German shepherd coat patterns

The black German shepherd is one of the many different coat colors and patterns that are associated with the German shepherd breed. The black German shepherd is not a separate dog breed from the German shepherd breed like the white German shepherd which is recognized as a separate dog breed by some kennel clubs.

The black coat of the German shepherd is the result of genes passed down to the pup by the parents but before we delve into the genetics of the black German shepherd we need to have a brief understanding of the German shepherd coat colors and coat patterns.

The German shepherd breed comes in wide varieties of coat colors such as: black & tan, black & silver, black & cream, black & red, blue, blue & silver, blue & cream, blue & tan, blue & red, liver, liver & cream, liver & tan, liver & red, white, sable, solid black, solid white, solid liver, solid blue etc.

The German shepherd breed also come in different coat patterns (or markings), which can be seen in how the coat color of the German shepherd dog is distributed on its body and face. Coat patterns include:

• The saddle back pattern: this is considered the classic look for the German shepherd in which the German shepherd appears to be wearing a black saddle on its back.
• Blanket back pattern: this is the same as the saddle back but it covers a much larger part of the dog’s body stretching down to the dog’s sides like a blanket.
• Bi-color pattern: in this coat pattern the dog has two coat colors; one of the colors is like an extended blanket back pattern that covers the entire body of the dog except for its lower extremities (the legs or lower parts of the legs in some case and perhaps the face) where the second color can be seen.
• Solid pattern: here the dog is just one color like the all white or all black German shepherd dog.
• Sable pattern: the dogs will have bindings of color on each of their individual hair. The hairs on the sable are tipped meaning that ends of the hairs will be black and the rest of the hair will be any color. This will result in wide range of colors in the sable pattern.

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