whats your take - Page 4

u may be right but no other dogs in my yard , all females ,even the stud was from a vet doctor far from. my state

two occurred in the litter , a male and a female but lost the female immediately at birth

 Folks are going to demand a DNA test for absolute proof. And then still not believe it! Enjoy your pup, just don't expect to be getting rich because of it. For a pedigree GSD, it is still a fault, besides being an oddity. Seems like a happy little pup, and will make a great pet for someone.

Yea, it is a happy, nice looking puppy. I imagine this happens (whatever it was ) more than we all realize.

It is wild to me that when I take my dark sable German Shepherds to town that many folks make the comment, "Those dogs are beautiful. They look just like German Shepherds. What kind of dogs are they?" Obviously, many people think if a German Shepherd is not a black and tan saddleback that it is not full-blooded or a true German Shepherd. LOL

Seeing that pup reminds me of this "piebald" German Shepherd. [link]

That being said, I've seen some pretty unusual mutations, both colour and structural, so who is to say it can't happen? I breed ball pythons, a hobby that revolves around breeding specifically for the most unique colors and patterns. Not to hijack this, but here are three of my animals, all the same species, but displaying the effects of promoting 'funky colour' mutations.

["Normal" ball python. No visibly expressed 'funky colours.']

 

[1 gene: recessive- expressed]

 

[3 genes: 1 dominant-expressed, 2 co-dominant-expressed heterozygously]

 

While I treat random mutations in the dog world with a degree of skepticism, I do fully believe such things can happen. It's not very common, but not impossible.

 

I suspect some dog jumped the wall to get to your female--you'd be surprised what a motivated male dog will do. ;) Heck, sometimes I'm surprised what a female dog will do to get to a male she likes! :)

J.C. Carroll -- that "GSD" is a perfect example of non-GSDs being introduced to get new colors into the breed, IMO. Both parents may be AKC registered, but somewhere in the family tree, there's a non-GSD or two. Looks like cattle dog and/or Border Collie (or a cross), to me.

Christine

High mortality rate breeding coloured snakes, quiet disgusting what people do to animals for $.

Agree on the cattle dog cross in that pic.

I'd bet something like a Cattle Dog got to your bitch.

thanks for all yo contributions, anyways I checked for cattle dog breed online , none was like the pup and I repeat I only keep females and my yard ,even a tiger can't jump the fence ,its nothing similar to cattle dogs I searched online ,check the skeletal appearance and the phenotype its nothing but the appearance of a Gsd thanks , would have done DNA test but none is in my country for now ..thanks

I agree with Cattle dog or some other cross. Repeating litter I see?