White Spot

Color and Markings
Allowed Colors: Black, red, blue, and fawn (Isabella). Markings: Rust, sharply defined, appearing above each eye and on muzzle, throat and forechest, on all legs and feet, and below tail. White patch on chest, not exceeding ½ square inch, permissible. Disqualifying Fault: Dogs not of an allowed color.
AKC.org

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that is all I know about the white on the chest... Ive never measured Duchess's spot to see if it actually is a half inch or less...

Amber has a large white slash on her chest and i do know it comes from a French breed which is in the doberman lines,i will check my reference books when i get home and will post the name of the breed.

brum, you are thinking of the beauceron.

Hey LD! Love that siggie!! But what on earth is the third pic of??? I'll probably kick myself and say OH YEAH, when you tell me, but I just can't figure it out now!

Bruno has two white toes. Which is the reason I picked him.

It's crazy though, because you would never even know that it is there unless you really inspected him. It's like maybe 10 hairs, at most.

AHHH! Now I see it! LOL, I told you, I look at it now and it is totally clear to me, but earlier I just couldn't make it out! It was like one of those pictures they used to publish in the newspaper that you had to stare at until it was suddenly clear Then after that, you saw it everytime.





*Kick* *Kick*

lol very true...haha

Yes Kim the book say's "another reason for considering that the Beauceron was used in the evolution of the Doberman is that this breed often carries a white patch on the chest,a trait which was apparent in the original Dobermans and still crops up occasionally today"

There are several myths about white spots on the chest. The biggest one is the one that claims that the so called "Warlock Doberman" (an oversized Doberman) can be identified by a number of things--size, cowlicks and a white spot on the chest. White spots (usually small) white hairs and white streaks (also usually small) occasionally show up on Dobes from almost any line you can think of. It means nothing unless it's so big as to be disqualifying.

Someone else mentioned white toes? Same thing there although a good many dogs who were immediate descendents of Ch Delegate VD Elbe (a major contributer to the breed in the 1950's) did have one or two white toes--often only as puppies and as they grew up the white disappeared.

dobebug

dobebug said:

Someone else mentioned white toes? Same thing there although a good many dogs who were immediate descendents of Ch Delegate VD Elbe (a major contributer to the breed in the 1950's) did have one or two white toes--often only as puppies and as they grew up the white disappeared.

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That is very interesting! Learn something new everyday! :3dbiggrin