My puppy is now just under four months old. She is a healthy, playful, and loyal puppy. However, her appearance has changed since I brought her home about eight weeks ago. She was silver sable colour (mixed with tan) and her hair was plush. Now she is white and tan and her hair is short(ish).
I include photos of her at age six weeks, eleven weeks, and sixteen weeks. Any comments would be appreciated. Thank you.
At six weeks:
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg200...
At eleven weeks:
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg200...
At sixteen weeks:
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg200...
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg200...
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
"purebred" has become a rescue group and BYB term meaning "I think it looks like a (whatever breed)".
And totally ignore the opinions of those people who can't even SPELL our breed! If they can't recognise a spelling %26amp; function, no way do they have the experience to recognise a breed!
If your pup comes from a reputable breeder who registered the litter (and if that's not where she comes from, shame on you for encouraging greedies %26amp; idiots to keep "breeding"), it is legally a GSD until such time as you pay for a DNA test that proves that its sire or dam were not the animal listed when it was registered.
If there is any other breed in her ancestry, I'd say that it is well back.
Her shape is fairly typical of the NAmerican deviation from the GSD breed, probably mercifully not as exaggerated as their show winners.
The first picture was quite typical of the "biscuit" colouration phase of a traditional sable's development, although showing it slightly earlier than I get in my lines. (As it was taken at 6 weeks old, I HOPE you had to wait another week or two before being allowed to take her home.)
She does now have too much "white" in front. It doesn't appear to be due to the Spotting genes, so I'd surmise that she has at least one self-white in her pedigree. Breeders of those tend to collect A^w (wolf sable) in the Agouti series and either Int (quietly bleaches tans to almost white) or int^m (quietly bleaches tans to light fawns) in the Intensity series. Based on the speed at which she is bleaching, I'd guess that she will have little actual tan by 2闄?years old, and may well have her saddle-area degrade from "black-tipped across a full area" to "brown-tipped across a reduced area" - although that latter is not an effect of the Intensity series, it is yet another effect collected by breeders of self-whites.
However, her facial mask is so strong that she will retain that, apart from the white under her nose spreading (in NZ I associate that marking with Dunmonaidh Junker, who was a grandson of both Quanto vd.Wienerau and Rossfort Premonition - I wonder whether both appear behind your pup?).
As you had doubts about her being pure-bred, it is obvious that you didn't buy her as a breeding prospect, so please study http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/The_G... so that you know the latest research on the ACTUAL (as opposed to folk-lore %26amp; old wives' tales) benefits %26amp; consequences of neutering at various ages, then work out the best age to have her neutered for your circumstances. I advise those who can guarantee that no male can reach their ****** that they should wait until at least a month after her first season, but better is after she reaches 2 years old, giving her bones time to reach maturity. Research continues, but there is a strong suspicion that too-early neutering increases the risk of hip dysplasia and elbow dysplasia.
Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_F...
"In GSDs" as of 1967
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
Thanks for the points .
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Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
I wouldn't think she is pure but close
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
She's really cute, but I don't think she's pure shepherd. Her shape and hair texture are different from a typical shepherd.
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
Where did you get her? She doesnt look entirely like a German Shepherd, but she very well could be. Sometimes dogs just look different from their standards....
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
she looks full shepherd to me. All puppys go through color and coat changes. She's probably shed out her puppy coat which is why her hair is short now. I suspect she'll remain generally light tan and black sable, but expect it change alot as she grows the first few years- her sabling will go through alot of different stages. :) -Neb
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
She is 100% German Shepherd and a very gorgeous puppy. you should be very proud of how well she has developed into a half grown adult.
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
she could be but she might also not be
but she's cute either way and can't you
test at the vet's office for genetics of
what breed a dog is i thought you can
but not sure
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
She looks to be a GSD mix...but if you got AKC registration papers saying shes purebred, Id insist on DNA!!!
If not, nevermind what she is and just love her!
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
YES YES YES beautiful dog. GSD's come in all shades she is very light but definately pure bred. you can get the ranging in colour from jet black to pure white. she's grogeous.
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
She isn't a pure bred.
I have a pure bred %26amp; it looked nothing like that.
I could be wrong.
It could be a shepard mix.
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
You have a beautiful German Shepherd! The coloring is gorgeous! Congratulations! KJL
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
very pretty pup but i don't think she is purebred,she does have the Shepperd ears.
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
You have a beautiful puppy. If she is not a purebred, she is very close. Only a DNA sample can give you the answer to your question though.
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
I've always had Shepherds...and a family member used to breed them. This is a sweet dog and undoubtedly is part Shepherd, but in pic of wk 16, her feet look too small for the rest of her body (and too small for a 16 wk old Shepherd) and her head is too large (unless the photo is distorted) The body proportions are just off. Also, her coat is too short and fluffy. Also, I have never seen a Shepherd that did not have the dark "mole" spots on the face. (not moles, but dark marks) (Shepherd owners know what I mean) It's a sweet dog....animals don't have to be purebred to be lovable!!!!
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
i thank she is a pure-bred German Shepherd
looks like one to me
+ she is really cut too
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
Beautiful puppy. Congrats on your purebred. Take a look at this page. Pay attention to the dog titled Cream Sable. She will probably look like this, but black/tans get lighter whereas sables get darker as they grow up. She will continue to change until about 2-3 years.
http://www.kerstoneshepherds.net/colors/...
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
Yes. I had one that looked like this. She looks like her pasturns are weak in the front. Feed her high. Feed her good food too ... Eagle Pack, Canidae, or Natures Variety.
Is This a Pure-bred German Shepherd dog (GSD)?
i think she is pure.they go through alot of changes the first year.she is beautiful!
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