Blue Bay Shepherds - Page 4

That's a blue dog? It's so hard to tell.

Hundmutter & Susie, you could surely pick him out of a line-up, couldn't you? Even with the time lapse, he's the same Ely/Combover/Little Mohawk. I'd know him anywhere. I am partial to dogs who have a certain character early on that does not change.

Koots, he's very fortunate, indeed. He landed in a wonderful spot.

I am more than glad he got a wonderful home - this was the first time in my life a "picture" of a dog was able to attach me.

Reliya, it's more obvious when they're puppies. The adult colouring tends to be a bit more like a regular GSD, except the eyes are usually lighter in colour.

Edit: okay, I just HAD to find his puppy photos! 

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/community.read?post=768802-puppy-with-weird-headanyone-seen-anything-like-this

Wow, that was a loooong thread! More pics:  http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/community.read?post=768802-puppy-with-weird-headanyone-seen-anything-like-this&p=19

Reliya, like Sunny says Blues as adults tend to be less obviously "blue". If they are saddle or blanket marked (B&R pattern), you often have to get them standing in the right light, when the slightly muddy, duskyish sheen of the blue hair shows up as "not black"; I had a self-blue long-coat though and he was almost liverish (but not quite a Liver) as an adult, so he looked clearly different (though whether anyone unfamiliar with the breed would have termed him "blue" is anyone's guess).

Thank you for the reminder, Sun - I really fell in love with this guy...

Reliya, he had a midline defect of sorts- birth defect on his head. He had a strip of missing hair, which is how he got his goofy nicknames. When his one ear went over it, we called him "Combover." The rest of the time he was Little Mohawk. It is nowhere near as obvious now but it was bizarre as anything I'd ever seen when he was little. Several vets were consulted. All agreed it was just a flukey congenital defect of harmless nature.