Oh no, you have to post a picture so I know what your talking about. I'm so visual, even though your description is good!

 

Both of my GSD's have had those black spots. I tell people those are the bolts that hold his head on (like Frankenstein).

 

I think OP is talking about that little black dot on the face that the one whisker comes out of. lol I have wondered about that too, why its a different color. Or I might be totally off base.

 

Here is a picture

 

these

 

Two More - One is of what I had to go through to get the last one

Can anyone say Land Shark:laugh:

 

Two More - One is of what I had to go through to get the last one

:spittingcoffee: Ack! landshark! love that first one.

 

Fiona has those. I wondered what they are and then I saw other GSD with them. So I figured it must be normal. Tell people that is where bubbi (grandma) pinch her cheeks for being so cute.


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Yep - exactly

 

My girls dots


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I dont know what they are but they are all so cute.:wub:

 

It has to be something inherent in european shepherds... my belgian has them as well. I wonder if white shepherds have some discoloration in those spots as well?

 

Are German Shepherds related to the Belgian Malinoi? I probably could not tell them apart from photos, but I am sure the experts could. They do appear to have these two black dots in their marking from the photos I have looked at.

So the questions is do ALL purebred German Shepherds have these dots and if not is that an indication of not being pure bred?

I'm really getting curious now.

Thanks for sharing the photos. You all have some very beautiful dogs, or should I say family members.

 

The black dots are where their whiskers come out of, just like lily said.

My little girl is black and white and her whisker dots are black on both sides.

 

Is there just the one, or is the second hidden behind the crate bar?
Beautiful girl too.

 

Gypsy has two on both sides of her face. I think my dad said they were moles, like the beauty marks some people have on their bodies.

 

Fiona's face has gotten darker since her first heat. Her Beauty marks were obvious. Now they are. Blending in.


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Eko has them too, I thought it was where his whiskers came out but when I checked its more like a marking, on him anyway.

 

Lisl has them too and so did Ossie.

 

They are for identifying Germam Shepherds.

 

Finn has the two divots on both sides, but they don't have any discoloration in them. When looked at from a certain angle, they divots look dark, but, as his breed, he doesn't have a speck of color on him fur wise.

 

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A very good and puzzling question, my shepherds have always had them.


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My Axel has them too. I call them his beauty marks.

 

Piper has them too..so does Zeus. Here are a few of Piper, showing the black dot on her cheek

 

 

Those lovely small spots on a German Shepherds’ face are not moles at all. Instead, they are the home to vibrissae, a special type of whiskers that help the dog learn about his or her surroundings by transmitting sensory images to the dog’s brain. Regular moles look very different.

Those sweet little beauty marks or ‘moles’ that appear as dark patches of fur on the sides of your German Shepherd’s face have nothing to do with the sort of moles humans, and yes, dogs get. Instead, they’re part of your pooches shared genetic inheritance. The dark fur spots aren’t universal, but they’re prevalent for GSDs. (German Shepherd Dogs)
The little whiskers that stick out of these ‘moles’ are actually part of a complex set of sensory organs. The hairs sense things from the environment around your dog. It’s like having an extra set of eyes or a nose that smells in a different spectrum.
Vibrissae transmit sensory data directly into your dog’s brain. It helps paint a picture of their world. In turn, that picture helps them understand and translate their surroundings. Rather than being aesthetic, the vibrissae are functional, though I think they’re darn cute too.

 

I had to go look on my old man as i never really noticed that 😅 His are very faint but he is 11 now and i remember them being darker before the gray took over his face.