Show Me your Sables - Page 8

Hmm. Not sure if it's a rule, per se, but I do see more sables w/a very dense undercoat than other colors. These 2 have much thicker coats than my other sable or either of my blacks. My bicolor has a very thick coat, but no one can compare to the shedding and density of undercoat on these 2 boys I pictured. It is so thick that you really have to use some kind of pick to get into it; a furminator won't work b/c the teeth are too close. 

As I said, I have a sable w/a more "normal" coat than these, so I don't think we can paint with such a wide brush. I have one black w/an average coat and one black w/a thick coat that blows it like a sable almost. The other black doesn't blow her coat except on her back thighs, and the rest of the year just sheds moderately. <shrug>.

Here is my boy Capone (3yr) with his Daughter Aly (1 yr).

I never thought much about it either until this thread, and wondered why I haven't noticed it so prominantly in other dogs.  On your boys pedigree pic, I could almost mistake your dog for mine, they look like brothers.  I can see some of what you're saying, a little moreso than the hints I see of it in my boy's sire, just not really obvious.  Brushing never blended the black strips together, that I can recall.

My boy was sable and had deep red undertones.

My Favorite color is Sable with awesome pigment! And I completely understand why they named this big boy Ox!

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 It's not that it blended the black together; it's just that when you take out the undercoat w/a Furminator, you lose some of the clarity in the lines. If untouched (which he has been for a few mos; I should take a current pic), it's SUPER noticeable. 

Nina when she was a pup...

And Nina now.


Urso as a pup

And Urso now...

JRANSOM,

Nina is gorgeous.  There is something about her face and expression that is captivating.. 
Urso is very handsome too, but there is something about Nina..  Beautiful girl, thanks for sharing.

KIM

www.justk9s.com

YogiBear, I would not consider Lisa a patterned sable....My opinion of a patterned sable is one that has a saddle that is sable, and there is not a significant amount of sabling on the legs and the rest of the body....Now That is my opinion of a patterned sable.....I am not saying it is a documented description by an expert, but only my opinion....I am sure someone else has another opinion and description, which I would not argue that their opinion is wrong and mine is right....We are all right in our own way of describing the same pattern..