Why does my full blooded doberman pinscher have white markings on his chest?
It isn’t uncommon at all in a number of lines of dogs. Usually you won’t see it in particularly well bred dogs since it can be a disqualification if it is larger than about a quarter so breeders tend to not want to perpetuate spots on the chest like that but it is something that simply pops up sometimes and isn’t perpetuated. Since it was mentioned in the breed standard as a disqualifiction, like missing teeth, you can assume it was something that in the past was a pretty big problem — I recall seeing a number of dogs with spots on their chests and know of some fairly recent additions to the Doberman lines that have been known to through huge spots, unfortunately, but the only time I have seen white spots at all in otherwise good lines are the Helios toes – where white toes on puppies are apparent early on but they tend to disappear as the pup matures — it is a recessive that sneaks up and is attributed to a dog waaaay back called Helios. add: Sorry Dobermanlover6 is wrong. Dogs can
