan - with so much black it looks like a bi-colour, but is genetically a black and tan.

PaddyD · 11-18-2010, 03:27 AM

[QUOTE=Chicagocanine;1957209]Is this considered blanket back, or something else?
If it is blanket back is there a more accurate way to describe it, because there is more black than I see on a lot of blanket backs.

He just has a bigger blanket.

elisabeth_00117 · 11-18-2010, 04:13 AM

I agree, he is a black and tan blanket back.

People always thought Stark was a bi-colour when he was younger but he just had/has a large blanket, although it does seem to be lightening up a tad in the past month.

Kind of a bad photo, but this is Stark around 6-7 months?

**Castlemaid** · 11-18-2010, 08:06 AM

Here is another picture of a melanistic blanket-back (melanistic in an animal description always means "heavy on the black pigment").

This dog has even more black on him than the first picture posted, with the black colour running down the front legs. Was often mistaken for a bi-colour, but came from a breeding that could not genetically produce it. Had some marking on his toes when a pup that looked like pencil marks, but they lightened up as he got older.

1sttimeforgsd · 11-18-2010, 08:23 AM

My bi-color has a tan spot around his anal area, it this not also another way to determine if a dog is a bi-color along with the toe penciling?

Rerun · 11-18-2010, 08:41 AM

That is definitely not a bi-color - it has way too much color on the body. It's a blanket.

Xeph · 11-18-2010, 10:48 AM

Yup, blanketed

I had somebody absolutely insisting Mirada was a bi color dog, but she is very much a blanket backed dog

11-18-2010, 01:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Chicagocanine Crowned Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 5,516	What color (pattern) is this? Is this considered blanket back, or something else? If it is blanket back is there a more accurate way to describe it, because there is more black than I see on a lot of blanket backs. __________________ Chicago Canine Bianca HIC CGC TT (GSD)

11-18-2010, 01:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Konotashi Knighted Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,380	I'd say it's a bi color, but I'm no expert. __________________ Ozzy - Chocolate Pom "In a perfect world, every dog would have a home and every home would have a dog." My Photography

11-18-2010, 01:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
Andaka "I like Daffy" Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Douglas, IL ( near St. Louis) Posts: 2,435	He is a blanket backed dog. I had one that was very dark also, but still not a bi-color. __________________ Daphne and the Gang at Andaka Where Beauty and Brains Come Together http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/germ...&results_in=10 Home of Ch Natty; Ch Doll; Jag RA (ch ptd); Sara RN (ch ptd); Bella (the new one); and Fisher (Mr. Evil) At the Bridge: Ch Kahla CD; Ch Keno UD HSAs OA; Ch Kizzy HSAs RE; Ch Tag CD RAE2; Ch Pharra; Bee PT; Ch Red the Dachshund Last edited by Andaka; 11-18-2010 at 01:17 AM. Reason: add another photo

11-18-2010, 01:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
Castlemaid Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Northern British Columbia Posts: 9,088	If it were a bi-colour, the dog would have pencil toes and tar-heels, and the belly area would be solid black also. I see neither of those indicators in this picture. I would say a melanistic black and tan - with so much black it looks like a bi-colour, but is genetically a black and tan. __________________ 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

11-18-2010, 04:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
elisabeth_00117 Crowned Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 7,250	I agree, he is a black and tan blanket back. People always thought Stark was a bi-colour when he was younger but he just had/has a large blanket, although it does seem to be lightening up a tad in the past month. Kind of a bad photo, but this is Stark around 6-7 months? __________________ Battleborn Hundesport Wild Winds Archangel Raphael "Stark", HIC (2009-04-10) Wild Winds Zephyr "Zefra" (2011-04-15) *Beau* 03/08/97 to 06/07/10

11-18-2010, 03:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
PaddyD Banned Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: MassaCHEWsetts Posts: 5,222	[QUOTE=Chicagocanine;1957209]Is this considered blanket back, or something else? If it is blanket back is there a more accurate way to describe it, because there is more black than I see on a lot of blanket backs. He just has a bigger blanket.

11-18-2010, 08:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
Castlemaid Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Northern British Columbia Posts: 9,088	Here is another picture of a melanistic blanket-back (melanistic in an animal description always means "heavy on the black pigment"). This dog has even more black on him than the first picture posted, with the black colour running down the front legs. Was often mistaken for a bi-colour, but came from a breeding that could not genetically produce it. Had some marking on his toes when a pup that looked like pencil marks, but they lightened up as he got older. __________________ 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

11-18-2010, 08:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
1sttimeforgsd Crowned Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West Virginia Posts: 4,891	My bi-color has a tan spot around his anal area, it this not also another way to determine if a dog is a bi-color along with the toe penciling? __________________ karen, mom to: ace-gsd (bi-color) 6/14/2010 mandy-yellow lab 1/31/2009 baby-terrier mix 11/25/2000

11-18-2010, 08:41 AM	#9 (permalink)
Rerun Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,608	That is definitely not a bi-color - it has way too much color on the body. It's a blanket.

11-18-2010, 10:48 AM	#10 (permalink)
Xeph Crowned Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Castle, PA Posts: 4,764	Yup, blanketed I had somebody absolutely insisting Mirada was a bi color dog, but she is very much a blanket backed dog __________________ Jackie S Konzert vom Drachenberg CD, RN, CGC, Service Dog "Strauss" Joplin von Eichenluft SDIT "Mahler" Mana's 5 Cents for Advice Marcato "Wesson" Devine's Gunpowder N Lead RN "Mirada" Barrett, the Woodford rescue kitty

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