You are right Amy. I bred a dark sable bitch to Stonehavens Goodtime Charley a beautiful salble...had a litter of 9 and 2 were black and tans. Yup, does happen Molly In a message dated 2/7/2013 11:43:35 A.M. Central Standard Time, genoaktortoise@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Barbara.......that statement is not true. I know of several people who have bred two sables together and got black and tan puppies. I evev know of one litter where 80% of the puppies were black and tan. Since sable is the dominant gene, you would not think that would happen.......but it does. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================