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Like any other dog breed, German Shepherds come in a variety of colors and color combinations/patterns. Apart from the black, cream, blonde, and ivory-white colorations, German Shepherds are rarely of single solid color as most have patterned coats. Some colors and patterns such as sable and saddleback are common and desired. But not all colorations…
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Silver also known as Grey German Shepherd is a Sable dog with a cream to light cream pheomelanin shade. Silver German Shepherds are not grey-silver like the Poodle caused of the progressive greying of black eumelanin by the greying gene. Instead, this coloration is caused by the reduction of the red/yellow pheomelanin pigment intensity to…
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The German Shepherd is a unique breed that many doggie lovers find appealing and alluring. This is thanks to his dominant presence, work ethic, loyalty, devotion to family, versatile nature, and more. But like any other breed, GSDs come in a variety of colors and patterns, some rare and some more common than others. The…
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As one of America’s favorite breeds, the German Shepherd is a truly impeccable ball of fluff. This is thanks to his work ethic, devotion, loyalty, loving nature, elegant coat, and endless kisses he has to offer. But like any other breed, German Shepherds come in a variety of coat colors and patterns, one being the…
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The German Shepherd is one of America’s favorite dog breeds. This is thanks to his imposing presence, work ethic, devotion, loyalty, and endless love he has to offer. But like any other breeds, they come in several colors and patterns including brown traditionally known as liver in German Shepherds. Liver German Shepherds are light to…
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Tan refers to German Shepherds that are tan in combination with another color. This can be black and tan, liver, and tan, blue and tan, and isabella and tan. The tan parts are due to a slightly lightened red pheomelanin pigment giving it a brownish-red appearance due to the activities of the intensity gene. This…
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Red on German Shepherds is a rich mahogany color on sections of the coat. It does not come as pure color. All GSDs called red German Shepherds are a combination of red on specific sections of the coat with darker-colored sections. This darker color can be black, liver/brown, blue, or isabella/lilac usually concentrated on the…
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The Bi-color German Shepherd is a two-toned German Shepherd color variation. In most instances, this term is used to refer to the black and tan and saddle tan or creeping tan GSD variations. But in essence, black and tan is a hue of the tan point GSD while saddle tan is a saddleback GSD both…
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Cream is a shade of the larger white German Shepherd color variation. White German Shepherds come in various shades ranging from yellowish/golden to cream to snow white. These shades are caused by different amounts of red pigment on the coat. Cream GSDs simply have more red pigment compared to their ivory-white counterparts but they all…
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A golden-colored or blonde German Shepherd is a sight to behold. The Blonde German Shepherd is an uncommon GSD color variation characterized by a light-colored creamish to yellowish coat. The yellowish shade mostly appears on the dog’s posterior section/dorsal surface with interspersed cream to beige hairs especially on the dog’s underside, below the neck and…