![]() One other note and question along the subject of the GSD's eyes. Hmmm: I wonder if there is any info "out there" indicating if the lighter eyed dogs have more of a problem seeing in bright daylight. Some I guess can be traced back to the fox or jackal. Even though all breeds (at least most) trace back to the wolf. Stephanitz's book eliminated references to using a wolf in the creation of the GSD breed, is that "they" wanted to distant the breed from being considered as "part wolf". My educated guess, based upon the fact that later reprints of Capt. Having said that, in humans, it is a known that people with lighter colored eyes (light blue, light green) have more problems seeing in bright light, as in snow covered areas (that is one reason that Eskimo's, etc, never have blue or green eyes) (but is contradictory to the Siberian Husky's haviing one or two blue eyes, hmmm), and also seeing at night with bright headlights or streetlights in the background. Boittom line is that it was either just for looks or based upon wrong assumptions, It has nothing to do with vision I believe. ![]() There are a couple of other potential reason. It could have been that they associated the lighter eyes with the wolfs eyes and wanted to shy away from association with the wolf (many grew up with calling the GSD the "police dog" or the "wolf dog"). ![]() It could have been that they were aware that other breeds sometimes have vision problems that are associated with lighter eyes. When those that started judging the GSD, way back when, had to address the structure, confirmation, character, colors, temperment, etc, etc, of the breed (anytime you are going to judge something, you have to have a standard), ("hence our laws for legal Judges), "they" had to address every aspect of the dog and decided for whatever reason, that darker eyes were more desired. I have seen dogs with bright yellow (not light brown at all) eyes, and they are not attractive at all to me. ![]() She certainly does not have any health problems with her eyes and her eyesight is obviously very sharp. Now I love her eyes, but still would choose a male with dark eyes to pair with her should I breed her. But I have a dark bicolor with light brown eyes - because her face is so dark the eyes appear "wolfish" and no they are not ideal, not my favorite, but I've gotten used to them - very intense stare she can give you and does it very well, looks right through you. I prefer very dark "almost black" or chocolate eyes in GSDs. Of course we are not talking blue eyes here. Some GSDs with the darkest pigment have light brown or "yellowish" eyes - when they are presented to Koermeisters I hear "should have darker eyes" but they do not seem to be heavily faulted for it, as in not awarded the rating their conformation/structure/temperament/movement earns them just because their eyes are lighter than "ideal". ![]()
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