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Hey fantastic photos Wys. What a super dog!
Most of the research is going on here - http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/dogcolors.html
Sorry, don't want to go too off topic but got to comment on tht site. It's been around a long time. Some of the content is good. Edit: Was a bit...
I assess the merit of a webpage on the content I happen to know most about. I have limited experience of Siberian behaviour, so went straight to the...
Not to mention the expense of running ~30 computers. I'm dumbstruck :shock:
Thanks both of you... good info. Look fwd to more photos :-)
Hi DK. Is your GSD normal black & tan or 'sable'? There is often this banding on B&T pattern too, particularly the faded type which is common in...
Yes, great photos! This banding is typical of the wolf sable colour pattern. The overall colour looks a lot lighter in the dogs we have been...
Got to agree with you Louise. I've been following this thread as there has been some very informative and sensible discussion but it has also hit...
Sorry yes it was a typo. In the post below.... should have been aw. 'a' is for the Agouti series and 'w' is for wolf sable.
Ok. sw - is the gene for wolf sable. This is the colour pattern that's most common in Siberians and Malamutes and occurs in the GSD too (the three...
Ok Becky, what do you think? Here's my thoughts... aw Sw Sw T It would be much easier with a photo of her newborn but if I'm correct, she...
Gets curiouser and curiouser :shock: I'm going to have to go some of these breed gatherings! Any more photos and info on her colour would be much...
Yes, lovely! Really interested now :-) do you have any close-ups... especially of the mottledy parts on her back. And do you happen to know the...
Beautiful dogs... I love the eyes! Interesting coat colour too. Do you have any photos of Sapphire standing up?
I think this is perhaps why working gundogs have a long dock compared to the cosmetic short dock of the showring. It's short enough to prevent most...
Hi Patch :grin: Can't disagree that there are some dogs that cope extremely well on three legs but the fact remains that they would never be as...
Good post Ramble. Agree with most of what you say.....as usual:-) I think it's a case of weighing up the initial trauma and subsequent...
Yes I realise there is the tax issue but are you sure this was the original reason and that it has nothing to do with injury?
No, not for me it doesn't Kruse:mrgreen: Let me start by saying that I am totally against cosmetic docking. I have very little experience of...