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I had never heard the term Panda German Shepherd much less know of their existence until my close friend got one. “Panda” is the name of the gene that is the result of a spontaneous mutation that occurred in one puppy born to a pair of German Shepherds here in the US. I use the term Panda to describe my AKC registered German Shepherd named Dare as he has the mutated “Panda” gene, not to be confused with the S locus that causes white spotting in the German Shepherd breed.
The original pair of German Shepherds the produced the one puppy with this white pattern and blue eyes had their DNA studied by UC Davis. The DNA of the parents and the litter were authenticated as being from their “Pedigreed” parents. Basically proving that the litter is from it’s documented parents and that a ’traveling salesman’ is not the culprit of the puppy with the white markings.
The Panda Pattern puts white on the face/head, chest, feet, legs, tip of tail much like that of the Collie—however the Panda gene is not related to the gene responsible for the white on a Collie. It is a dominant gene which means it only takes one parent to reproduce the pattern. The pattern is secondary to the color and the original pattern of the Dog. In other words the dog will still be either; black/tan, blue/tan, liver/tan, blue sable, liver/sable, sable, or solid blue, solid liver, solid black, etc... the dog with the Panda Pattern.
Repeating the Panda pattern does not interfere with any basic color or pattern and is secondary to it’s color and pattern.
Finally my “Dare”is a direct descendant of the Original Panda “Frankie”(Lewcinkas Franka Vom Phenom). “Frankie” is my German Shepherd “Dare’s” Great Great Grandmother.
The litter that we currently have with him as the sire (click here for that litter) is the first litter we have had with Panda Patterned German Shepherds.
Please do not confuse my AKC registered German Shepherds with this pattern with those that are attempting to create a new breed “Panda Shepherds” as mine are AKC registered German Shepherds that are affected by the Panda gene.
As you can see from the pictures above, Mya started out a light crème color and as her coat matured all traces of black fur disappeared. Ay’s may or may not have black hairs mixed in their coat. If you think you have an Ay and want to have DNA documentation proof positive you can contact www.vetgen.com for the test. There are now at least 4 DNA documented Ay Fawns. This gene is inherited autosomal dominant. Meaning all it takes is one parent to be the color to get it in the offspring. This Ay color can be as light as Mya or as deep rich red as a mahogany boxer.
Mya was bred to my white male Tunder and she gave birth to: whites, 1 saddle pattern, and 4 Ay Fawns. One of which we are keeping—her name is Pumpkin Pie (watch for her page soon). Pumpkin has a curious pattern on her we will be testing soon to see if it is what I think it is.
To see Mya’s page click here |
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Dare is our foundation Panda Patterned stud. We will be keeping one of his sons of his current litter and naming him “K9pines Pandamonium”. Since his mother is a blue he carries the blue gene. He could also carry the white gene because both of his parents also carry the white gene and he has white littermates, he also has a high probability of carrying the solid gene due to him also having solid littermates. We will be picking one of the 3 Sable Panda’s from the current litter. Naturally we will choose the best of the 3! |
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Male 1 |
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Male 2 |
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Male 3 |