Blue German Shepherd Information

The first blue GSD I saw was a puppy. It was so obvious that this puppy was blue and it was the only one in the litter.  It was already sold and so was I.   I then met Dawn Malcolm as I was looking for a traditional colored show type stud male.  Dawn shared with me that she has a solid blue male and had a strong love for the livers and blues too.  We became good friends, and Dawn found the blue / liver chat list and suggested I join.  I am glad I did as I have met some great people who are as interested in sharing in the goals I have set forth.  Which are to create at least a four generation blue GSD pedigree and at least a four generation pedigree of dilute GSD with both livers and blues.  I thought this was a good goal to set as I have a couple of white GSD that are four plus generations of white GSD, meaning no colors on a four generation pedigree, only white GSD. 

I currently have eight blue GSD; click the name to go to their page:

 

• Navy - Solid blue male, carries long coat.
• Chicory - Blue / tan female, carries white.
• CorDawn Blue - Blue sable female, carries white.
• Iris - Blue / tan long coat, imported from the UK 
• Fraiser - Blue / red sable, unrelated.
• Pand-Z - Blue / tan panda.

 

I have known blue carriers as well: Ramsey, Glenda, Mufasa, Sheena, Jessica, Pandalla, Ivanna, Tybee, Zelda, Quint

Blue GSD are a naturally occurring color within the GSD gene pool.  The color is listed on the registration certificate as the GSD club within AKC recognize that this is a color that is carried by many GSD and should be acknowledged as it’s genetic coloration.  The puppies born of a blue GSD that are expressing the color blue themselves are born a very striking shade of blue. 

Blue is a dilution of black. It is lighter than black, and in some cases, it is very apparent that they are still blue as adults. The puppies are born a very pretty shade of blue and many of them turn to almost like a steele gray black as adults. 

Some of the blues are born lighter and remain a little lighter as adults. You may hear the phrases: "Powder Blue" and "Steele Blue", these terms refer to the shades of blue which refers to the depth of the blue color on the dogs coat.

I have other adult GSD in traditional colors and white, however, I do not know with some of my adults who is carrying the blue.  The only way to know who are carriers is to breed them to blue or test their DNA with one of the color labs.