All our bi-colored GSDs - Page 3

nice, all of them. thanks for sharing.

a question on bi-color, what about the color around the vent. is it always the same?

Rik

Remione1...
I really like the build of your female faja! Gotta love those little females!! They are usually little balls of fire...


Jenni...
Capri has such a nice head shape and expression!


Do any of you guys get the "IS THAT A WOLF?" question while in public? I always do! I could understand that with a sable, but bi color??? People are so wierd!


My boy...

 Jagar as a puppy
Waiting for our BH critique

Kelly J=Love your boy...and I "do" love the spot on the tongue...

Greg=I've always loved your boy too...He's absolutely gorgeous!

I LOVE all the colors of our Beautiful German Shepherds...the only thing that I must say is that the Darker the Pigment the Better...

*The Greys (Sables) are absolutely beautiful as long as there's Dark Pigments

*The Black & Tans are gorgeous as long as the colors are very true and dark...

*The Blacks are beautiful as long as they have a nice "Head Set"...

...and*The Bi-Colors are probably my favorite...but once again they're nothing if their colors are faded out....

...so all in all...The Pigments MUST be DARK as Possible!

~Bob~

Thanks Bob for the compliment you have given (to all the dogs) .................... for me yes a nice looking dog is very nice BUT ..... I pride the working ability over the looks if "I" had to choose ............... I know that it is suppose to be both combined into one  .................... but I look at the working ability in a dog first ........................ for instance "IF" my dog had only one ear up at 3 yrs .................... I sure as hell would be disappointed but would not get rid of him because of that ..................... I would still work him as "MY" passion was police dog handling back prior to retirement and now the Sch sport. Just my thoughts ............................. Regards to all the good looking Bi-colours on this site  .......  Yours in the Sport !   Greg

Good description of Bi-color Molly,can you also have a true bi color if the feet dont have the black penciled toes but just all tan?,I personaly like the all black heads but with tan Eyebrows, i dont seem to see that many out there,was Troll B. a Bi color since the SV does not use the term ? Also can some bi-colors be solid black under the tail or never ?

 I also have a bi color related ? The female on this sight named Afra Vom Haus Feller appears to have been a bi-color but someone made a coment on her that this is not her real picture can others verify this? or have access to a real picture of the female?

Bicolors always have black on the toes, and behind the hocks/wrists.  They never have tan behind the ears or on the face other than the distinct tan markings ie eyebrows, cheekspots, throat, chest, and vent areas.  (and legs of course).  They have lighter tan (often almost white) between the back legs, but are black under the belly/chest.  If the dog has no black toes or has shadings behind the ears etc, it is not a bicolor dog.

Here is one of my dogs who is VERY dark black/tan - NOT bicolor though as you can see she is very very dark. Note the tan behind the ears, and lack of toe marks. also the tan under the chest.  Otherwise, "almost" bicolor and many would call her that, but genetically she is not (and she does not produce bicolor either, demonstrating bicolor as a separate genetic color from black/tan).
 

Here is a son of the above dog and a sable/black sire - he is even darker than his mother, and yet still NOT a bicolor dog.  Dark black/tan. No toe marks, tan behind the ears - not bicolor.



another very dark black/tan - not bicolor dog.  almost, and some would call her bicolor, but she is not.  Unrelated to the above dogs.  her sire is black, dam is "traditional" black/tan.




One of my other dogs, from a bicolor dam and a black sire.  She IS bicolor.

This my girl Essa - she's the baby and the littlest of the family, but the biggest by far in terms of attitude. She got her first herding title at 1 year...she loves them sheepies!! She's the first bicolor I've had - I especially like her feet - each toe has a black stripe that runs down it, blending into her nail...

Very helpful info Molly and  i would have called some of thoses pictured bi-colors but i would have been wrong,sounds like the key always to look for is the black penciled toes,if feet are tan only its not a bi-color and a true bi will never have tan behind the ears,will they always have tan under tail and do you always see the black penciled toes by 8 weeks,that one Afra dog I was taking about does have the black on the toes, now it would be nice to know if this is the real picture of her or not. I suspect it is correct though.Does a Bi act like a solid black gene when passing the color?