Show me your Melanistic Blanket GSD - Page 5

Yes VM, but there is also a saddle sable.  So, I was wondering if this could be a combination of the two.

GST, The so-called "patterned sable"? I have a puppy turning out that way and would like to know the answer to that as well. 
(I was actually previously responding to Yogi but was unclear. Sorry!)

I am changing this threads - name - there is a show me your Bi-color and I saw some M Blanket backs on it - so this thread is dedicated to showing the other color that gets confused with the bi color and every other color....



I  think that alot of people don't know how to categorize this color.   Is there anybody else out there that has more pictures - it does seem that this color is rare.....  Input needed.. more pictures needed so there will be no more confusion....


Yogie

Yogie, what is the confusion?

Here is a break-down if it helps. 
www.shawlein.com/The_Standard/07_Colour_&_Pigment/Colour_&_Pigment.html


Color choices in GSD are black and tan, sable, bi-color, or black.  These colors are all genetically different.  A melanistic black and tan, or "blanket black" falls under the black and tan, the dog is just expressing more black coverage.

Blankets are not really that rare I don't think.  Not as common as sable, but I've seen plenty in American show lines and working lines.  In German show lines I would say they are rare, as I can only think of one off the top of my head.  My German show line was a blanket until he was a year old (he is very red and very very black) and now has a saddle and mask.  Since the genetics are the same, it is not uncommon for a dog to start as a puppy being a blanket black, then the "saddle" pattern, and possibly even fade quite considerably.

There are two at our club:
Jette vom Eichenluft SchH1


Sam vom Anker Haus SchH3


German show line type dog, Paddy Haus Dexel


WDA Nationals winner Bodo Bodo vom Flutgraben SchH3

The color pattern is not uncommon in my experience.  I have seen blankets out there.   Seems to go along with blacks in the pedigree.


Hutch von der Kalten Hardt

 

Bandit vom Oberhausener Kreuz


V Fax vom Tor zum Sauerland

My rescue Kacie, long coat blanket unknown lines, though guess is BYB...she is a sweetheart  for all she's been thru!
Can't get pic to load... link to PB acct with her beauty: 
http://s207.photobucket.com/albums/bb74/onyxpup/?start=60
 My bi-color is in the avatar along with the blanket back, difference is apparent.

Here is pictures of my girl as a pup and as an adult.