I have a weird question...

[WascoGSD]

If one were to breed a regular sable GSD with a light color and a solid black GSD, how woul the puppies come out? Would some be black sables? Some solid black and some regular sables? It's just a question I had and in no way am I planning on breeding. It was just a thought I had. Thanks guys.

[Emoore]

You're talking about breeding a female to two males?

[WascoGSD]

Originally Posted by Emoore

You're talking about breeding a female to two males?

Lol. No, a female sable and a solid black male.

[Emoore]

Oh, I was confused about "If one were to breed a regular sable GSD with a light color and a solid black GSD"- I thought you meant breeding a regular sable GSD with a light color GSD and a black GSD.

The answer to your question depends on what color the sable dog is carrying as recessive. Sable is dominant, which means a sable dog might have two copies of the sable gene, or one copy of sable and one copy of something else. You will most likely get some light-to medium sables, but anything else is a mystery until we know what other color the sable carries.

[WascoGSD]

Originally Posted by Emoore

Oh, I was confused about "If one were to breed a regular sable GSD with a light color and a solid black GSD"- I thought you meant breeding a regular sable GSD with a light color GSD and a black GSD.

The answer to your question depends on what color the sable dog is carrying as recessive. Sable is dominant, which means a sable dog might have two copies of the sable gene, or one copy of sable and one copy of something else. You will most likely get some light-to medium sables, but anything else is a mystery until we know what other color the sable carries.

Cool, thanks. I don't know if this makes a difference but both the female sable and the male solid black have black sables in both their pedigrees.

[Emoore]

Originally Posted by WascoGSD

Cool, thanks. I don't know if this makes a difference but both the female sable and the male solid black have black sables in both their pedigrees.

Doesn't make much difference, especially in the case of the black. A dog can't give a gene it doesn't carry, and they each only have 2 genes. The black has 2 black genes, so it can never give any gene but black. Without knowing what other gene the sable carries, all we can predict is that some puppies will be sables like the mom. You might get some sables that are darker than the mom, but I doubt you'd get a true black sable out of a light sable.

[dawnandjr]

Look up punnett square. That is how you would determine offspring. Sable is sable, just depends on how they come out.

[robk]

Ive read some where that sables get progressively darker with each generation.. I.e., if you bred two sables, the next generation will be darker. I know it is not exactly what the op asked but does anyone know if this is true?

[doggiedad]

you're getting sucked in. don't do it. you have the dogs
picked out to breed. don't do it.

Originally Posted by WascoGSD

If one were to breed a regular sable GSD with a light color and a solid black GSD, how woul the puppies come out? Would some be black sables? Some solid black and some regular sables?

>>>>It's just a question I had and in no way am I planning on breeding. It was just a thought I had. <<<<

Thanks guys.

[QUOTE=WascoGSD;2389327]Cool, thanks. I don't know if this makes a difference but both

>>>> the female sable and the male solid black have black sables in both their pedigrees.<<<<

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[WascoGSD]

[quote=doggiedad;2389674]you're getting sucked in. don't do it. you have the dogs
picked out to breed. don't do it.

Originally Posted by WascoGSD

Cool, thanks. I don't know if this makes a difference but both

>>>> the female sable and the male solid black have black sables in both their pedigrees.<<<<

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Lol no really I'm not gonna do it. I saw a neutered solid black a few days ago and was just pondering the question.