BLACK AND RED

COLOUR

"NO GOOD DOG CAN BE A BAD COLOUR" MAX VON STEPHANITZ CONSIDERED TO BE THE FATHER OF THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG BREED, AND PRESIDENT OF THE VEREIN FAR SCHAFERHUNDE (SV) 1923

THE COLOUR OF THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG IN ITSELF IS NOT IMPORTANT, AND HAS NO EFFECT ON THE CHARACTER OF THE DOG OR IT'S FITNESS FOR WORK. IT SHOULD BE A SECONDARY CONSIDERATION FOR THAT REASON. THE FINAL COLOUR OF A YOUNG DOG CAN ONLY BE ASCERTAINED WHEN THE OUTER COAT HAS DEVELOPED.

THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG COMES IN A VARIETY OF COLOURS. SOLID BLACK, BLACK AND TAN, BLACK AND RED, BLACK AND SILVER, BLACK AND GREY, BLACK AND CREAM, SOLID GREY, OR SABLE. SABLES RANGE IN COLOUR FROM GREY TO RED TO BLACK.

AS WELL AS THE ABOVE COLOURS, THERE ARE SOLID WHITE,
SOLID BLUE, BLUE AND TAN, SOLID BROWN(LIVER, RED), LIVER (BROWN,RED) AND TAN.

BLACK AND SILVER

THE COLOUR OF CHOICE IS A PERSONAL ONE. CERTAIN BREED REGISTRIES WILL NOT ACCEPT RED(LIVER, BROWN), BLUE, OR WHITE IN THE BREED RING. THEY WILL HOWEVER ACCEPT ALL COLOURS IN THE OBEDIENCE RING. THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS.

BLACK AND TAN

SOLID BLACK

LIVER (BROWN) WITH TAN MARKINGS

BLUE WITH RED MARKINGS
PHOTOS COURTESY OF: SANDY SPRAGUE

A VARIETY OF COLOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN A LITTER, FROM THE SAME SIRE AND DAM.

THIS PHOTO COURTESY OF RED ROCK SHEPHERDS

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