Show and Working Lines, 2 separate breeds

by Rexy on 11 January 2009 - 17:01

Mystere, people in Australia tend to be very cemented in their thoughts that a "real" GSD of good bloodlines should be black & tan/red and perceive that a colour variance including long coats to be a faulty animal. My male is a long coat regulary mistaken for a Belgian Shepherd or GSD mix. Can't say that I ever seen a sable GSD in the flesh and could imagine confusion occurring here in Australia as to what the dog is??? There is half a dozen breeders in Australia of working line GSD's from their websites appear predominately all black with hundreds breeding the traditional tan & black/red.

by Rexy on 11 January 2009 - 17:01

Mystere, people in Australia tend to be very cemented in their thoughts that a "real" GSD of good bloodlines should be black & tan/red and perceive that a colour variance including long coats to be a faulty animal. My male is a long coat regulary mistaken for a Belgian Shepherd or GSD mix. Can't say that I ever seen a sable GSD in the flesh and could imagine confusion occurring here in Australia as to what the dog is??? There is half a dozen breeders in Australia of working line GSD's from their websites appear predominately all black with hundreds breeding the traditional tan & black/red.

by animules on 11 January 2009 - 17:01

I have been asked what my girl in my avitar is mixed with. Silly people......

by Mystere on 11 January 2009 - 17:01

There is a type of sable, called "patterned sable" in the US that often appears, or could be considered, black & red. Bi-colors are usually black and red and easily recognized as gsds. These are the types with markings like a TV dog in the US called "London" in an old, old B&W show, "The Littlest Hobo." In patterned sables, the black is usually in a "blanket" over the back, rather than the usual saddle marking, and there looks like a "ruff" of red (or grey) at the neck. As puppies, the sables, patterned or otherwise, start out as brown or grey fluff-balls with a dark stripe down the back and a dark ring around the tail a inch or so from the base. The stripe and ring spread. It is sort of the opposite of the show line pups who start out looking like bi-colors and then the red spreads. :-) My first dog for schutzhund was half working and half show. She was a bi-color when I got her at 8 weeks. By nine months, she was the "usual" show line black & red. :-)

by Mystere on 11 January 2009 - 19:01

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