Here is a theory. If your GSD has a black spot on its tongue, it carries the recessive gene to pass along black dogs. What do you all think? Have any of you noticed this in your breeding?
In almost 8 years as a vet tech I have seen many GSD's 99% of them with papers and some that did have a black or purple spot on their tongue but they were all black and tans or black and reds. I think it falls into that same category or whatever people wanna call it about dogs having a white spot on their chest. The few dogs that I did meet that had offspring all turned out to look just like the parents.
The same dog had a white circle on his chest too. There is a post under "working line german shepherds" that explains that it isn't anything and alot of good working dogs actually have it. Maybe the black spot is the same?
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Not sure about that theory...
There are a LOT of purebred Golden Retrievers out there with blue/black spots on their tongues.
Now that would be interesting- a black Golden? I suppose you couldn't really call it "Golden" then, could you? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
There are a LOT of purebred Golden Retrievers out there with blue/black spots on their tongues.
Now that would be interesting- a black Golden? I suppose you couldn't really call it "Golden" then, could you? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Hmm....guess not <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I have noticed a lot of purebred Goldens with the infamous white spot on their chest too, have you seen this? Also, we had a Golden come into the clinic last week and topped the scales at 105 lbs. That is friggin crazy.
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we had a Golden come into the clinic last week and topped the scales at 105 lbs.
That IS friggin crazy, you're right. Was it fat or just ungodly big?
As for the white spot, no I haven't seen that infamous little mark up here. Mind you, it's been a while since I was either watching Goldens or working in a vet clinic, so I could very well be outta the 'loop.'
I like the theory that anything with a black mark on its tongue has Chow blood. I have also heard that any dog with a nose without pigment has pit bull in it (you know, from the old school "red nose" pits.) I suppose that means that because my border collie has pink spots on her nose she is a pit bull mix. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Dumb people amuse me.
Not as much as I did when I worked at the Animal Shelter. I now work for a low cost spay/neuter and wellness clinic and the people somewhat have a little more sense but just a little.
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