IS HE RIGHT

[Shakka-Staffs]

hes wrong

[toni]

I was always told too, that u cant get solid black staffys. Theyre called black brindles, there would always be a tiny bit of brindle in there somewhere?

[matty]

I think he could be right, but not sure.

[bullmatt]

i recon hes right to, my old stafford looked just black but in the sunlight at a certain angle she had 2 or 3 stripes on her neck.

[wybren]

We were told the same thing.

When we got Kayleigh she was as black as they get. Later she got some small brown spots.
But I'm sure if you bred them from real black parents you can get them pretty black.

[Shakka-Staffs]

Rameses was black but in the sun you could see brindle in him. You all may be right actually. Tarren should know for a fact i know mason also has brindle bits in him.

[quinlent]

such a phrase should not be looked at pointing towards single dogs but to colour inheritance .
Today there are solid black Staffords as breeding for them became fasion in the seventy's.

The black Stafford in fact is a black and tan dog with a covering of the tan markings. indeed there are a lot of brindles that lack colour (just a different approach to the matter).

Dark brindle mainly will show a dark eye a covered Black and tan will mainly show a tan coloured eye. Black and tan or more precisely Tan marking can simply be reckognised by the light eye that comes along with it and should be bred away from.

on many Black dogs you can see they become grey on the tan markings. they also become grey on an early age.

One can breed black to black and never see a tan point on his dogs but as soon as they are bred to colour the pattern shows.

The fact that a glow can be seen on a black dog is more a case of sunlight on the fur delting the hair due to ultra violet than the proof of brindle.

Dutch Frisian horses are kept in dark stables to keep their fur black.

Cheers Marco

[hiphoplyricalrobot]

at work our horses are kept with there rugs on to produces darker coats

[gemma]

i heard that you cant get a true black staff and the same about horses .i have a black horse . when he has his winter coat he is very black but in the summer he changes unless i keep a sheet on him but his tail still goes red from the sun .

[grchmason]

I agree with all thats been said

There are indeed black stafford's that have great pigmentation no white or brindle on there toes etc but up close you will always see like a brindle fleck somewhere

Tarren

[christian]

Feb 13, 2010 10:24:28 GMT @christian said:

My dad said you can't get a black staff with out some brindle on it somewhere.Even if its a tiny spot there will be some somewhere is the old fella right ?

Oh well looks like i'll have 2 to him he's right.

[andrewp35]

I also agree with all thats been said. ;D