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just wondering what colours could you get when you breed 2 all black dogs that have 1 parent that is black and tan and the other has sable. would you get black and tans and some blacks etc..? also breeding an all black dog to a sable what could you get? just wondering about what you could get. thanks.

solid black to solid black = solid black; however, bear in mind that it is possible that in time they could have some tan hairs between the toes, or a tiny bit of "bleed-through" on the lower legs in certain seasons and coat phases.

As for black to sable, it will depend mostly on the genetiocs of the sable.  Some sables are homozygous and will produce nothing BUT sables.  Some have black recessive and may have bicolors in their background, so that they could possibly give you a litter containing all three... sable, solid black, and bicolor.

black to black = entire litter will be black.  No other option.  Black to sable, depends on what recessive the sable carries.  If the sable is sable/sable, all puppies will be sable with black recessive.  If the sable is sable/blacktan, puppies will be sables with black recessive, and black/tan with black recessive (no black puppies).  If the sable is sable/black, then you will get sable with black recessive, and black.

molly

Some black dogs don't carry the black gene though I thought? You should be getting mostly solid blacks or bi colors possibly

Even with black, you may see white spots, markings.

black dogs carry two black genes and no other possibility.  And since black is recessive to every other color, a black /black pairing will only produce blacks.  If there is a bicolor gene present, that dog will be a bicolor, not black as the bicolor/blacktan gene is dominant over black.  White markings on chest and/or toes can present with any color, on black it just shows up better :)

molly