Sable owner question: Striping, tar heels, etc... - Page 4

Silver Black sable · 09-01-2012, 10:53 AM

thats adorable i wonder if thats a genetic markings because the striping and tar heels are the marks of a recessive black gene

Freestep · 09-01-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Silver Black sable

thats adorable i wonder if thats a genetic markings because the striping and tar heels are the marks of a recessive black gene

That's what I think as well--either black or bicolor. I have noticed darker sables tend to come from crossing a sable to a bicolor or black, as opposed to a black & tan saddleback. The latter usually produces saddle-patterned sables without pencil toes and tarheels.

**Cassidy's Mom** · 09-01-2012, 02:36 PM

Halo has the striping on her front legs and penciling on her feet, (although both have faded quite a bit since when she was a puppy), but not tar heels. Her dam is sable and her sire is a solid black.

This is at 5 months old:

And 3-1/2 years old:

She has a lot more hair between her toes than she used to, so it's hard to see that there's still a bit of dark striping on them.

Silver Black sable · 09-01-2012, 06:14 PM

she is a gorgeous dog

psjr74 · 11-05-2012, 02:07 AM

goodday!!!! mine at home i had a recent pups,2 pups actually off my male GSD & Female GSD...both parents were black and Tan but it turn out to produced a silver black sable color pups like the imaged used by sir SILVER BLACK SABLE. do u think its rare?

psjr74 · 11-05-2012, 02:35 AM

goodday!!!! mine at home i had a recent pups,2 pups actually off my male GSD & Female GSD...both parents were black and Tan but it turn out to produced a silver black sable color pups like the imaged avatar used by sir SILVER BLACK SABLE. do u think its rare? here tis the pups picture with his littermate Black & tan...for your comments & suggestions...thanks

**Liesje** · 11-05-2012, 08:27 AM

That puppy looks blue. It's not sable. Yes the blue and tan is pretty rare.

volcano · 01-29-2013, 03:05 AM

the show judges must be drunk on brandy to not prefer the sables and longhairs. My girl has very dark sable characteristics, big pencil toes, and I havent thought of looking for a tar heel. But I know she is the prettiest pup ever. And btw, about half the pups who I have seen claimed sable are not, theres a bunch of saddleback or blanket owners claiming sable???

View Poll Results: does your sable have these traits
TAR HEELS	1	2.70%
STRIPING	1	2.70%
PENCIL MARKINGS	1	2.70%
ALL THREE	30	81.08%
ONLY TWO	4	10.81%
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

09-01-2012, 02:36 PM	#33 (permalink)
Cassidy's Mom No Stinkin' Leashes Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 27,413	Halo has the striping on her front legs and penciling on her feet, (although both have faded quite a bit since when she was a puppy), but not tar heels. Her dam is sable and her sire is a solid black. This is at 5 months old: And 3-1/2 years old: She has a lot more hair between her toes than she used to, so it's hard to see that there's still a bit of dark striping on them. __________________ -Debbie- Dena 9/12/04-10/4/08 Forever would have been too short Keefer 8/25/05 Halo 11/9/08 FDCh-G TF-III Cassidy 6/8/00-10/4/04

11-05-2012, 08:27 AM	#37 (permalink)
Liesje Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 16,275	That puppy looks blue. It's not sable. Yes the blue and tan is pretty rare. __________________ Liesje & the K9s Nikon (GSD) U-CH SG Alta-Tollhaus Bono SchH1 KKL T1 FO PA TF-III FDCh-S CL1-R UJJ U-CA HIT TT CGC Coke (All-American) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC, couch warmer extraordinaire Indy (All-American) Blue Horizon's Indigo Girl, flyball star in training Rainbow Bridge Kenya (GSD) U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop CL1-R CL1-F RA HIT TDI TT CGC vom Blauen Horizont / Blue Horizon GSDs

01-29-2013, 03:05 AM	#38 (permalink)
volcano Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 428	the show judges must be drunk on brandy to not prefer the sables and longhairs. My girl has very dark sable characteristics, big pencil toes, and I havent thought of looking for a tar heel. But I know she is the prettiest pup ever. And btw, about half the pups who I have seen claimed sable are not, theres a bunch of saddleback or blanket owners claiming sable??? Last edited by volcano; 01-29-2013 at 03:11 AM.

09-01-2012, 10:53 AM	#31 (permalink)
Silver Black sable Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 71	thats adorable i wonder if thats a genetic markings because the striping and tar heels are the marks of a recessive black gene

09-01-2012, 06:14 PM	#34 (permalink)
Silver Black sable Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 71	she is a gorgeous dog

11-05-2012, 02:07 AM	#35 (permalink)
psjr74 New Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 2	goodday!!!! mine at home i had a recent pups,2 pups actually off my male GSD & Female GSD...both parents were black and Tan but it turn out to produced a silver black sable color pups like the imaged used by sir SILVER BLACK SABLE. do u think its rare?

11-05-2012, 02:35 AM	#36 (permalink)
psjr74 New Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 2	goodday!!!! mine at home i had a recent pups,2 pups actually off my male GSD & Female GSD...both parents were black and Tan but it turn out to produced a silver black sable color pups like the imaged avatar used by sir SILVER BLACK SABLE. do u think its rare? here tis the pups picture with his littermate Black & tan...for your comments & suggestions...thanks

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