Which is more expensive??

Question

Ok my family used to breed german shepherds, and i was wondering which is more valuble the regular black and tan or the sable shepherd i know the sable shepherd is a little harder to find, and the black and tan ones are everywhere and we have a sable and were wondering if she was worth more than we paid, we paid 100 because she was desperate, oringinally she was selling the for 350 cuz of her bloodlines, any help thanks

Answer 1

My preference is Sable..if you look at any GSD rescues sites you will find hundreds of each kind colr and age.

So many people dumping and tossing their pets due to the economy..

Save a pet...rescue.

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Answer 2

Well, the black and tan is more commonly found in show lines, where coloring matters. Especially east german lines with their very deep pigmented black and red coloring.

I can tell you sable coloring doesn't mean c**p. Sable is found more in working lines and let me tell you this coloring is NOT favored in the ring. I think they are stunning but not for confirmation standards. A show breeder will not want to breed for this coloring.

In working lines, coloring isn't important only it's working ability. Thus the sable coloring is irrelevant.  

Answer 3

Neither is worth more. A dog from a bad breeder is still just a dog from a bad breeder and worth nothing more than a rescue dog.  

If she actually had good bloodlines and was from proper breeding, she would be closer to $1500.  

Answer 4

Color does not make a dog any more or less valuable.  A black and tan and a sable of the same bloodlines and quality (pet or show) are valued the same.

Answer 5

Color alone does not make a dog any more or less valuable than another dog of the same breed (or litter).  Both colors are very common and there is a LOT of variation in how both of those colors look.  And both of those colors can be born in the same litter.  Temperament, genetic health, working ability, and good breeding is what makes one dog more valuable than another, and those qualities have absolutely nothing to do with color.  Your dog is probably worth about $100 (good breeders with valuable bloodlines do not sell puppies for less than half of what they are worth just because they get "desperate" to unload their pups).  

Answer 6

We have a dark sable shepherd, we paid $1500.00 for her, when she was 7 months old, from a very reputable breeder.

Her parents were from Czeslovakia (sorry if I spelt that wrong) and they said that coloring is alot more popular over there, where as the regular sable (black and tan) is more popular here. I don't know we weren't worried so much about color as quality of puppy. And she is beautiful!!!