Do you prefer saddle back markings or the blanket markings for a german shepherd? - Page 3

**Liesje** · 08-23-2012, 09:57 AM

I don't care between saddle or blanket but I like a really rich, full black and not the salt and pepper or washed out look. I like my saddles to be like Stark and Nikon and a blanket to be a full blanket.

Anubis_Star · 10-16-2012, 10:02 PM

Blanket, simply because you will RARELY find saddle markings in working lines. They are almost non-existant. A lot more blanket backs (that's what Zeke is, and I see a lot of people wrongly label blankets as bi-colors, when in fact they have too much extension of the tans to be bi-colors).

Some old DDR lines have black and tans still. Rare though. Sable, bi-color, blacks. And some blankets.

Anubis_Star · 10-16-2012, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SueDoNimm

One thing I read said that blanket backs have black extending down to the elbow, but then what is a bi-color? Just a tiny bit of tan/red on the feet and the rest black?

This is a dog that we were going to adopt from the rescue. We were just waiting for his neuter and then we were going to bring him home, but they found a serious heart murmur when he went to be neutered. I still think he's one of the prettiest shepherds I've seen.

I see a TON of mislabele saddles! Bi-colors basically are tans on the distal limbs, tar heels or pencil toes, with minimal tan markings on the face. No tan on the chest or underside, although I've seen numerous arguments about some tan on the neck right below the jaw (where Zeke has a large region of tan).

Zeke is a blanket, even though many would call him a bi-color. Too much tan, and he does not have tar heels or pencil toes.

TRUE bi-colors

Meeah'sMom · 10-16-2012, 10:35 PM

I love the saddle backs and got one, but I now have a real fondness for black. Although, it really depends on the individual GSD as I've never seen one that I didn't think was beautiful in some way!

Capone22 · 10-16-2012, 10:36 PM

The darker the better here too. Saddle is my least favorite of all the markings.

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Argus · 12-15-2012, 10:34 AM

I don't have a preference but have one saddle back and two blankets.

wolfstraum · 12-15-2012, 10:51 AM

Sable - darker the better
Solid Black
Dark Bi color, as little tan/red as possible

way down the list
blanket
saddle

That being my preference - there is no bad color on a good dog!!!

Lee

Rerun · 12-15-2012, 11:01 AM

Wolfstraum's preferences are identical to mine, except I would reverse the order of bi-colors and solid blacks.

But since all my GSD's are adopted, color wasn't really a preference/option. So I have two saddle backs and one bi-color.

LARHAGE · 12-16-2012, 01:30 PM

Saddle backs only, and as red and black as possible, I personally do not like blanket back or Bi or sable.

huntergreen · 12-19-2012, 11:58 PM

blanket back for me.

View Poll Results: Do you prefer saddle back markings or full blanket markings on a german shepherd?
Saddle Back	22	40.74%
Blanket Back	32	59.26%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

08-23-2012, 09:57 AM	#21 (permalink)
Liesje Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 16,270	I don't care between saddle or blanket but I like a really rich, full black and not the salt and pepper or washed out look. I like my saddles to be like Stark and Nikon and a blanket to be a full blanket. __________________ 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

10-16-2012, 10:02 PM	#22 (permalink)
Anubis_Star Master Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Colorado Posts: 722	Blanket, simply because you will RARELY find saddle markings in working lines. They are almost non-existant. A lot more blanket backs (that's what Zeke is, and I see a lot of people wrongly label blankets as bi-colors, when in fact they have too much extension of the tans to be bi-colors). Some old DDR lines have black and tans still. Rare though. Sable, bi-color, blacks. And some blankets. __________________ ~Emergency Vet Tech Berlin vom Spartanville 1/13/13 Zeke 5/25/07 Luther 2008 - 7/23/12 "Take this trouble from me: Make sure my shepherd dog remains a working dog, for I have struggled all my life long for that aim." Max Von Stephanitz

12-15-2012, 10:51 AM	#27 (permalink)
wolfstraum Crowned Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: PA Posts: 8,213	Sable - darker the better Solid Black Dark Bi color, as little tan/red as possible way down the list blanket saddle That being my preference - there is no bad color on a good dog!!! Lee __________________ Csabre Sch1, Hexe Sch2, Bengal, Komet, Kyra, Kira & Kougar v Wolfstraum ~ - Danger Sch1 SAR - ATB~ Kougar Sch3, Kyra Sch3, Cito Sch2, Alice Sch1, Kelsey CD, Ret ~ Basha Sch3, Fenja Sch3 wolfstraum.net

12-16-2012, 01:30 PM	#29 (permalink)
LARHAGE Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oak Hills, California Posts: 1,889	Saddle backs only, and as red and black as possible, I personally do not like blanket back or Bi or sable. __________________ INTCH, U-GRCH V Alta-Tollhaus Gavin schH3, UWP, KKL1a, OFA EXCELLENT, DM-Clear MHDW ( Most Handsome Dog In World) To err is human, to forgive, is canine.

10-16-2012, 10:35 PM	#24 (permalink)
Meeah'sMom Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 77	I love the saddle backs and got one, but I now have a real fondness for black. Although, it really depends on the individual GSD as I've never seen one that I didn't think was beautiful in some way!

10-16-2012, 10:36 PM	#25 (permalink)
Capone22 Master Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Southern California Posts: 935	The darker the better here too. Saddle is my least favorite of all the markings. Sent from my iPhone using PG Free

12-15-2012, 10:34 AM	#26 (permalink)
Argus New Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 21	I don't have a preference but have one saddle back and two blankets.

12-15-2012, 11:01 AM	#28 (permalink)
Rerun Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,988	Wolfstraum's preferences are identical to mine, except I would reverse the order of bi-colors and solid blacks. But since all my GSD's are adopted, color wasn't really a preference/option. So I have two saddle backs and one bi-color.

12-19-2012, 11:58 PM	#30 (permalink)
huntergreen Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,199	blanket back for me.

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