Difference between Bi Color and B&T? - Page 1

What is the difference between the B&T and the Bi-Color? Are the markings different etc?

Therese

Sometimes you hear someone refer to a TRUE bi-color as a dog with no tan on the face... only tan on the lower legs.

I think a bi-color has very little tan or red markings. Their face is predominately black, small amount of tan/red on legs and no grey hairs on their back. Bl/Tn has alot more color forming a blanket or saddle with markings on their face, top of head etc. Thats how I see it anyway.

a true bi-color is has brown/red/tan on the lower legs, under the tail and may have 'eyebrow spots', while the rest of the body is black.  not so many bi-colors seen these days....  it is not a so-called blanket-back, nor a black sable.  this is a dog with markings similar to a rottweiler, but usually there is a smaller amount of brown/red/tan on the legs than a rottie shows.  some bi-colors have only brown frosting on the feet and under the tail; indeed, some dogs called black (which have minimal frosting) are actually bi-colors.

I agree with trailrider and kellyj. It's also more common for bi-colors to have tar-heels & penciling on the toes.

Here's an example of a bi-color:

www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/374313.html

And here's one of a black & tan, some dog's in his pedigree are also blk & tan.

www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/485291.html

Hope that helps a little.

~Lauren

so would a dog like falk von den wolfen be a bi or b&t

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/492895.html

here is what I think is a true bi colour

and I would say Falk is a black and tan

Thats a big help Thanks !

I should have looked before i typed, he is b&t.