Strangest color I have ever seen in a sable

So then what is the ultimately magical combination?

If I were to buy (not that I am, it's hypothetical) -- ONE male and ONE female and wanted to breed for puppies of all colors specfically, what would the combo be? I specifically want to have as many different color options in the puppies as possible (it's a given their familial disease and helth cert history is spotless and they are so perfect themselves as young adults that I would literally be doing a disservice to mankind NOT to breed them -- when I go hypothetical I go BIG!).

Example in point from my past: IF you have a persian female cat who is a dilute tortie (blue/cream) in color and solid in pattern though she had one parent who was pointed (Himi) and one who was solid (Persian -- tabby pattern specifically for the biggest bang for the buck) and bred her to specifically a flame point himi who had one parent who was a dilute and one who was not . . . you can get every color of the rainbow whether dilute or not and tabby or not and pointed or not. You can also use a tortie female (with a Himi parent who was dilute and a Persian parent who was tabby) and a cream point male OR a flame point male if you know he also had a dilute parent. These two/three combinations produce the most combination of colors and patterns from dilute to non-dilute, solids to tabbies, solids to pointed. Taste the rainbow!

What is the best rainbow choice for two shelties? Just curious.
 
A bi factored sable merle and a bi factored tri, I believe, would give you the colors of the rainbow :lol:
 
If I were to breed, I would try for that to. I would want (at Least) a bi-blue, a tricolor, and a sable. In a few years I will probably get a bi-blue boy.:biggrin2:
Those are just some of my favorite colors.
 
Just remember that before breeding you need to test for certain things and many of those tests can't be done too young.
 
I would avoid crosses to get a sable merle myself. It's too easy to get a cryptic sable merle, and therefore easy to get an unexpected double merle when bred to another merle unknowingly.....
 
But if I had just the TWO animals as listed below and never bred with another animal or maybe only another female the same color, then I would be OK? This is all hypothetical -- never gonna happen in my universe anyway. I certainly wouldn't want to risk producing a double merle, even through hidden genetics.

If I wanted to go off the deep end and really do something unique-- I would produce blue shepherds. STUNNING and totally not an approved color. Breeding for them frowned upon though they are just gorgeous.

As gamey as I am gonna get is a well-bred blue merle or bi-blue (no preference) and enjoy a variety of sports.

It was only a curiosity question -- a bit of fantasy.
 
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