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Post by Shisa Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:51 pm

While reading through the quagmire that is the White German Shepherd I found the Panda coat and ...

OMG!!! I LOVE IT AND I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  love  love  love  love  love  love 

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They seem to have a lot of health issues.
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Post by LyndaW Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:22 pm

That is definitely an unusual colour combination!
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Post by tracyp Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:49 pm

Now this I have never heard of!
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Post by Eleanor Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:16 am

Looks beautiful! love

What sort of health problems?
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Post by Caryll Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:53 am

I'm afraid that, as with any dog bred specifically for colour ( angry ) you'll get health problems. They will breed from dogs with high hip & elbow scores, haemophilia, CDRM, epilepsy etc, etc.

I can't abide faddy colours in dogs.
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Post by Caroline Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:42 pm

It is beautiful, so unusual looking. It's a shame there are health problems though sad
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Post by Shisa Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:49 am

Caryll wrote:I'm afraid that, as with any dog bred specifically for colour ( angry ) you'll get health problems. They will breed from dogs with high hip & elbow scores, haemophilia, CDRM, epilepsy etc, etc.

I can't abide faddy colours in dogs.

It's not a fad colour at the moment but a genetic mutation. They're quite rare but do happen in some lines - like the white they can't be registered or shown and it's an undesirable colour.
They have some of the same problems as most white dogs: prone to deafness, blindness plus the other problems associated with GSD's.

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Post by Lorraine Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:28 am

Am I the only one who doesn't like the look of this dog at all?
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Post by Eleanor Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:27 am

I couldn't ever say I think a dog is ugly, but I quite like the look of the dog shown in the picture. If I wanted a classic GSD, that wouldn't be what I'd go for, but I think it's a nice pattern.

However, I also think the Mexican Hairless is attractive. laughing

With the addition of health issues, I wouldn't ever get one.

Did a quick Google search just now and found this:

The Panda Shepherd is a piebald colored German Shepherd. It is well proportioned and very strong. The piebald coloring has occurred in a single GSD bloodline. It is 35% white, the remainder of coloring is black and tan, and it has no white German Shepherds in its ancestry...

...The parents that produced the black/tan/white female puppy were a purebred black German Shepherd dam and a purebred black and tan German Shepherd sire. The rest of the puppies in the litter were standard looking black and tan German Shepherd pups. The sole black/tan/white puppy also had two blue eyes. In order to protect the image of her breeding program, the founding breeder Ms. Cindy took the piebald puppy to Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital for genetic DNA testing to find out the exact cause of the anomaly. The parents of the pups were confirmed as purebred GSDs with no White GSD or other breeds in their lines. This was a purebred GSD that was born with piebald coloring. The same sire and dam that produced the piebald puppy were bred three more times and all the pups were born with the traditional black and tan coloring. A lot of canine genetic coat color testing was done on the piebald puppy who was named Frankie. When Frankie matured she was bred to a traditional colored black and tan GSD. Out of the four puppies born, three turned out to have black/tan/white coats but lacked the blue eyes, while the fourth puppy was the traditional black and tan coloring. The black/tan/white German Shepherd Dogs were given the name Panda Shepherds.

Interesting!

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Post by Caryll Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:56 am

Lorraine wrote:Am I the only one who doesn't like the look of this dog at all?

No, you're not. blush 
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Post by Lorraine Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:50 pm

Caryll wrote:
Lorraine wrote:Am I the only one who doesn't like the look of this dog at all?

No, you're not. blush 

Phew!! wink 
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Post by LyndaW Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:58 pm

Lorraine wrote:
Caryll wrote:
Lorraine wrote:Am I the only one who doesn't like the look of this dog at all?

No, you're not. blush 

Phew!! wink 

I can't say I care greatly for the colouring either
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Post by Caryll Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:30 pm

I have to say that I'm not keen on the colour pattern (from a purely aesthetical point of view), but that aside, I can't stand the old "Oh, look, it's a different colour - we'll charge 3 times the price for a 'rare' pup!" which is what has happened. It makes me cringe!
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Post by Shisa Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:48 pm

Caryll wrote:I have to say that I'm not keen on the colour pattern (from a purely aesthetical point of view), but that aside, I can't stand the old "Oh, look, it's a different colour - we'll charge 3 times the price for a 'rare' pup!" which is what has happened. It makes me cringe!

Same as what's happened with blue staffies and the dilute gene is stuffing up the whole gene pool.

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