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What's your favorite GSP coloration?

I like the liver roans and blacks myself.

Moesgaard color for me.

I'm with you John.

Ezzy

Where's the "All of the Above" button?!?! You surely can't expect me to pick just one...... I must admit a soft spot for the Black Moulds though.......

I like the White/liver with a little more ticking, but I will have to agree I cant just pick one

I like them all but if I had a choice it would be a white GSP with liver spots because they stand out better when hunting than the darker ones. But I love the solid liver GSP's as well.

As long as they run real nice they all look good

I gotta say, OK I have a favorite color. But when we are out hunting, my favorite colored GSP is the one that is on point at any given moment.

Excluding any of the Black combinations, I guess I have one of each.... and you expect me to pick a favorite?? :roll:

Wagonmaster wrote:I gotta say, OK I have a favorite color. But when we are out hunting, my favorite colored GSP is the one that is on point at any given moment.

Uh Yea! I'll second that John!

Depends on the dog I'd think. I seem to look more at bone structure, size & conditioning, and conformity more than color. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be a hot ticked liver and white. Darker liver color, not the brownish-tanish shade you can get from some.

Right now, though, there is a solid liver and a black and white ticked pair of males that I get to train with and they both look good. Very solid dogs. The black and white ticked male is quite a bit younger, under two years, but just came back in for training after being gone most of the late spring and summer. He grew up fast!

AHGSP wrote:Where's the "All of the Above" button?!?! You surely can't expect me to pick just one...... I must admit a soft spot for the Black Moulds though.......

Me bad. I have to admit I forgot that one. I do have to agree that it is tough to pick just one. I have 9 solid livers, 5 white/liver roan, and 2 white/liver pups right now and they are all good looking. I love my all black male also.

Isn't their a liver ticked?

Moosegard like John Said.

On point on the Limb is my deal and take 5 minutes to get there.

Pepper

I think the hot ticking, like my Rip or Chance, dog at the top of pg is my fvorite color, second to that is solid liver. Steven, are any of those Cody pups?

That is what I call Moesgaard - white and liver ticked, liver patches also with the Moesgaard ticked background. It is the color of the dogs originally imported from Denmark.

When I think of Moesgaard I think of our Fritz coloring. More white than liver and patches, a few ticks. Chance and Rip are l/w ticked all over. Guess it`s about the same. I am not a fan of too much white tho...

I like the liver roan, and the liver ticked when it has that reddish color to it, but not the red after theve been in the sun to long

snips wrote:I think the hot ticking, like my Rip or Chance, dog at the top of pg is my fvorite color, second to that is solid liver. Steven, are any of those Cody pups?

I'm pretty sure the black and white male, Radar (who, by the way, is was named before being sold to a police officer - funny coincidence), came out of the Cody and Tag breeding. The solid liver dog is Tigger, quite a bit older, who came back home.

I really like the solid liver. I don't know what it is, I bet you could do some sort of personality traits test out of what coloring of GSP you like. Any shrinks on here? Give us a description on what it means when you like a certain coloring of the breed.

Got to go with my two pups: white, w/ liver heads. Priceless!

Liver Roan is my favorite, but solid liver and black and ticked are close seconds.

Tri-color with a long hairy tail blowing in the wind

Do you guys remember the old Pro Plan adds that had Len Forbush in them? I think that he was with a dog named Katie??? Do you know the dog? She was beautiful, what color scheme was she?

I prefer mostly white because they are easier to see in the tall brown grass. I wouldn't turn any color down if it were a good dog thou.

All of the above for me

I've always been a fan of white/liver pointers, but my only GSP is white/black, so thats my favorite.

I saw a photo of "Tell" once and I wouldn't say there was a lot of ticking on him! But if you go back to moesgaard, you gotta be going in the right direction.

My favorite color is White with a bit of liver and a little ticking. Then it's solid liver. White dogs are easy to spot as are solid liver dog's. White get's a bit harder in the snow. But roan dog's blend in to well and become harder to see.

One of my favorite dog's was white and lemon, oop's, wrong breed!

i like the white and liver spots along with some ticking i think it looks pretty good but i really like a dog that hunts good

I like tri colors they are so pretty!

Wagonmaster wrote:I gotta say, OK I have a favorite color. But when we are out hunting, my favorite colored GSP is the one that is on point at any given moment.

can't argue with that!

I like the solid Liver's the best. Easier for me to see in cover. That's just me. A good GSP is a good GSP, and I like them all.

I really prefer the piebald dogs or dogs that have markings like Holstein cows. My second favorite is a shiny solid liver coat.

Rowdy

Paint don't make the car run!
I Like a bird dog.

Mike is right. A good dog is a good dog, no matter what color. They all have their advantages in different types of cover, but I tend to be able to see the white ones easier when they are on a limb, almost out of site. So, that is what I have. White, and white/liver.
Doug

I can't deside color doesn't matter but I have 3 black roan 1 liver roan 2 liver patched and ticked 1 liver and white

PURPLE, I want a purple one

with pink pokadots

Color me traditional, Liver, or some combination, but please not BLACK of any kind. And the less white the better.

I like them all but i really like when the head is solid live or solid black

That never made sense to me no black. that is a true blood line from germany

I prefer the lighter colored GSP's for the practical reason that they tend to stay cooler when you're trialing/training, etc on HOT days. The darker the dog the quicker they collect the rays of the sun and heat up.