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Liz



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The only blue I've seen had super conformation - much better than a lot of greys - but if I was judging I would have to penalise the colouring severely as it did not conform to the UK standard, and that's the standard we judge to in this country.


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

over here the puppy farmers getting hold of them is relatively new as we've not had them long and it just seems a real pity that for the sake of colour they end up with that sort of fate.  Bad enough the greys are being churned out for the handbag brigade the blues aren't even getting a fair chance.

Liz where did you see the blue I've seen two so far and they were dreadful would be nice to see something half decent.
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weima



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I may have seen the same one as Liz & I too thought it looked half decent.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

come on then spit it out... really would be nice to see a decent dog.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry I don't know exactly where she came from - somewhere in the south of England.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

will have to have a looksie around... I wonder if any will turn up at the gamefair???
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The one I saw was at SKC in May Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So which came first....blue or grey Question  Is the grey a dilute of the blue or was grey the original colour Question Looking at it, it could almost be the colour of a blue Great Dane Twisted Evil Or, heaven forbid, is there Dane blood behind the Weimars Twisted Evil  Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ghilliegumdrop wrote:
So which came first....blue or grey Question  Is the grey a dilute of the blue or was grey the original colour Question Looking at it, it could almost be the colour of a blue Great Dane Twisted Evil Or, heaven forbid, is there Dane blood behind the Weimars Twisted Evil  Twisted Evil


The silver-grey Weimaraner colour is actually a dilute brown. There are various shades of it from very light silver to a much darker, almost liver version called Mouse grey (maus dunkel grau)

The blue-grey coat is a dilute black and is quite similar to the blue coat of the Great Dane, Italian Greyhound or Neopolitan Mastif.

For more information on this see: http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/dilutions.html


As to Weims having Dane blood, there is some support for the idea in the old literature. Dr. Kleeman of GSP fame for example was convinced that the Weim was developed from the Blue Dane but his theories are now more or less discounted.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is really interesting....many thanks for posting it Very Happy
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