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Ah right! I can see where the comparison to breast stroke comes from then....... I bet they don't do the frog action with the hind legs though...
Don't suppose they had BAER testing back then. When was it first available for dogs?
Hi Jules :-) There are quite compelling data to support the elimination of unis and bis from breeding. Research by Strain & Telford (1996)...
I must be the youngster in this bunch.....I didn't have my first Shepherd until 1975 :lol: she was half Brittas breeding. There's some nice...
Two beautiful dogs DP! The x breed looks to be a wolf sable, very similar to a sable GSD.
It's not easy to determine shade in photos but yes, Mist could be lilac, or she could be just a pale brown (BC people call red). The nose pigment is...
Yes, it's certainly possible to get lilac in BCs but maybe they know it by some other name.... fawn for example? It's a combination of two...
Hi wildmoor. Willis made the proposal some time ago that there were two sable alleles in the GSD, golden and grey but research since then seems to...
That's very interesting Sue! I too have heard of the link between white and black in Shepherds but there is no known genetical explanation for this....
I'd have to agree with the KC on this one. It's not possible to get blue pigment on a dog that has black pigment. What you were probably seeing was...
They may look similar but are very different genetically and they are in fact different pigment types. The BC 'red' is eumelanin whereas the...
You're absolutley right random! The Border Collie 'red' and white is in fact the same as a liver and white Spaniel but the Blenheim Cavalier is very...
Tan is the generic term for all shades of phaeomelanin form dark red to cream/silver. Gold is just one shade of tan.
You're welcome....hope you're still enjoying the thread :grin:
There's no specific genetic difference between a grey sable and a black sable. Black sables just tend to have more eumelanin pigment. Sables with...
If there is white on this dog, as Helena says, it's most likely very pale tan. This dog is tanpoint pattern which is referred to as bicolour in...
As I don't know you or your friend, miss mating is a possibility that I didn't rule out. Even the best breeders do occasionally have these anyway...
If you scroll down this page there's photos of different types of sable. http://www.kerstoneshepherds.net/colors/colors2.htm
Nope Helena. This another black & tan bicolour. Sable is more of an all over pattern without the distinctive tan points. I'll look for some good...
Hmmm that's being a bit over-pedantic Joedee :? 'Sable' is often the term used to describe this pattern as a colour in Shepherds and other breeds....
