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Re: Brindle color
It wont let me quote on here (this computer at work is soooo old). But where I put "They were told.....". That was not me that told them that, not sure who, but also their online searching. Just sayin'.
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Re: Brindle color
"Wie der Herr, so's Gescherr" as we say in my neck of the woods.GSDNanny wrote: because just as their dogs, they are thick between the ears too.
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ok so is there a wrong fake brindle and a real brindle or like someone said some are just "painted with a wider brush?"
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That makes us pretty clever, doesn't itSchlussdibusti wrote:"Wie der Herr, so's Gescherr" as we say in my neck of the woods.GSDNanny wrote: because just as their dogs, they are thick between the ears too.
ehm, try reading the topic againmafiamom wrote:ok so is there a wrong fake brindle and a real brindle or like someone said some are just "painted with a wider brush?"
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i swear im not usually this dumb but judging by the posts ive had today, no one will believe that! 
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Rough weekend huh?mafiamom wrote:i swear im not usually this dumb but judging by the posts ive had today, no one will believe that!

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So.....was brindle in the wild? Or was there a mutation and a brindle color came out and someone thought... "wow, thats cool"
Now... I hope im not opening a can of creation/evolution worms here.
Now... I hope im not opening a can of creation/evolution worms here.
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Re: Brindle color
I also don't think there are thinner/thicker stripes, there is just smaller or bigger amount of them, so sometimes there is just a few on the base, and sometimes they are so dense that the dog appear almost black, or looks like black with ligher (f.ex. brown) stripes.
Or am I wrong??
Or am I wrong??
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oh you have no ideaMarjolein wrote:Rough weekend huh?mafiamom wrote:i swear im not usually this dumb but judging by the posts ive had today, no one will believe that!
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Re: Brindle color
The working of the modifier that causes more or less black to display is yet unknown. The theory is that it is a wider stripe. It *could* be more stripes that blend together, but that should probably cause an intermediate pattern where a dog has a lot of very narrow stripes, and that patten is never seen, leading to the 'wider' assumption. (envision a pen drawing where you are trying to color some area's. Before it becomes dense, you should go through a stage where is looks scribbeled) But again. There is no proof for either theory (how the modifier that controls the amount of black works) so there is no answer that proves you wrong.Kamcia wrote:I also don't think there are thinner/thicker stripes, there is just smaller or bigger amount of them, so sometimes there is just a few on the base, and sometimes they are so dense that the dog appear almost black, or looks like black with ligher (f.ex. brown) stripes.
Or am I wrong??
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