Hahaha!!! I have enough trouble convincing people that my grey (or is it black--she's mostly black when in coat) sable is a GSD and not a wolf! Now, here's an interesting little tidbit re. sables... A red sable is a grey sable that carries the recessive "intensity" gene for darker redder tan. Paulette ----- Original Message ----- From: "pmick12" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "showgsd-l digest users" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Horand - grey or sable? Oh, you troublemaker, you! What we know and what we say are two different things....can't you just picture someone posting that they have a new agouti puppy? It probably wouldn't have a prosternum, either............. ROFL peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Peggy writes: "If there are agouti-coloured GSDs, we'd call them sables, > too, probably." > > > Sables *are* agouti-colored GSD's. "Agouti" is the proper term for sable. > > > > Paulette ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================