Sable or silver and black.

tami97 · 10-03-2011, 03:53 PM

Can anyone tell me the difference between sable and silver and black? When people ask me what Shasta is (Avatar picture) I say sable. But is she sable or silver and black? Very confused.

Emoore · 10-03-2011, 03:57 PM

I think she's a patterned silver sable.

tami97 · 10-03-2011, 03:59 PM

thanks for the info. at first I thought she was a blonde sable.

**gsdraven** · 10-03-2011, 03:59 PM

Hope you don't mind.. I took this from your album. It will help others see her better.

Sable is a pattern, where as silver and black describe the colors so it doesn't have to be one or the other. I don't see a lot of silver. I would just call her a light sable.

tami97 · 10-03-2011, 04:01 PM

no I dont mind. Thanks.

tami97 · 10-03-2011, 04:05 PM

Her she is 4 months. She was a little darker then. She seemed to change colors a lot when she was younger, now that she is 8 months it has been the same.

Emoore · 10-03-2011, 04:13 PM

Oh that's a better picture. I still think she's a patterned sable, but probably not silver. Just a light or blond or cream patterned sable. A patterned sable is one with a blanket or saddle area that is darker than the rest of the body. Ordinarily, a sable is pretty much the same pattern all over, like

Cash (RIP):

or Kopper:

tami97 · 10-03-2011, 04:16 PM

Hey, I was right. (for once. lol) Blonde(Light) sable it is then. Thanks.

Liesje · 10-03-2011, 04:35 PM

Yeah I would call her a light patterned sable. Haven't heard the term "blonde" before.

tami97 · 10-03-2011, 04:49 PM

I saw it on some site that showed the colors. I just was not sure. I just say sable anyway, its easier .

10-03-2011, 03:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
tami97 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Katy Texas Posts: 190	Sable or silver and black. Can anyone tell me the difference between sable and silver and black? When people ask me what Shasta is (Avatar picture) I say sable. But is she sable or silver and black? Very confused. __________________ Shasta 01/17/2011

10-03-2011, 03:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Emoore Crowned Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North DFW, TX Posts: 9,214	I think she's a patterned silver sable. __________________ Rocky vom Backyard- 10 years young Kopper vom Felssclucht Bach - 17 months At the Bridge: Cash van der Animal Shelter 2006-2010

10-03-2011, 03:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
tami97 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Katy Texas Posts: 190	thanks for the info. at first I thought she was a blonde sable. __________________ Shasta 01/17/2011

10-03-2011, 03:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
gsdraven Moderator Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mont Co, PA Posts: 4,626	Hope you don't mind.. I took this from your album. It will help others see her better. Sable is a pattern, where as silver and black describe the colors so it doesn't have to be one or the other. I don't see a lot of silver. I would just call her a light sable. __________________ Jamie Raven (GSD) - December 8, 2007 Kaiser (GSD) - November 2009 Lead The Way Life's Abundance

10-03-2011, 04:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
tami97 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Katy Texas Posts: 190	no I dont mind. Thanks. __________________ Shasta 01/17/2011

10-03-2011, 04:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
tami97 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Katy Texas Posts: 190	Her she is 4 months. She was a little darker then. She seemed to change colors a lot when she was younger, now that she is 8 months it has been the same. __________________ Shasta 01/17/2011

10-03-2011, 04:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
Emoore Crowned Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North DFW, TX Posts: 9,214	Oh that's a better picture. I still think she's a patterned sable, but probably not silver. Just a light or blond or cream patterned sable. A patterned sable is one with a blanket or saddle area that is darker than the rest of the body. Ordinarily, a sable is pretty much the same pattern all over, like Cash (RIP): or Kopper: __________________ Rocky vom Backyard- 10 years young Kopper vom Felssclucht Bach - 17 months At the Bridge: Cash van der Animal Shelter 2006-2010

10-03-2011, 04:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
tami97 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Katy Texas Posts: 190	Hey, I was right. (for once. lol) Blonde(Light) sable it is then. Thanks. __________________ Shasta 01/17/2011

10-03-2011, 04:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
Liesje Crowned Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 12,962	Yeah I would call her a light patterned sable. Haven't heard the term "blonde" before. __________________ UCH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop FO OB1 CL1R CL1F RA TT HIT TDI CGC VPC's Coca-Cola HIT CGC SG UCH Alta-Tollhaus Bono SchH1 AD T1 FO PA CL1R UNJ UCA HIT TT CGC OFA SG Pantalaimon vom Geistwasser BH AD HIT CGC

10-03-2011, 04:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
tami97 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Katy Texas Posts: 190	I saw it on some site that showed the colors. I just was not sure. I just say sable anyway, its easier . __________________ Shasta 01/17/2011

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