"Bright Spots" in coat color. Is this a problem? - Page 2

the Ol'Line Rebel, what I shared was an observation, not any kind of statement offered as "proof".  Even my lightest colored sable from westlines has a black stripe down the belly.

Mines got the black belly & chest, but on the inside of the back of his thighs it's lighter, & he's a dark sable (not black sable).

Hi again, sorry, I just get irritated about color/marking old-wive's tales.

Just because it's in the standard doesn't make it true - people still believe white is a dilution factor and will ruin pigment, but it simply isn't true - true whites have solid black points.  E.g.  False myths die hard, especially when they were handed down by "all-knowing" "experts" of the elite in the breed, such as Lloyd Brackett.  And as a result, they remain in standards by the elites prejudiced by the elites of yesteryear.

Thanks everyone for the comments. 

I know this is normal for GSD's but, the point I was trying to make was that Apache's are "very" light.  I understand the underbelly is generally always lighter in color but, usually it's a light tan whereas hers seems to be light creme and not trying to pick my own dog apart (which I'm constantly critiquing her), I just thought hers were lighter than most.  Though, I have noticed this in other dogs, just not as often.  And for the majority of her color to be such a nice rich color, it just seemed funny that she would be so much lighter underneath...not tan but, creme.  My lighter colored girl actually has a darker underneath than Apache does.  I just wondered if the underbelly on some dogs is getting "too" light.  You know, like instead of a dog with two colors i.e., black and tan or black and red, you now would have a tri-colored dog, black and red and creme.

Thanks for your input!

That's interesting and good info!!!