What coat does my pup have exactly?

[GSDNewbie1024]

Hey! My 12wk old pup was the only dark one in a little of 7 sable ones.

My question is... what coat marking is MY pup? And how much of his coat will change? Drastically? or not TOO much. I LOVE the way his coat is now, and pray it won't change too much. Any feedback is always appreciated! Thank you!

[Shade]

Definetely black and tan...it's very hard to tell pattern because he's so young but I'll guess saddle from the amount of tan. You'll have to update in about a year

[GSDNewbie1024]

Originally Posted by Shade

Definetely black and tan...it's very hard to tell pattern because he's so young but I'll guess saddle from the amount of tan. You'll have to update in about a year

Saddle really? Idk why I've always thought he was bi-color. LOL, til someone corrected me and said he's blanket back.

[Sunflowers]

He is not bicolor. The third color is white.
Bicolor dogs have an all-black head and only some tan on the paws with black penciling.
You won't know what he truly is until he is at least one year old.

[GSDNewbie1024]

Originally Posted by Sunflowers

He is not bicolor. The third color is white.
Bicolor dogs have an all-black head and only some tan on the paws with black penciling.
You won't know what he truly is until he is at least one year old.

So is it safe to say he's saddle backed then?

I guess what I'm really trying to get down to is how his coat will look like when he starts growing his adult coat. I really hope he doesn't change that much lol. I am completely in love with how he is/looks right now haha

[Sunflowers]

Originally Posted by GSDNewbie1024

So is it safe to say he's saddle backed then?

I guess what I'm really trying to get down to is how his coat will look like when he starts growing his adult coat. I really hope he doesn't change that much lol. I am completely in love with how he is/looks right now haha

He might stay a blanket back. Mine did. But you never know until he finishes getting his adult coat.

[GSDNewbie1024]

Originally Posted by Sunflowers

He might stay a blanket back. Mine did. But you never know until he finishes getting his adult coat.

Ugh! I'm dying to know what he'll end up looking like! Haha, but I guess we'll just see when he grows up. They start changing between 8-9mos right?

[selzer]

Well if he was full-grown, he probably would be a blanket back. Hmmm, lets see if I can do a little pictoral:

This is Rushie, he is a blanket back, though he started to lighten just a little on the upper leg:


He had a litter of puppies. Ok, Babs had the litter, he was the sire.
Here are some around 8 weeks old:


Milla 9-10 weeks:


Scarlet and Milla:



And here they are at about 12 weeks:
Ninja and Milla:


Scarlet at about 16 weeks:


And this is Ninja:


Now a mostly grown up photo of Milla and then Ninja, Milla is a saddle, and Ninja is a blanket:

[Anubis_Star]

He'll start to lighten in the next couple months if he's going to be a saddle. Also they tend to have a slight stripe of tan up their thighs to their tail bases if they're going to lighten.

I would GUESS he'll be a blacl and tan blanket back, so stay about the same. Might be a saddle though.

Hes not a bi color.

Here is my blanket back at 8 weeks 11 weeks and as an adult

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[Carriesue]

It's really difficult to say, you could get somewhat an idea by looking at the patents but its one of this things that's hard to say for sure. All black/tan and black/red puppies are born almost completely black so most puppies that age look like yours do now, the tan/red comes in more as they age.

Now my pup hasn't changed all that much but he has a lot of East German working line in him, his dam and several other dogs on that side were solid black dogs. I'm predicting that he will be a blanket back but he's only 8 months and that could still change.


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IMG_9077 by Carriesue82, on Flickr