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03-11-2011, 12:58 AM
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Name that Color?
Ok, I ran into another "omg how did I not KNOW that moment" while browsing around here. Here I've always associated german shepherds with the black backs and tan/red legs and never knew there was sable or a distinction between the tan/red and there's sable...and bi-color faces and....oh goodness!
The two GSDs I've had I've rescued and color is not something that has concerned me, ever but now I'm just a little curious...just for fun. What would you say my girl is? She's a lab mix but as you can see she most definitely got the GSD color!    I never realized she had so much more blanket then the "traditional" GSDs, would she be border line sable?? I will love her anyways, just wondering what you guys thought.
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03-11-2011, 01:04 AM
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Your dog would be considered a black and tan (colour) blanket back (pattern) which is exactly what my boy is:
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03-11-2011, 12:29 PM
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See, I don't really consider that a blanket. Rather a large saddle.
To me, blanketed dogs have dark shoulders and thighs (like Stark, and my Mirada). Mirada's going to end up saddling out, but she won't finish until she's two. She's doing just what her mom did (darn it)
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03-11-2011, 01:40 PM
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Black and tan. There's not really "borderline sable" since from what I understand, sable is a different color, genetically, than black and tan. A dog is either one or the other.
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03-11-2011, 01:50 PM
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What makes a sable a sable is that the black only exists at the tip of the hair, as opposed to the entire hair. Part the black on a saddle and its black to the skin. Part it on a sable, and you'll see tan.  
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03-11-2011, 07:33 PM
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03-11-2011, 07:39 PM
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Banding of individual hair is the sable trait. Undercoat color has nothing to do with sables.
My bi-color's undercoat changes color within her body areas, grey on her head/behind her ears and black everywhere else. My long coat has black undercoat thruout, she is a blanket back B & T |
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