Black / Sable GSDs with showline confirmation - Page 3

I had a male (Olex Aritar Bastet) from Justa Aritar Bastet,V-1 conformation and sister to Jaguar. And their mother, Cara Junak,IPO3, was V in conformation and a Tom z PS daughter.

I don't understand.  What makes them not blk/red? In the pictures of, say, Ronaldo it looks like there might be red flecks on the sides. Is that what is the difference?  I know this is a really basic thing but I just don't get it. (Not a novel feeling on my part, BTW.)

I have a club member who owns a 100% DDR male who will no doubt rate a V ranking when he achieves his title. He has already done well with several SV Judges. His work is very good and he is a wonderful, very dark black sable with some red highlights. He is large and solid too and hits like a ton of bricks and I am always happy for someone else to be taking those bites!

Allaboutthedawgs, you need to read about sables on Maggie's website (www.arlett.de). Just click on "Sables". It is very informative. If you are inquiring about my husband's Ronaldo: He is a red sable, hence the red colour. A good example is Ronaldo's son, Kaleb vom Silbersee. http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/478358.html He was born very red and looked like a Mali puppy. He now has a lot of black in his coat, but at the time the photo was taken he was approximately 10 weeks old. I have not seen him since he left here right before this photo, but I hear that he looks great. What is very interesting is that he comes from two sable parents. My K-litter consisted out of mostly sables, just one puppy was black and red. And her black was very pronounced, no white in her saddle. All sable puppies had a very rich red colour. So, it is a myth that breeding two sables produces washed out dogs. It all depends on the genes for pigment which the dogs carry. You can have washed out sables and washed out black and tans (or even reds). I personally prefer dogs with rich pigment. Chris

Okay. I'll read that and see if it clarifies things. Thanks.