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So I'm wondering... How many people have coated GSDs like my Maggie monster? Are yours wild and woolly bundles of love too?

Nice shots Maggedy. The long haired GSD's are commonly referred to as Open Coats. Some litters have them and some don't. In the south eastern part of Michigan open coats generally sell for several hundred dollars more. I honestly have no idea why but that's just how it is around here. Our male, Zeus came from a short haired all black male. His mother was a more common sable colored GSD but she was a open coat. From the litter Zeus came out of there was only one open coat. The rest were the more common short hair.

Jon.

TheMaggedy wrote in post #8797410
So I'm wondering... How many people have coated GSDs like my Maggie monster? Are yours wild and woolly bundles of love too?

Post #350 on page 24 of this thread shows my Marky. He was a prancer. He pranced all the time. A plain walk or run was hard to come by!

He was definitely more excitable than my females ever were. (though in a twist of irony, the boy that was a show-off always let the girls handle the guard dog duties while he sat back and watched.)

He also spoke through expression about 100x more than the females. He was the most spoiled of the bunch, and he was also the biggest affection sponge of the group. The females didn't care to "smooch" for long, but he'd sit or lay there and let you brush him, hold him, kiss on him for hours. As most of us treat our dogs like real kids, he was clearly the closest in behavior to having a real kid.

An illness developed suddenly in early August and we lost him. He was 10 yrs 7 mos old.

The girls were standard coats.

Marky's hair was always long, but the color and texture went through about 3 phases. I wish I had been into photography back when he was a puppy. Photos of his early years are not as numerous as the last several years.

The hair I remember the most was the spell where on the top of his back from right at or above the shoulder blades was the blackest, shiniest, and coarsest hair. It seemed as if it was just a tad longer, it could have been braided. It was really curly right there on top. Then after a while, the texture seemed to be more like the lighter hair, and the coarseness and length seemed to even out with the surrounding hair, too.

Feeba, what part of Estonia do you live in? The natural backgrounds in your pictures look beautiful.

Jon.

Gorgeous shepherds, I always love the way coaties look.

Here's my puppy, 7 months old - Quodiak "Trent" vom HausReid. I apologize for the picture quality and my lack of photography skills - beginner here!

Cute puppy, get down at his level for better comp.

Thanks for the tip

I know a lot of my pictures will have forum members smack their heads and go "WHAT was she thinking?" but hey, that's what I'm here for - learning!

All these gorgeous dogs compel me to give a quick update on my rescue dog Kobi. He has put on 6-7 kilo weight and grown by about 1", his hips continue to occasionally really bother him but he is full of energy and enjoying life. Here is a shot of him helping with the gardening.

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BV1DMKIIn wrote in post #8800561
Post #350 on page 24 of this thread shows my Marky. He was a prancer. He pranced all the time. A plain walk or run was hard to come by!

He was definitely more excitable than my females ever were. (though in a twist of irony, the boy that was a show-off always let the girls handle the guard dog duties while he sat back and watched.)

He also spoke through expression about 100x more than the females. He was the most spoiled of the bunch, and he was also the biggest affection sponge of the group. The females didn't care to "smooch" for long, but he'd sit or lay there and let you brush him, hold him, kiss on him for hours. As most of us treat our dogs like real kids, he was clearly the closest in behavior to having a real kid.

An illness developed suddenly in early August and we lost him. He was 10 yrs 7 mos old.

The girls were standard coats.

Marky's hair was always long, but the color and texture went through about 3 phases. I wish I had been into photography back when he was a puppy. Photos of his early years are not as numerous as the last several years.

The hair I remember the most was the spell where on the top of his back from right at or above the shoulder blades was the blackest, shiniest, and coarsest hair. It seemed as if it was just a tad longer, it could have been braided. It was really curly right there on top. Then after a while, the texture seemed to be more like the lighter hair, and the coarseness and length seemed to even out with the surrounding hair, too.

Marky was stunning, absolutely stunning, and yes, my Maggie is more excitable than any of my other shepherds have been (she's number 5 for me). I've heard anecdotes that the coaties are both higher energy and more affectionate than the non-coateds, and she's certainly bearing that out to be true. None of that "aloof I love you from afar" business I had from my other furkids. She is a big bundle of overflowing love in constant motion. Kind of a lot to take sometimes, but I wouldn't trade her for anything. Beautiful shots of Marky as well. I gather he is no longer with you, and I'm sorry for your loss.

Hello All, let me introduce Kaiser, he is our now nine week old GSD.
He is a blast and everything we are looking for.

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Here's a pic of my German Shepherd and Rotwiller mix Teddy. he's turning 6 this week.

TheMaggedy wrote in post #8802658
Marky was stunning, absolutely stunning, and yes, my Maggie is more excitable than any of my other shepherds have been (she's number 5 for me). I've heard anecdotes that the coaties are both higher energy and more affectionate than the non-coateds, and she's certainly bearing that out to be true. None of that "aloof I love you from afar" business I had from my other furkids. She is a big bundle of overflowing love in constant motion. Kind of a lot to take sometimes, but I wouldn't trade her for anything. Beautiful shots of Marky as well. I gather he is no longer with you, and I'm sorry for your loss.

Thank you. That is interesting about the "coaties."

Jon Foster wrote in post #8800848
Feeba, what part of Estonia do you live in? The natural backgrounds in your pictures look beautiful.

Jon.

Umn .. in South-West or something Well the last pictures I posted here were taken at a graveyard, one of them at my grandma's I can't remember what other backgrounds you meant being beautiful xD

Here is my fiend's puppy Otto, and my baby (Nicky), she is 2.5 years old now.

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