Amber Morgan Webboard User Reg: 10-18-2006
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Just wondering if anyone out there has a bi-color that they've had since puppy-hood and if so, have you noticed a "development" in their coloring?
I know the sable's coat changes considerably with age (which I think is really cool to see) and that some black and tans originally start out looking like bi-colors.
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All black & tans start out looking like bi-colors, then lighten. The difference is as pups, b & t's start out with brown chest band, but not bicolors. Sables.......each one a surprise package!
Amber, I'd love to know the answer too. My sister has a bi-color that is now a tri-color. Her dog is almost completely black but has some patches of tan on the lower portion of her paws; barely higher than her ankles. The breeder said she was a bi-color. But now her dog who is about to turn 12 months has a strip of silver going down the length of the underside of her tail.
So is she a bi-color? I'd love to know too. She does not have any tan on her chest whatsoever.
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Amber, Yes that is the chest band, but obviously if the pup in the picture is the same one as the dog in your signature, I couldn't be more WRONG!!! Black & tans do start out almost all black, but the brown grows in very fast.
Amber Morgan Webboard User Reg: 10-18-2006
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I wonder what the distinction is then. I heard a breeder refer to one of his dogs as a "hard-to-find true bi-color." Not sure what that means and haven't been able to find much on the internet about it.
I was under the assumption that a bi was mostly black with the tan mostly on the legs, but my pup has tan on his face as well, and that tiny band that has all but disappeared when his big-boy coat came in. He has a dab of tan under the tail too.
Maybe a "true" bi-color only has the tan on the legs. Just guessing, but wondering what the distinction is. Maybe no tan on the body?
Amber, I wouldn't worry about your pup going black & tan on you
Looks like he'll grow into a gorgeous bi-colour (I adore bi-colours as much as the dark sables, so beautiful).
The bi-colour pups start out much darker than the black and tans. They only have a touch of brown (like your Carbon as a baby), whereas the black & tans have brown/tan legs with brown/tan on their cheeks.
As adults the amount of tan they have varies; some dogs are almost solid blacks with only a touch of brown on their legs (and tan under their tails and belly), others have a bit on their cheeks as well.
I guess that a dog is considered black and tan when a visible "saddle" starts to appear, but there probably isn't a definite line separating the two colours.
Who knows? lol
I was watching a section of Ed's dominant dog DVD last night (the part on choosing a muzzle) and was in awe of just how magnificent CJ looks (Ed's CJ, not Kevin's ).
One of the most stunning shepherds I've ever seen... his colouring is beyond gorgeous and that head and expression... man what a dog.
I actually had to rewind that portion twice to go back and listen to what Ed was saying. I was so absorbed by CJ and staring at him so much that I didn't pay attention at all to Ed the first few times I watched that section
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