Saddle Coat German Shepherd Dog

It is possible to have powder blue colors in the dog s coat but it is unlikely this will be solid.

Saddle coat german shepherd dog. It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site. In 1998 my good friend cathy of rowley ma. The saddle german shepherd dog is the most common. Some gsd s may have very few markings with a lot of dark color as in the case of a bi color saddle back german shepherd consider a blanket as opposed to a saddle while other gsd s may display the more traditional saddle back coloration with a lot of tan red or silver and much less black on the body with a dark mask when born a saddleback black and tan or red gsd puppy is much darker than they will be at adulthood.

We hope that you enjoyed these german shepherd coat descriptions. While a gsd may be accepted in competition they will likely be marked down for both this color and liver. Decided to get involved with my breeding program. The most common coat color of german shepherds is definitely black and tan.

Find german shepherd dogs and puppies from massachusetts breeders. Saddle back has a black saddle from the shoulders to the rear and the chest hips and legs are tan or red. With traditional coloring referred to as black tan. They can range from light to dark and include black silver gray tan and red.

Examples of a blanket back samson bear sissy. Additionally their intensity locus. Sable each individual hair is two toned or banded with black tips. The black color usually appears on their back as a saddle they also have black printed across their face like a mask.

Looking at the dog from the side it looks like the black is where a horse saddle would go. Throughout the 1990 s i have been working to preserve the original german shepherd dog the ddr. The other color of this shepard type is either red or ten. The main coat colors are saddle black panda white and sable.

The solid color german shepherd dog is less common than the saddle back but they shouldn t have any other differentiating characteristics. Their health status and temperament should not be informed by color. She too is an east german shepherd enthusiast with 5 dogs of her own and has a separate kennel nordosten kennel located in rowley. Some people call this type s coat a blanket pattern due to a patch of black fur which lays over his back resembling the shape of a saddle on a horse.

A white german shepherd is white because on the e locus they have 2 copies of e which means they can t produce black pigment eumelanin in their coat. German shepherd dogs are identified by their different coats.