Yes----I would think so. I saw a blue pup at the boot sale recently, bred by the owners. 3 blue and 2 sable in the litter. I didn't even ask about health tests! Still they were well socialised. rune
Looks blue to me. I always tend to peer at blue GSDs as they always look a sort of "fuzzy" black, as it their coats need dusting off , so, until I take a second look, I always wonder it I'm looking at a blue GSD or if my eyesight is getting fuzzy
I think it's difficult to tell from this picture. Because it's sunny, parts of the dog's coatr look lighter thanthey are naturally. Also, t's quite possible that the black (or blue) areas or the coat are flecked with sandy/tan/blond fur. Yiannis has flecks throughout his black saddle. He definitely isn't blue but looks it sometimes. Also, he has yellow eyes and is so much lighter than Zane naturally so to look at him in bright sunlgiht makes the colour differences even more pronounced. I think unless you're actually face to face with the dog, or have a photo taken in natural daylight (not bright sunlight) from a different angle, it's difficult to tell for sure. If the dog is in rescue then it could be that he/she hasn't been bathed or cleaned and the coat could also be dusty - either from their previous lifestyle or travelling possibly. There are any number of reasons for a coat to change colour too. For example, GSD-Sue (Dogsey member) has an older boy from rescue. The areas of Boyo's coat that you'd expect to be black were brown. Now he's put on weight and is healthy, & has no nasty stuff in his coat, he's a normal black and tan GSD.
But his brown coat went when he moulted & had apparently been caused when the urine on his oat where he'd been chained & was lying in his own urine were bleached by the sun & the brown was similar to our hair being died/ bleached. Must say it affected the texture too.
Exaclty Sue - my point is that there can be any number of reasons why a dog's coat colour isn't what it should be or is usually.
